Manfred Frederick Jaeger (29 May 1928 – 18 June 2004) was a German-born British film, television, theatre and radio character actor.

Biography

Jaeger was born in

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, Germany; his family moved to England following

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. He was educated at Lord Weymouth's Grammar School,

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, and the

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, from which he graduated in 1948, becoming a British subject two years later. He made his first theatre appearance in 1949, and his film debut, '' The Black Tent'', in 1956. He went on to make further film, television and radio appearances until retiring in 1996. He died in June 2004 aged 76. He is well remembered by fans of the science fiction series ''

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'' for his roles in three serials. He appeared as Jano in '' The Savages'' in 1966, and as Sorenson in '' Planet of Evil'' in 1975. In 1977's '' The Invisible Enemy'', he appeared as Professor Marius, creator of the robot dog K-9; his performance was described by reviewer

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as "superb".

Filmography

Film

*'' The Iron Petticoat'' (1956) as Officers' Club Bartender (uncredited) *''

Private's Progress ''Private's Progress'' is a 1956 British comedy film directed by John Boulting and starring Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price, Terry-Thomas and Ian Carmichael. The script was by John Boulting and Frank Harvey, based on the novel of the same ...

'' (1956) as German Sentry (uncredited) *'' The Black Tent'' (1956) as Koch – Junior Nazi Officer *'' The Battle of the River Plate'' (1956) as Crewman on Graf Spee (uncredited) *'' The One That Got Away'' (1957) as German Prisoner *'' Ice Cold in Alex'' (1958) as 2nd German Officer *'' I Was Monty's Double'' (1958) as Junior German Officer *'' Play It Cool'' (1962) as Male Receptionist (uncredited) *'' The War Lover'' (1962) as Air Crewman (uncredited) *'' Mystery Submarine'' (1963) as Lt. Hence *'' Farewell Performance'' (1963) as Paul Warner *'' The Limbo Line'' (1968) as Alex *'' The Looking Glass War'' (1970) as The Pilot *'' Song of Norway'' (1970) as Henrik Ibsen *'' One of Those Things'' (1971) as Melchoir *'' Scorpio'' (1973) as Novins *''Situation'' (1974) as Klaus *'' One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing'' (1975) as German Radio Newscaster (uncredited) *'' The Seven-Per-Cent Solution'' (1976) as Marker *''

Voyage of the Damned ''Voyage of the Damned'' is a 1976 drama (film and television), drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, with an Ensemble cast, all-star cast featuring Faye Dunaway, Oskar Werner, Lee Grant, Max von Sydow, James Mason, Lynne Frederick and Malco ...

'' (1976) as Werner Mannheim *'' The Passage'' (1979) as German Major (uncredited) *'' Winterspelt'' (1979) as Major Robert Wheeler *'' Nijinsky'' (1980) as Gabriel Astruc *''At the Fountainhead'' (1980) as Kurt Langsdorf *''

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' is a 1989 American action adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Jeffrey Boam, based on a story by George Lucas and Menno Meyjes. It is the third installment in the Indiana Jone ...

'' (1989) as World War I Ace

Television

*'' Big Guns'' (1958) as Ni Ni Blascoe *'' Deadline Midnight'' (1961) as Martin Maxwell *'' The Avengers'' (1962–1967) as Benson / Getz *''

Z-Cars ''Z-Cars'' or ''Z Cars'' (pronounced "zed cars") is a British television police procedural series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police and CID detectives in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, near Liverpool. Produced by ...

'' (1965–1974) as George Eames / Sid Phipps / Eric Beazley *''

:'' '' The Savages'' (1966) as Jano *'' The Inside Man'' (1969) as Dr James Austen *'' Callan'' (1969) as Colonel Max Belukov *'' Department S'' (1970) as Major Harwood *''

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'' (1970–74) as Commander Fletcher / Otto Pohl *''

Dixon of Dock Green ''Dixon of Dock Green'' is a BBC police procedural television series about daily life at a fictional London police station, with the emphasis on petty crime, successfully controlled through common sense and human understanding. It ran from 1955 ...

'' (1971) as John Charles Walton *'' Jason King'' (1971) as Dacre *''

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'' (1971) as Luther *''

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'' (1972) as Joachim *'' Doomwatch'' (1972) as Richard Massingham *''

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'' (1973) as the foreign agent (in Season 1 Episode 4, 'Funny, They All Say That') *''

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'' (1974) as

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*'' The Sweeney'' (1975) as Goldman *''

:'' '' Planet of Evil'' (1975) as Sorenson *'' The New Avengers'' (1976) as Jones *''One-Upmanship'' (1976–1978) as Cogg-Willoughby *''

:'' '' The Invisible Enemy'' (1977) as Professor Marius *'' The Standard'' (1978) as Adams *'' Return of the Saint'' (1978) as Inspector Grant *'' The Professionals'' (1978) as Schuman *''

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'' (1978) as Mr. Barker *'' The Omega Factor'' (1979) as Raglan *''

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'' (1980) as Godfrey Finch *''

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'' (1980) as Max Langemann *'' Shoestring'' (1980) as Doctor Neil Stirling *''

The Onedin Line ''The Onedin Line'' is a BBC television drama series that ran from 1971 to 1980. The series was created by Cyril Abraham. The series is set in Liverpool from 1860 to 1886 and covers the rise of a fictional shipping company, the Onedin Line, nam ...

'' (1980) as Max Van Der Rheede *'' Minder'' (1982) as Inspector Klingmann *''

The Gentle Touch ''The Gentle Touch'' is a British police procedural drama series made by London Weekend Television for ITV which began on 11 April 1980 and ran until 24 November 1984. The series is notable for being the first British series to feature a fema ...

'' (1982) as Herr Inspektor Ritter in episode "Dany" (season 4) *''

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'' (1984) as Chief Constable Colonel Melchett * '' I Woke Up One Morning'' (1986) as Derek * Mathspy (1988) as Hurst *''

Keeping Up Appearances ''Keeping Up Appearances'' is a British sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke. It originally aired on BBC1 from 1990 to 1995. The central character is an eccentric and snobbish middle-class social climber, Hyacinth Bucket ( Patricia Ro ...

'' (1993) as Millburn

References

External links

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