Frederick Schrecker (10 January 1892 – 13 July 1976) was an Austrian actor, who appeared on stage, screen and film in his home country and the United Kingdom. Beginning his career on stage, Schrecker went on to feature in German films " Der Feldherrnhügel" (1926) and " Die Koffer des Herrn O.F." (1931) under the names Fritz Schrecker and Franz Schrecker. As a result of the Nazi regime in Germany, Schrecker, being Jewish, was forced to flee to England. There, in 1939, he was a co-founder of the Viennese Theatre Club of

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, a "celebrated émigré cabaret and theatre", also known as Das Laterndl. The theatrical group of talented Austrian exiles, which included the likes of Lona Cross,

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, Schrecker participated in anti-Nazi information programmes for the BBC's

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and Austrian radio service. After the war ended, he stayed in Israel for a while before returning to England in 1947.THE LONDON GAZETTE 22 AUGUST 1947
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''; and films, too, such as '' Counterspy'', in 1953, working up until his death.

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