Friedrich Wilhelm "Will" Quadflieg (; 15 September 1914 – 27 November 2003) was a German actor from

Oberhausen Oberhausen (, ) is a city on the river Emscher in the Ruhr Area, Germany, located between Duisburg and Essen ( ). The city hosts the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and its Gasometer Oberhausen is an anchor point of the European Rout ...

. He was the father of actor Christian Quadflieg. He is considered one of Germany's best post-

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actors. One of his most widely recognized roles was in the title role in the 1960 film ''

Faust Faust ( , ) is the protagonist of a classic German folklore, German legend based on the historical Johann Georg Faust (). The erudite Faust is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, which leads him to make a deal with the Devil at a ...

''. He also starred in a number of other roles. Quadflieg died from a

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Filmography

*1938: '' The Muzzle'' - Rabanus, maler *1940: ''

Das Herz der Königin ''The Heart of the Queen'' (''Das Herz der Königin'') is a 1940 German historical film, making selective use of the life story of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her execution by Queen Elizabeth I for anti-English and pro-Scottish propaganda, in the ...

'' - Olivier *1940: '' Kora Terry'' - Michael Varany *1941: '' My Life for Ireland'' - Michael O'Brien jun *1942: ''

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'' - Dimo *1942: '' The Red Terror'' - Peter Aßmuss *1942: ''Der große Schatten'' - Robert Jürgensen *1944: ''Die Zaubergeige'' - Violinist Andreas Halm *1944: ''Philharmoniker'' - Alexander Schonath *1945: '' Anna Alt'' - Joachim Alt, ein Komponist *1950: '' The Lie'' - Harry Altenberger *1951: '' The Deadly Dreams'' - Winter / Barravas / Florestan *1951: ''Das ewige Spiel'' - Werner Donatus *1951: '' Dark Eyes'' - Fedor Varany *1952: '' The Forester's Daughter'' - Joseph Földessy aka Hauptmann Koltai *1953: '' Don't Forget Love'' - Paul Cornelius *1953: '' Heartbroken on the Moselle'' - Dr. Thomas Arend *1955: ''

Lola Montès ''Lola Montès'' is a 1955 historical romance film, and the last completed film of German-born director Max Ophüls. Based on the novel ''La vie extraordinaire de Lola Montès'' by Cécil Saint-Laurent, the film depicts the life of Irish dancer ...

'' - Franz Liszt *1956: '' San Salvatore'' - Dr. Manfred Carrell *1960: ''

'' - Dr. Heinrich Faust / Dichter *1969: '' Kamasutra: Vollendung der Liebe'' - Narrator (voice) *1979-1994: ''

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'' (TV Series) - Prof. Braun-Gorres / Robert Schreiber *1981: ''Dantons Tod'' (TV Movie) - Thomas Payne *1986: '' The Journey'' - Vater Voss *1993: ' (TV Mini-Series) - Herbert Sachs *1994: ''Der gute Merbach'' (TV Movie) - Clemens Merbach *1999: ''Dr. Robert Schumann, Teufelsromantiker'' (TV Movie) - Rezitator (final film role)

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Photographs of Will Quadflieg
1914 births 2003 deaths Deaths from pulmonary embolism German male film actors German male stage actors German male television actors 20th-century German male actors Actors from the Rhine Province Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Recipients of the Federal Order of Merit who returned their decoration Actors from Oberhausen Male actors from North Rhine-Westphalia {{Germany-film-actor-1910s-stub