REMEMBERING: ANTON DIFFRING. Born today in
1918, Anton Diffring came from a family that boasted generations of
actors. Cool and noble with a German accent, he was first in line when
the casting call went out for German officers with a nasty
streak. He quickly slipped into the role of Baron Frankenstein for the
pilot episode of Hammer films and Colombia Pictures, 'Tales of
Frankenstein' in 1958 and even quicker filled the role of Dr. Georges
Bonnet in Hammer's 'The Man Who Could Cheat Death' in 1959, when the
studio found themselves without Peter Cushing for the role.
Diffring is
probably best remembered for his roles in 'The Blue Max' in 1966, 'Where
Eagles Dare' in 1968 and François Truffaut's Fahrenheit 451 (1966) He
was also cast in several film alongside Peter Cushing, 'Shatter' for
Hammer in 1974, 'The Beast Must Die' for Amicus also 74 and Tyburn's
'The Masks of Death' with Peter Cushing as an elderly Sherlock Holmes in
1984. Anton Diffring died in 1989 aged 70.
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