Anton Diffring: movies and TV shows
Anton Diffring has 119 credits in the archive: 91 films and 28 TV series, from 1940 to 2003. Highest rated: The Commissioner (8.0/10).
Career timeline
1940 – 2003 · busiest year: 1956 (12 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway | Film | — | 86 | |
| 1988 | Faceless | Dr. Karl Heinz Moser | Film | 5.7 | 71 |
| 1988 | Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis | De Flores | Film | 7.1 | 71 |
| 1988 | Anna | George Mamoulian | Film | 6.9 | 71 |
| 1988 | The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis | Film | — | 71 | |
| 1986 | Wahnfried | Franz Listz | Film | 5.2 | 69 |
| 1986 | Der Sommer des Samurai | Wintrich | Film | 6.3 | 69 |
| 1986 | Operation Dead End | Prof. Lang | Film | 6.5 | 69 |
| 1985 | Marie Ward - Zwischen Galgen und Glorie | Kardinal Millini | Film | 9.0 | 68 |
| 1984 | Weltuntergang | Film | — | 67 | |
| 1984 | The Masks of Death | Graf Udo Von Felseck | Film | 5.4 | 67 |
| 1984 | Der Besuch | Crazier | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 1983 | The Winds of War | Joachim von Ribbentrop | TV | 7.3 | 66 |
| 1983 | S.A.S. San Salvador | Peter Reynolds | Film | 3.3 | 66 |
| 1983 | Non Stop Trouble with Spies | Colonel Henderson | Film | 6.7 | 66 |
| 1981 | Escape to Victory | chief commentator | Film | 6.9 | 64 |
| 1980 | Tusk | John Morrison | Film | 5.1 | 63 |
| 1979 | Flambards | Mr Dermot | TV | 7.3 | 62 |
| 1979 | Son of Hitler | Gernheim | Film | 5.8 | 62 |
| 1979 | Der Durchdreher | Glorias erster Mann | Film | 9.0 | 62 |
| 1978 | Das Einhorn | Blomich | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1978 | Le Mutant | O'Brien | TV | 8.0 | 61 |
| 1978 | Plutonium | Direktor Arnold | Film | 7.5 | 61 |
| 1977 | The Old Fox | Leo Steglitz | TV | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1977 | The Galton & Simpson Playhouse | Heinz Steiner | TV | — | 60 |
| 1977 | Vanessa | Major Kenneth Cooper | Film | 5.0 | 60 |
| 1977 | Valentino | Baron Long | Film | 5.8 | 60 |
| 1977 | The Indians Are Still Far Away | Le professeur d'allemand | Film | 7.4 | 60 |
| 1977 | Io sono mia | Padre di Suna | Film | 4.9 | 60 |
| 1977 | Waldrausch | Fürst | Film | 7.0 | 60 |
| 1976 | The Swiss Conspiracy | Franz Benninger | Film | 5.0 | 59 |
| 1976 | Montana Trap | Lieutenant Slade | Film | 6.3 | 59 |
| 1975 | Kommissariat 9 | TV | 7.0 | 58 | |
| 1975 | H.P. Lovecraft: The Shadow Out of Time | Professor Peterson | Film | 4.0 | 58 |
| 1975 | Operation: Daybreak | Reinhard Heydrich | Film | 6.9 | 58 |
| 1975 | Lehmanns Erzählungen | Allan | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1974 | Derrick | Herr de Mohl | TV | 6.1 | 57 |
| 1974 | Derrick | Alfred Bandera | TV | 6.1 | 57 |
| 1974 | Derrick | Herr Scherer | TV | 6.1 | 57 |
| 1974 | Borsalino and Co. | German | Film | 6.4 | 57 |
| 1974 | Shatter | Hans Leber | Film | 5.7 | 57 |
| 1974 | The Beast Must Die | Pavel | Film | 5.5 | 57 |
| 1974 | Only the Wind Knows the Answer | John Keelwood | Film | 5.7 | 57 |
| 1974 | Kiss Me and Die | Jonathan Lanceford | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 1973 | Thriller | Jonathan Lanceford | TV | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1973 | Tony Arzenta | Hans Grunwald (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 56 |
| 1973 | The Battle of Sutjeska | Generaloberst Alexander Lohr | Film | 6.5 | 56 |
| 1973 | Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye | Dr. Franz | Film | 5.5 | 56 |
| 1973 | Mark of the Devil Part II | Balthasar von Ross | Film | 4.9 | 56 |
| 1973 | Little Mother | The Cardinal | Film | 4.4 | 56 |
| 1972 | Assignment: Vienna | Insp. Hoffman | TV | 9.0 | 55 |
| 1972 | The Day the Clown Cried | Captain Curt Runkel | Film | 9.0 | 55 |
| 1972 | Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street | Mensur | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1971 | Zeppelin | Colonel Hirsch | Film | 6.2 | 54 |
| 1971 | The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire | Ambassador Sobieski | Film | 5.3 | 54 |
| 1970 | Scene of the Crime | Mensur | TV | 6.2 | 53 |
| 1970 | Piggies | Toto | Film | 3.3 | 53 |
| 1969 | The Commissioner | Roland Sauter | TV | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1969 | Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel | Kurfürst | Film | 6.2 | 52 |
| 1969 | Kill Rommel! | Captain Richard Howell | Film | 5.5 | 52 |
| 1968 | Where Eagles Dare | Col. Kramer | Film | 7.5 | 51 |
| 1967 | Counterpoint | Col. Arndt | Film | 6.2 | 50 |
| 1967 | The Double Man | Col. Berthold | Film | 6.3 | 50 |
| 1966 | Fahrenheit 451 | Fabian / Headmistress | Film | 7.1 | 49 |
| 1966 | The Blue Max | Holbach | Film | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Adolf Eichmann | TV | 5.3 | 48 |
| 1965 | Operation Crossbow | SS Sturmbannfuhrer | Film | 6.7 | 48 |
| 1965 | The Heroes of Telemark | Major Frick | Film | 6.9 | 48 |
| 1965 | Shots in 3/4 Time | Burger | Film | 7.8 | 48 |
| 1965 | Geld, Geld, Geld - 2 Milliarden gegen die Bank von England | SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich | Film | 9.0 | 48 |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 | Count Wolf von Helldorf | TV | 7.2 | 47 |
| 1964 | Vorsicht Mister Dodd | Howard | Film | 10.0 | 47 |
| 1964 | Lana: Queen of the Amazons | Prof. van Vries | Film | 3.4 | 47 |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | De Flores | TV | 7.9 | 46 |
| 1963 | Interpol | SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich | TV | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1963 | Incident at Midnight | Dr. Erik Leichner | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1962 | Studio 4 | TV | 7.5 | 45 | |
| 1961 | Enter Inspector Duval | Inspector Duval | Film | 9.0 | 44 |
| 1960 | Circus of Horrors | Dr. Schuler | Film | 5.8 | 43 |
| 1959 | One Step Beyond | Wilhelm Hessler | TV | 5.7 | 42 |
| 1959 | The Man Who Could Cheat Death | Dr. Georges Bonner | Film | 5.8 | 42 |
| 1958 | Tales of Frankenstein | Baron Frankenstein | Film | 7.3 | 41 |
| 1958 | A Question of Adultery | Carl Dieter | Film | 4.5 | 41 |
| 1958 | Mark of the Phoenix | Inspector Schell | Film | 5.3 | 41 |
| 1957 | Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! | Louis Walleau | TV | 9.0 | 40 |
| 1957 | The Traitor | Joseph Brezina | Film | 7.6 | 40 |
| 1957 | The Crooked Sky | Fraser | Film | 6.3 | 40 |
| 1957 | Lady of Vengeance | Karmak | Film | 5.7 | 40 |
| 1957 | Seven Thunders | Col. Trautman | Film | 5.5 | 40 |
| 1956 | Wire Service | Joseph Tezlik | TV | 9.0 | 39 |
| 1956 | Hancock's Half Hour | TV | 7.4 | 39 | |
| 1956 | Colonel March of Scotland Yard | Francois | TV | 7.5 | 39 |
| 1956 | Colonel March of Scotland Yard | Davos | TV | 7.5 | 39 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Cast Member | TV | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Karl Brandt | TV | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | TV | 6.0 | 39 | |
| 1956 | Reach for the Sky | German Stabsfeldwebel | Film | 6.9 | 39 |
| 1956 | House of Secrets | Anton Lauderbach | Film | 6.4 | 39 |
| 1956 | Doublecross | Dmitri Krassin | Film | 7.7 | 39 |
| 1956 | The Black Tent | Senior German Officer | Film | 6.4 | 39 |
| 1956 | Seven Years in Tibet | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1955 | Dixon of Dock Green | Charles Mason | TV | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1955 | The Colditz Story | Hauptmann Fischer | Film | 6.8 | 38 |
| 1955 | I Am a Camera | Fritz Wendel | Film | 6.2 | 38 |
| 1954 | The Sea Shall Not Have Them | German Pilot | Film | 7.3 | 37 |
| 1953 | The Red Beret | The Pole | Film | 6.7 | 36 |
| 1953 | Never Let Me Go | Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 36 |
| 1953 | Park Plaza 605 | Gregor | Film | 4.7 | 36 |
| 1953 | Albert R.N. | Capt Schultz | Film | 7.3 | 36 |
| 1953 | Operation Diplomat | Edward Shroder | Film | 6.1 | 36 |
| 1952 | Top Secret | Border Police GDR (uncredited) | Film | 8.0 | 35 |
| 1952 | The Woman's Angle | Peasant | Film | 8.0 | 35 |
| 1952 | Bachelor in Paris | Renoir | Film | 7.8 | 35 |
| 1951 | Hotel Sahara | German Soldier | Film | 5.6 | 34 |
| 1951 | Appointment with Venus | 2nd German Soldier | Film | 5.7 | 34 |
| 1950 | State Secret | State Police Officer at Theater | Film | 6.9 | 33 |
| 1950 | Highly Dangerous | Officer at Station (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 33 |
| 1940 | Convoy | U-Boat Officer | Film | 5.6 | 23 |
| 1940 | Neutral Port | Sailor | Film | 6.8 | 23 |