Biography
Karl-Otto Alberty (also Karl Otto Alberty, 13 November 1933 – 25 April 2015) was a German actor. Alberty was born as Karl-Otto Poensgen in Berlin on 13 November 1933. He started out as an amateur boxer before discovering a talent for acting, making his début at the City Theatre in Konstanz in 1959. He then began to take supporting roles in films. He made his first appearance in English language films as an SD officer (who captures Richard Attenborough) in The Great Escape (1963). With his broad face, broken nose and distinctive white-blond hair, he would go on to play variations of the role of German officers in a series of films, notably Battle of the Bulge (1965), Andrew V. McLaglen's The Devil's Brigade (1968), Luchino Visconti's The Damned (1969), and as a Waffen-SS tank commander of a Tiger I tank from the 1st SS Panzer Division LSSAH in Kelly's Heroes (1970). He played a Luftwaffe general in Battle of Britain (1969). He also continued to work in both Germany and Italy in a wide variety of films from dramas and comedies to spaghetti westerns. He also made regular appearances on German television. His last appearance was in the TV series War and Remembrance (1988). He was vari…
Movies & TV Shows
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The Great Escape (1963) — S.S. Officer Steinach
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Kelly's Heroes (1970) — German Tank Commander
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Battle of Britain (1969) — General Jeschonnek - Luftwaffe Chief of Staff
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Battle of the Bulge (1965) — Von Diepel
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Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) — Group Two German Guard
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The Damned (1969) — 1st Officer Wehrmacht
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Is Paris Burning? (1966) — SS (Bayeux Tapestry)
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Flatfoot in Egypt (1980) — Swede
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Day of Anger (1967) — Blonde Deputy with Harmonica
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The Devil's Brigade (1968) — German Soldier (uncredited)
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The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1970) — Otto
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Help Me, My Love (1969) — Bauer, il coreografo
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Bluebeard (1972) — Friend of von Sepper
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Raid on Rommel (1971) — Schroeder
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The Lickerish Quartet (1970) — (uncredited)
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The Assassination (1972) — The killer
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War and Remembrance (1988) — Rudolf Haindl
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The Odyssey (1969) — Eurimaco
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Superbug, Super Agent (1972) — Marchese de la Sotta
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The Salzburg Connection (1972) — First Stocky Man
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The Odyssey (1968) — Eurimaco
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Assignment K (1968)
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Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre (1967) — Baboo
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The Island of the Bloody Plantation (1983) — Otto Globocnik
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Midas Run (1969) — Mark Dietrich
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Angels Who Burn Their Wings (1970) — 2. Commissioner
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Der Transport (1961)
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On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight (1969) — Hotte Priemel
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Die seltsamen Methoden des Franz Josef Wanninger (1965) — Vitus
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The House in Karp Lane (1965) — Leopold Glaser
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The Man from Oklahoma (1965) — Hondo
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Und sowas nennt sich Leben (1961)
- Toller Hecht auf krummer Tour (1961) — Thomas
- Barras Heute (1963) — Oberfeldwebel Knorr
- Valentin Katajews chirurgische Eingriffe in das Seelenleben des Dr. Igor Igorowitsch (1967) — Konnikow
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Assignment: Munich (1972) — Fritz
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Die Karte mit dem Luchskopf (1963) — Hauptwachtmeister Kargel
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The House in Karp Lane (1965) — Leopold Glaser