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Karl-Otto Alberty

Actor · Born 1933-11-13 · Berlin, Germany

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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

  1. The Great Escape (1963) — S.S. Officer Steinach
  2. Kelly's Heroes (1970) — German Tank Commander
  3. Battle of Britain (1969) — General Jeschonnek - Luftwaffe Chief of Staff
  4. Battle of the Bulge (1965) — Von Diepel
  5. Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) — Group Two German Guard
  6. The Damned (1969) — 1st Officer Wehrmacht
  7. Is Paris Burning? (1966) — SS (Bayeux Tapestry)
  8. Flatfoot in Egypt (1980) — Swede
  9. Day of Anger (1967) — Blonde Deputy with Harmonica
  10. The Devil's Brigade (1968) — German Soldier (uncredited)
  11. The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1970) — Otto
  12. Help Me, My Love (1969) — Bauer, il coreografo
  13. Bluebeard (1972) — Friend of von Sepper
  14. Raid on Rommel (1971) — Schroeder
  15. The Lickerish Quartet (1970) — (uncredited)
  16. The Assassination (1972) — The killer
  17. War and Remembrance (1988) — Rudolf Haindl
  18. The Odyssey (1969) — Eurimaco
  19. Superbug, Super Agent (1972) — Marchese de la Sotta
  20. The Salzburg Connection (1972) — First Stocky Man
  21. The Odyssey (1968) — Eurimaco
  22. Assignment K (1968)
  23. Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre (1967) — Baboo
  24. The Island of the Bloody Plantation (1983) — Otto Globocnik
  25. Midas Run (1969) — Mark Dietrich
  26. Angels Who Burn Their Wings (1970) — 2. Commissioner
  27. Der Transport (1961)
  28. On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight (1969) — Hotte Priemel
  29. Die seltsamen Methoden des Franz Josef Wanninger (1965) — Vitus
  30. The House in Karp Lane (1965) — Leopold Glaser
  31. The Man from Oklahoma (1965) — Hondo
  32. Und sowas nennt sich Leben (1961)
  33. Toller Hecht auf krummer Tour (1961) — Thomas
  34. Barras Heute (1963) — Oberfeldwebel Knorr
  35. Valentin Katajews chirurgische Eingriffe in das Seelenleben des Dr. Igor Igorowitsch (1967) — Konnikow
  36. Assignment: Munich (1972) — Fritz
  37. Die Karte mit dem Luchskopf (1963) — Hauptwachtmeister Kargel
  38. The House in Karp Lane (1965) — Leopold Glaser