Karl-Otto Alberty
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Karl-Otto Alberty (also Karl Otto Alberty, b. November 13, 1933 in Berlin) is a German actor.
He started out as an amateur boxer before discovering a talent for acting, making his debut 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 a German 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 on the role of the brutal Nazi in a series of films, notably The Battle of Bulge (1965), Luchino Visconti's The Damned (1969), and Kelly's Heroes (1970). 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 has been variously credited as Charles Albert, Charles Alberty and Carlo Alberti.
[edit] Selected Filmography
- War and Remembrance (TV) (1988)
- The Winds of War (TV) (1983)
- Bluebeard (1972)
- Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
- Raid on Rommel (1971)
- The Great White Hope (1970)
- Kelly's Heroes (1970)
- The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969)
- The Damned (1969)
- Battle of Britain (1969)
- Is Paris Burning? (1966)
- The Battle of the Bulge (1965)
- The Great Escape (1963)
