Helmut Dantine
Actor
Born October 7, 1918 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Helmut Dantine was an Austrian-American actor who often played Nazis in thriller films of the 1940s. His best-known performances are perhaps the German pilot in Mrs. Miniver, and the desperate refugee in Casablanca, who tries gambling to obtain travel visa money for himself and his wife. As his acting career waned, he turned to producing. Dantine enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles. His relatives thought he would go into business, but he became interested in theater. He began his U.S. acting career at the Pasadena Playhouse, while running two gas stations in order to pay his expenses. Dantine was spotted by a talent scout from Warner Bros, who signed him to a contract.
Filmography
The Fifth Musketeer
Spanish Ambassador
The Killer Elite
Vorodny
Medical Story
Dr. Caradeaux
The Wilby Conspiracy
Prosecuting Counsel
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Max
Night Gallery
The File on Devlin
Hans Raedler
Run for Your Life
Erich Krieger
Operation Crossbow
General Linz
The Rogues
Colonel von Reichert
Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place
Colonel
Tempest
Shvabrin
Fraulein
Lt. Hugo von Metzler
Thundering Jets
The Story of Mankind
Marc Antony
The Thin Man
Sugarfoot
Maj. Horst von Hoffstadt
Hell on Devil's Island
Paul Rigaud
Clipper Ship
Luis Obregon
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
Lord Mewl
War and Peace
Dolokhov
Alexander the Great
Nectenabus
The Millionaire
Prof. Josef Marton
Climax!
Daniel
Studio 57
Stranger from Venus
The Stranger
Call Me Madam
Prince Hugo
General Electric Theater
Manson
Guerrilla Girl
Demetri Alexander
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hans Raedler
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Peter
Lights Out
Suspense
Studio One
Dr. Roland Maradick
Whispering City
Michel Lacoste
Shadow of a Woman
Dr. Eric Ryder
Escape in the Desert
Capt. Becker
Hotel Berlin
Martin Richter
Hollywood Canteen
Self
Passage to Marseille
Garou
Northern Pursuit
Colonel Hugo von Keller
Watch on the Rhine
Young Man
Mission to Moscow
Maj. Kamenev
Edge of Darkness
Captain Koenig
Casablanca
Jan Brandel (uncredited)
Desperate Journey
The Pied Piper
Aide
Mrs. Miniver
German Flyer
To Be or Not to Be
Co-Pilot (uncredited)
Escape
Porter (uncredited)