William Von Brincken
Bio: A former captain of the Life Hussars of the King of Saxony, William von Brincken came to America as a military attaché at the German embassy in Washington. Stranded in the U.S. after WWI, von Brincken moved to Hollywood, where he joined the so-called Elite Guard, a group of former mittel-European officers brought together for film work by director Erich von… More Bio: A former captain of the Life Hussars of the King of Saxony, William von Brincken came to America as a military attaché at the German embassy in Washington. Stranded in the U.S. after WWI, von Brincken moved to Hollywood, where he joined the so-called Elite Guard, a group of former mittel-European officers brought together for film work by director Erich von Stroheim. As a recognized military expert, he served as a technical advisor for such films as Flesh and the Devil (1927) and All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). His film-acting career began in von Stroheim's Queen Kelly (1929); he went on to play such roles as Von Richtofen in Hell's Angels (1930), and during WWII was one of several German expatriates called upon to play Nazis. Whenever it seemed politically expedient to do so, William von Brincken acted under such Anglicized stage names as Roger Beckwith and William Vaughan. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
William Von Brincken Videos
Background To Danger
Once Upon A Honeymoon
So Ends Our Night
The Life Of Emile Zola
Dracula's Daughter
Filmography
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Background to Danger (1943)
- Actor
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Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
- German Sub Captain
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Miss V from Moscow (1942)
- Capt. Richter
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A Yank in Libya (1942)
- Yussof Streyer
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Joan of Ozark (1942)
- German Radio Operator
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