Karl-Otto Alberty
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 variously credited as Charles Albert, Charles Alberty and Carlo Alberti. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known for
ActingBirthday
November 13, 1933Deathday
April 25, 2015Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
31Place of birth
Berlin, GermanyAlso known as
Karl Alberty Otto, Charles Albert, Charles Alberty, Carlo AlbertiCast credits
Midas Run
Mark DietrichThe Secret of Santa Vittoria
OttoThe Great Escape
S.S. Officer SteinachKelly's Heroes
German tank commanderSlaughterhouse-Five
Group Two German GuardBluebeard
Friend of von SepperThe House in Karp Lane
Battle of the Bulge
Von DiepelOdissea
EurimacoSuperbug, Super Agent
Marchese de la SottaThe Island of the Bloody Plantation
Otto GlobocnikAngels Who Burn Their Wings
2. CommissionerThe Man from Oklahoma
HondoBattle of Britain
General Jeschonnek - Luftwaffe Chief of StaffDer Transport
Day of Anger
Blonde Deputy with HarmonicaThe Devil's Brigade
German Soldier (uncredited)Assignment K
Help Me, My Love
Bauer, il coreografo