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Biography
Albert Lieven (22 June 1906 – 22 December 1971) was a German actor. He was born Albert Fritz Liévin in Hohenstein, East Prussia. He died in London, England. He was married four times, including to the actresses Susan Shaw and Valerie White.
Career
He started his screen career in the German film Annemarie, die Braut der Kompanie (Bride of the Company) in 1932. During the next four years he appeared in another sixteen films, including the German film adaptation of Charley's Aunt. Owing to the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany and his wife Tatjana being Jewish, he moved to Britain in 1937. He spent the years of the Second World War (1939 to 1945) though mainly in roles depicting Nazis in British films, not finding them overly challenging as an actor.
He appeared on the London stage in 1939 in the comedy Rake's Progress (Not the later Rex Harrison film of the same title), but was largely acting in films (among them The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, 1943). He appeared in many cinema productions, and in the year 1940, he was credited in seven, in all of which he played the role of a German.
He returned to Germany in 1951, and appeared in many films made there. He also was in films both in Britain and Hollywood.
He is the grandfather of the England Rugby Union player Toby Flood.
Selected filmography
- Annemarie, die Braut der Kompanie (1932) as Fähnrich Werner v. Schumann
- I by Day, You by Night (1932) as Wolf
- Kampf um Blond (1933) as Victor
- Reifende Jugend (1933) as Knud Sengebusch, Abiturient
- Die vom Niederrhein (1933) as Hans Steinherr
- Es tut sich was um Mitternacht (1934) as Nikolaus 'Nicki' Durmann
- Charley's Aunt (1934) as Jack Chesney
- Krach um Jolanthe (1934) as Wesemeier, der neue Lehrer
- Fräulein Liselott (1934) as Peter Wendt, Architekt
- Trouble with Jolanthe (1934) as Wesemeier, der neue Lehrer
- Eine Siebzehnjährige (1934) as Walter, ihr Sohn
- Glückspilze (1935) as Hans Berding
- Hermine und die sieben Aufrechten (1935) as Karl, deren Sohn
- Make Me Happy (1935) as William Davenport, ihr Sohn
- Carnival in Flanders (1936) as Johann Brueghel
- Kater Lampe (1936) as Fritz Neumerkel - Schnitzergeselle
- A Woman of No Importance (1936) as Gerald Arbuthnot
- Victoria the Great (1937) as Minor Role (uncredited)
- The Deacon and the Jewess (1939) as Simon
- Spy for a Day (1940) as Capt. Hausemann
- For Freedom (1940) as Fritz
- Convoy (1940) as U-Boat Commander U.37
- Let George Do It! (1940) as German Radio Operator (uncredited)
- Night Train to Munich (1940) as Concentration Camp Guard (uncredited)
- Neutral Port (1940) as Capt. GrossKraut
- Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light (1941) as German
- Jeannie (1941) as Count von Wittgestein
- The Big Blockade (1942) as German: Gunter
- The Young Mr Pitt (1942) as Tallerand
- The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) as von Ritter
- The Yellow Canary (1943) as Captain Jan Orlock
- English Without Tears (1944) as Felix Dembrowski
- The Seventh Veil (1945) as Maxwell Leydon
- Beware of Pity (1946) as Lt. Anton Marek
- Frieda (1947) as Richard
- Sleeping Car to Trieste (1948) as Zurta
- Marry Me! (1949) as Louis (uncredited)
- The Dark Light (1951) as Mark
- Hotel Sahara (1951) as Lt von Heillicke
- Die Dubarry (1951) as Alfred Collien
- Klettermaxe (1952) as Max Malien
- Fritz und Friederike (1952) as Henry de Voss
- Desperate Moment (1953) as Paul Ravitch
- The Rose of Stamboul (1953) as Achmed Bey
- Geliebtes Leben (1953) as Joachim von Bolin
- Heimweh nach Deutschland (1954) as Fred Berger
- Frühlingslied (1954) as Dr. Andermatt
- The Confession of Ina Kahr (1954) as Dr. Pleyer
- Das Lied der Hohen Tauern (1955) as Peter Dahle
- Des Teufels General (1955) as Oberst Friedrich Eilers
- Reifende Jugend (1955) as Studienrat Dr. Crusius
- Der Fischer vom Heiligensee (1955) as Wolfgang von Döring
- Nacht der Entscheidung (1956) as Albert Vernon
- Loser Takes All (1956) as Hotel Manager
- Londra chiama Polo Nord (1956) as Matt
- The Battalion in the Shadows (1957)
- Alle Sünden dieser Erde (1958) as Judge
- Und abends in die Scala (1958) as Pierre de Motestant
- Subway in the Sky (1959) as Carl
- Conspiracy of Hearts (1960) as Col. Horstein
- Brainwashed (1960) as Hartmann
- Foxhole in Cairo (1960) as Gen. Erwin Rommel
- Frau Irene Besser (1961)
- The Guns of Navarone (1961) as Commandant
- The Devil's Daffodil (1961) as Raymond Lyne
- Death Trap (1962) as Paul Heindrick
- The Devil's Agent (1962) as Inspector Huebling
- Freddy and the Song of the South Pacific (1962) as Siebzehnstern
- Mystery Submarine (1963) as Captain Neymarck
- The Victors (1963) as Herr Metzger
- Death Drums Along the River (1963) as Dr. Franz Weiss
- Traitor's Gate (1964) as Trayne
- City of Fear (1965) as Dr. Paul Kovac
- African Gold (1965) as Karl Du Val
- Der Gorilla von Soho (1968) as Henry Parker
- Die Feuerzangenbowle (1970) as Round table