Albert Lieven

Albert Lieven
Born	Albert Fritz Liévin June 22, 1906(1906-06-22) Hohenstein, Germany
Died	December 22, 1971 (aged 65) London, England, UK
Occupation	Actor
Spouse(s)	Tatiana Lieven (?-?) Valerie White (?-?) Petra Peters (?-?) Susan Shaw (1949-1953)

Albert Lieven (22 June 1906 – 22 December 1971) was an actor. He was born Albert Fritz Liévin in Hohenstein, East Prussia, Germany. 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 version of "Charley's Aunt". Because of the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany and refusing to forsake his Jewish wife Tatjana, he moved to Britain in 1937. There, ironically, he spent the years of World War II (1939 to 1945) mainly in roles depicting Nazis in British films. These he found not 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). 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.

Selected filmography

• Victoria the Great
• The Deacon and the Jewess as Simon (1939)
• Big Blockade as Gunter (1940)
• Spy for a Day as Capt. Hausemann (1940)
• For Freedom as Fritz (1940)
• Let George do it as German Radio operator (1940)
• Night Train to Munich as Camp Guard (1940)
• Convoy as U-Boat Commander (1940)
• Neutral Port as Capt. GrossKraut (1940)
• Mr Proudfoot Shows a Light as a German (1941)
• Jeanie as Count von Wittgestein (1941)
• The Young Mr Pitt as Tallerand (1942)
• The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp as von Ritter (1943)
• The Yellow Canary as Jan Orlock (1943)
• English without Tears as Felix Dembrowski (1944)
• The Seventh Veil as Maxwell Layton (1945)
• Beware of Pity as Lt Marek (1946)
• Frieda as Richard (1947)
• Sleeping Car to Trieste as Zurta (1948)
• The Dark Lady as Mark (1951)
• Hotel Sahara as Lt von Heillicke (1951)
• Desperate Moment as Paul Ravitch (1953)
• The Confession of Ina Kahr (1954)
• Loser takes all as Hotel manager (1956)
• Subway in the Sky as Carl (1959)
• Conspiracy of Hearts as Col Horstein (1960)
• Foxhole in Cairo as Gen Rommel (1960)
• The Guns of Navarone as the Commandant (1961)
• Death Drums Along the River as Dr Weiss (1963)
• Traitor's Gate (1964)

References

"Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies" (14th edition) published by Harper Collins - ISBN 0-06-093507-3