Ferdy Mayne(1916-1998)

Actor

Ferdy Mayne in The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)

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Cellmates (1990)

His father was the Judge of Mayence (Mainz) and his mother, who was half-English, was a singing teacher. Since the family was Jewish, the teenage Ferdinand was sent to England to stay with his aunt Lee Hutchinson, a noted photographer and sculptress. His parents were briefly interned in Buchenwald, but his mother's English connections enabled them also to get to England before war broke out.

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Known for

Where Eagles Dare

7.6

Rosemeyer

1968

The Fearless Vampire Killers

7.0

Count von Krolock
Narrator

1967

Conan the Destroyer

5.9

The Leader(as Ferdinand Mayne)

1984

Pirates

6.0

Captain Linares

1986

Credits

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Actor

The Killers Within
4.2
- General Karl von Weber
- 1995
Benefit of the Doubt
5.1
- Mueller
- 1993
Warlock: The Armageddon
5.4
- One-Eyed Man (as Ferdinand Mayne)
- 1993
Die Spur führt ins Verderben
TV Movie
- Granitzki
- 1993
Die Tigerin
5.2
- The Austrian Count (as Ferdinand Mayne)
- 1992
Knight Moves
6.1
- Jeremy Edmonds (as Ferdinand Mayne)
- 1992
Mrs. Harris
7.1
TV Series
- Major William Watson
- 1989–1991
The Hit Man
6.0
TV Movie
- Vigo
- 1991
My Lovely Monster
5.3
- Cowboy
- Vampire
- 1991
River of Diamonds
4.2
- Fred Shelborne (as Ferdinand Mayne)
- 1990
Monsters
7.3
TV Series
- Old Man (as Ferdinand Mayne)
- 1990
Der vierte Mann
TV Movie
- 1990
Ich will leben
4.4
TV Movie
- Böser Wissenschaftler
- 1990
In the Shadow of the Sandcastle
5.5
- Baptiste
- 1989
Rivalen der Rennbahn
6.6
TV Series
- Emanuel von Rödermark
- 1989

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Personal details

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Alternative names
- God
Height
- 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
Born
- March 11, 1916
- Mainz, Germany
Died
- January 30, 1998
- London, England, UK(Parkinson's disease)
Spouse
- Deirdre de Peyer1950 - 1976 (divorced, 2 children)
Children
- Belinda Mayne
Other works
Watch on the Rhine (1943 play by Lillian Hellman, Aldwych Theatre in London, as Kurt Muller)
Publicity listings
- 1 Pictorial
- 2 Magazine Cover Photos

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Trivia
Lean, sardonic-looking German-born character actor, who lent a silky, urbane quality to numerous menacing roles in British films of the 1950's, 60's and 70's. Of Jewish background, he left Germany for England in 1932 to stay with his sculptress aunt. After training for acting at RADA and the Old Vic school, he first appeared on stage as the White Knight in "Alice Through the Looking Glass" with the West Croydon Repertory Company. He became a much sought-after radio actor and his voice was also used in wartime propaganda broadcasts. Among his numerous roles on screen, including a fair share of Nazi officers, he is best remembered as Count von Krolock in Roman Polanski's Dracula parody The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967). He also played 'the Count' in the German horror comedy The Vampire Happening (1971).