| Helmut Dantine | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 7, 1917 Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | May 2, 1982 Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA |
Helmut Dantine (October 7, 1917 – May 2, 1982) was a film actor remembered for playing many Nazis in thriller films of the 1940s. Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar)
The Vienna-born actor appeared uncredited in Casablanca early in his career (he played the desperate newlywed gambling to obtain visa money). Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. Casablanca ( is an American Romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and The dark and handsome supporting player and occasional lead fled Austria in the late 1930s, and ended up in the U. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich S. state of California.
He began his U. S. acting career at the Pasadena Playhouse, where he was spotted by a talent scout and signed to a Warner Bros. contract. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Dantine spent the early 1940s there; appearing in International Squadron (1941) with Ronald Reagan, Casablanca (1942), Edge of Darkness (his first lead role), Mission to Moscow, Northern Pursuit (all 1943), Passage to Marseille, The Mask of Dimitrios (both 1944), Hotel Berlin and Escape in the Desert (both 1945). Edge of Darkness is a British television Drama serial, produced by BBC Television in association with Lionheart Television International The Mask of Dimitrios ( 1944) is a American Film noir directed by Jean Negulesco and written by Frank Gruber based on the
Dantine was also loaned out to other film companies for two notable films in 1942. To Be or Not to Be and Mrs. Miniver were both released in 1942. To Be or Not to Be is a 1942 Comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch, about a troupe of actors in Nazi -occupied Warsaw who Mrs Miniver is a 1942 Drama film directed by William Wyler and starring Greer Garson in the title role His last screen appearances were in three films he executive produced including, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974), and The Killer Elite (1975), both directed by Sam Peckinpah. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia ( Tráiganme la cabeza de Alfredo García) (1974 is a film directed by Sam Peckinpah and featuring Warren The Killer Elite is an action thriller starring James Caan (Mike Lockin and Robert Duvall (George Hanson David Samuel "Sam" Peckinpah (February 21 1925 &ndash December 28 1984 was an American Film director who achieved iconic status following the release
From 1947 to 1950, he was married to Charlene Stafford Wrightsman (1927-1963), the younger daughter of Charles B. Wrightsman, an oil millionaire whose collection of French furniture and decorative arts fills several galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an art museum located on the eastern edge of Central Park, along what is known as Museum Mile in New York City, They had one son, Dana Wrightsman Dantine, and in 1952, Charlene Dantine married the American society columnist Igor Cassini. Igor Cassini ( September 15 1915 &ndash January 5 2002) was an American syndicated Gossip columnist for the Hearst