Harold Dyrenforth
ActingAlso Known As
Harald O. Dyrenforth, Dr. Harold Dyrenforth
Biography
Harald Dyrenforth started his career as an actor in the late thirties in the Swiss theatre and radio, came to America in 1938, appeared in a number of Broadway plays and New York radio shows, served a hitch in the U.S. Army Ski Troops and another one as a foreign language broadcaster for the Office of War Information and "voice of America" of the U.S. State Department. In 1946 he made his movie debut in a featured part, that of Walter Damrosch in the film "Carnegie Hall." He appeared in over 40 pictures and 500 TV shows. He earned a Master's Degree in Theater Arts at U.C.L.A. and taught at Chapman College in Orange, CA while working as an actor and director. In 1961 he directed "the Madwoman of Chaillot" at Long Beach State College.
Movies
(12 total)
The Andromeda Strain
as (uncredited)
The Desert Rats
as Observer (uncredited)
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
as U-Boat Captain (uncredited)
Morituri
as Cornelson, Ingo Navigator (uncredited)
The Red Ball Express
as German Sergeant (uncredited)
Congo Crossing
as Steiner
Watusi
as Wilhelm von Kentner
Jump Into Hell
as Maj. Flandrin
Storm Over Tibet
as Professor Faber
Target Unknown
as Sergeant Weltzer (uncredited)
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
as The General
The Fabulous Irishman
as Wirz
TV Shows
(6 total)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Frederic Blauer
The Thin Man
as Hans - the Dutchman
