Wilhelm von Brincken
Biography
Wilhelm von Brincken, born in Flensburg, was a German actor who worked in American silent and sound films. His first American screen appearance came in The Redemption of David Corson (1914). Erich von Stroheim, a fellow German expatriate, brought him to Hollywood among former German military men, and his military background led to work as a technical advisor, including on All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). He returned to acting in von Stroheim's Queen Kelly (1929), which starred Gloria Swanson. In 1929 and 1930 he took small parts before featured roles in Leathernecking and as Baron Manfred von Richthofen in Hells Angels (1930). He appeared in many films through the 1930s, and after 1939 was often cast as a Nazi, in Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939), Navy Secrets (1939) and So Ends Our Night (1941). He died in 1946.
64years old at death
- Born Flensburg
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 9 years1929 to 1938
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A change of course
Because of his military background, von Brincken was used as a military expert and technical advisor for movies. One of these was the Academy Award-winning All Quiet on the Western Front (1930).
Wilhelm von Brincken movies on Netflix
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W.S. Van DykeDirector, 1 film, 1937
All films by W.S. Van Dyke
All films by Erich von Stroheim
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