Actor
Harold Dyrenforth
June 24, 1913 · Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Norbert Schiller
3 titles together
Morituri, The Man Called X, In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Richard Bull
2 titles together
The Andromeda Strain, The Man Called X
Raymond Bailey
2 titles together
Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Congo Crossing
Robert Douglas
2 titles together
The Desert Rats, Target Unknown
Torin Thatcher
2 titles together
The Desert Rats, The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
Frank Chase
2 titles together
The Desert Rats, The Red Ball Express
Full filmography · 18
The Andromeda Strain
as (uncredited)
19717.1
Morituri
as Cornelson, Ingo Navigator (uncredited)
19656.8
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
as U-Boat Captain (uncredited)
19646.2
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
as The General
1960
Watusi
as Wilhelm von Kentner
1959
The Fabulous Irishman
as Wirz
1957
Congo Crossing
as Steiner
1956
Jump Into Hell
as Maj. Flandrin
1955
The Desert Rats
as Observer (uncredited)
19536.3
Storm Over Tibet
as Professor Faber
1952
The Red Ball Express
as German Sergeant (uncredited)
19526
Target Unknown
as Sergeant Weltzer (uncredited)
1951