Harold Dyrenforth

from Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]

Artwork for The Andromeda Strain

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.

Timeline

1971Aged 58

  • Poster for The Andromeda Strain

    (uncredited)

1965Aged 52

  • Poster for Morituri

    Cornelson, Ingo Navigator (uncredited)

1964Aged 51

  • Poster for The Incredible Mr. Limpet

    U-Boat Captain (uncredited)

1960Aged 47

  • Poster for In the Presence of Mine Enemies

    The General

1959Aged 46

  • Poster for Watusi

    Wilhelm von Kentner

1957Aged 44

  • Poster for The Fabulous Irishman

    Wirz

1956Aged 43

  • Poster for Congo Crossing

    Steiner

1955Aged 42

  • Poster for Jump Into Hell

    Maj. Flandrin

1953Aged 40

  • Poster for The Desert Rats

    Observer (uncredited)

1952Aged 39

  • Poster for The Red Ball Express

    German Sergeant (uncredited)

  • Poster for Storm Over Tibet

    Professor Faber

1951Aged 38

  • Poster for Target Unknown

    Sergeant Weltzer (uncredited)

1935Aged 22

  • Poster for Demon of the Himalayas

    Idea