Helmut Dantine
Helmut Dantine (7 October 1918 – 2 May 1982) was an Austrian-American actor who often played Nazis in thriller films of the 1940s. His best-known performances are perhaps the German pilot in Mrs. Miniver and the desperate refugee in Casablanca, who tries gambling to obtain travel visa money for himself and his wife. As his acting career waned, he turned to producing.
Helmut Dantine | |
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Dantine pictured in 1946 | |
| Born | Helmut Guttmann 7 October 1918 Vienna, Austria |
| Died | 2 May 1982 (aged 63) |
| Alma mater | UCLA |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1940–1979 |
| Spouses |
Charlene Stafford Wrightsman
(m. 1947; div. 1950)Nicola "Niki" Schenck
(m. 1958; div. 1971) |
| Children | 4 |
According to one obituary, "He specialized in portrayals of Nazis, sometimes as the handsome but icy SS sadist battling Allied heroes, sometimes as a sympathetic German soldier forced, against his better judgment, to fight".
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