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Adolf Anton Wilhelm Wohlbrück (19 November 1896 – 9 August 1967) was an Austrian actor who settled in the United Kingdom under the name Anton Walbrook. A popular performer in Austria and pre-war Germany, he left in 1936 out of concerns for his own safety and established a career in British cinema.
Anton Walbrook. Actor: The Red Shoes. This dark, debonair, dashing and extremely distinguished Austrian actor was christened Adolf Wohlbrück in Vienna, the scion of a family of circus clowns. He broke away easily from generations of tradition as the circus life had no appeal whatsoever to Walbrook.
- November 19, 1896
- August 9, 1967
Jan 29, 2014 · A brief biography. Anton Walbrook was born in Vienna in 1896, as Adolf Anton Wilhelm Wohlbrück, and he came from a long line of entertainers (his father was a circus clown, and earlier ...
Anton Walbrook. Actor: The Red Shoes. This dark, debonair, dashing and extremely distinguished Austrian actor was christened Adolf Wohlbrück in Vienna, the scion of a family of circus clowns. He broke away easily from generations of tradition as the circus life had no appeal whatsoever to Walbrook.
- January 1, 1
- Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
- January 1, 1
- Garatshausen, Bavaria, Germany
Anton Walbrook's screen acting combined melancholic irony and old-worldly charm, chilling arrogance and tragic pathos. A dark, handsome and suave dandy, Walbrook (born Adolf Wohlbrück) was a romantic lead in German films before emigrating in 1936. His first major British success was as Prince Albert, opposite Anna Neagle as Victoria The Great ...
Jun 25, 2021 · 25 June 2021. Research for my biography of the actor Anton Walbrook ( Anton Walbrook: a Life of Masks and Mirrors, published by Peter Lang in December 2020), took over ten years and made extensive use of archival sources.
Jun 4, 2023 · Born in Austria-Hungary in 1896, he began his acting career in Germany in the 1920s and quickly gained recognition for his talents. His notable roles in German films include the lead in the classic silent film “The Student of Prague” (1926) and in “The Congress Dances” (1931).
