Ernst Deutsch, also known as Ernest Dorian (16 September 1890, Prague – 22 March 1969, Berlin), was an Austrian actor.
 In 1916, his performance as the protagonist in the world première of Walter Hasenclever's Expressionist play "The Son" in Dresden was praised.
 Deutsch also played the antihero Famulus in Paul Wegener's "" in 1920.
 He is known by English-speaking audiences for his role as Baron Kurtz in Carol Reed's 1949 "film noir", "The Third Man".
The Diamond (released in the US as The Diamond Wizard) is a 1954 British film noir crime film starring Dennis O'Keefe, Margaret Sheridan and Philip Friend.
 It has the distinction of being Britain's first 3D film, though according to the British Film Institute (BFI), it was shown in 3D only once, on 13 September 2006 in Hollywood.
 Despite the 2006 showing the film was listed on the BFI 75 Most Wanted list of lost films.
The Third Man is a 1949 British film noir directed by Carol Reed and written by Graham Greene.
 It stars Joseph Cotten, Valli (Alida Valli), Orson Welles, and Trevor Howard.
 The film takes place in post-World-War-II Vienna.
 It centres on Holly Martins, an American who is given a job in Vienna by his friend Harry Lime, but when Holly arrives in Vienna he gets the news that Lime is dead.
 Martins then meets with Lime's acquaintances in an attempt to investigate what he considers a suspicious death.
The Crooked Way is a 1949 film noir crime film directed by Robert Florey.
 The film was based on a radio play "No Blade Too Sharp" and features John Payne, Sonny Tufts, Ellen Drew, and others.
 The film, with a similar plot (a war hero loses his memory stateside) to another film noir "Somewhere in the Night", was shot by cameraman John Alton.
Barry Forshaw is a writer, broadcaster and journalist whose books include "", "The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction", "Brit Noir", "British Gothic Cinema", "Nordic Noir", "Sex and Film", "Euro Noir", "" and "" along with books on Italian cinema, film noir and the first UK biography of Stieg Larsson, "The Man Who Left Too Soon".
 He has written on books and films for many newspapers and magazines; he also edits "Crime Time", and is one of the talking heads for the ITV Crime Thriller author profiles.
 He records documentaries on crime fiction and film for a variety of BBC producers for both TV and radio, along with much work for foreign broadcasters.
 He has been Vice Chair of the Crime Writers' Association.
 As well as his specialist area of books (in most genres), he writes on film (booklets for special edition DVDs) and all aspects of the arts (popular and serious).
 He is winner of the Keating Award for Non-Fiction for "British Crime Writing: An Encyclopedia" (Greenwood)
Jack Falls is a 2011 British independent feature film starring Simon Phillips, Jason Flemying, Dexter Fletcher, Alan Ford, Adam Deacon, Martin Kemp, Tamer Hassan, Olivia Hallinan, Doug Bradley, Jing Lusi and Zach Galligan and the third installment in the "Jack Says" Trilogy, the first ever British film trilogy according to the British Film Institute.
 Based on the graphic novel of the same title by Paul Tanter, the movie is a contemporary film noir shot in London in high contrast black and white with splashes of colour particularly reminiscent of the Robert Rodriguez film "Sin City", but with a harder, grittier edge.
 Although a stand-alone film, it follows on from the films "Jack Says" and "Jack Said".
Impact is a 1949 American film noir drama film directed by Arthur Lubin, starring Brian Donlevy and Ella Raines.
 Filmed entirely in California, the film included scenes filmed in Sausalito, and at San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf and other locations around the city.
 "Impact" was based on a story by film noir writer Jay Dratler.
 The supporting cast features Charles Coburn, Helen Walker, Anna May Wong, Philip Ahn and William Wright.
Silent Dust is a 1949 British drama/thriller film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Sally Gray, Stephen Murray, Derek Farr and Nigel Patrick.
 The title comes from lines in Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" "Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of Death?"
 The screenplay was by Michael Pertwee, adapted from his own play "The Paragon".
 The film was shot in film noir style with dramatic use of light and shadow.
Born to Kill is a 1947 American film noir starring Lawrence Tierney and directed by Robert Wise.
 It was the first film noir to be directed by Wise, who later directed "The Set-Up" (1949), "The Captive City" (1952), and "Odds Against Tomorrow" (1959).
 The film also features Claire Trevor, Walter Slezak, and Elisha Cook Jr.
Criss Cross is a 1949 crime film noir directed by Robert Siodmak starring Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo and Dan Duryea, from Don Tracy's novel of the same name.
 This black-and-white film was shot partly on location in the Bunker Hill section of Los Angeles.
 The film was written by Daniel Fuchs.
 Franz Planer's cinematography creates a black-and-white film noir world.
 Miklós Rózsa scored the film's soundtrack.
 It was remade as "The Underneath" in 1995.

Question: The protagonist to the 1949 British film noir was born when?
Answer: 16 September 1890