 anton walbrook (born ; 19 november 18969 august 1967) was an austrian actor who settled in the united kingdom. == life and career== walbrook was born in vienna, austria, as adolf wohlbrÃ¼ck. he was the son of gisela rosa (cohn) and adolf ferdinand bernhard hermann wohlbrÃ¼ck.http://tombwithaview.org.uk/abg-people/anton-walbrook/ he was descended from ten generations of actors, though his father broke with tradition and was a circus clown. walbrook studied with the director max reinhardt and built up a career in austrian theatre and cinema. in 1936, he went to hollywood to reshoot dialogue for the multinational the soldier and the lady (1937) and in the process changed his name from adolf to anton. instead of returning to austria, walbrook, who was gay and classified under the nuremberg laws as "half-jewish" (his mother was jewish),offermanns, ernst (2005) (in german). die deutschen juden und der spielfilm der ns-zeit. frankfurt: peter lang. p. 69. settled in england and continued working as a film actor, making a speciality of playing continental europeans. thumbnail|walbrook in about 1945 producer-director herbert wilcox cast him as prince albert in victoria the great (1937) and walbrook also appeared in the sequel, sixty glorious years the following year. he was in director thorold dickinson's version of gaslight (1940), in the role played by charles boyer in the later hollywood remake. in dangerous moonlight (1941), a romantic melodrama, he was a polish pianist torn over whether to return home. for the powell and pressburger team in the life and death of colonel blimp (1943) he played the role of the dashing, intense "good german&q
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