Helmut Dantine
Acting
Born October 7, 1918 · Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Biography
Helmut Dantine 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. Dantine enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles. His relatives thought he would go into business, but he became interested in theater. He began his U.S. acting career at the Pasadena Playhouse, while running two gas stations in order to pay his…
Known For · 40 titles
Climax!
Studio One
Suspense
Night Gallery
Run for Your Life
The Millionaire
Lights Out
Sugarfoot
Studio 57
Casablanca
The Thin Man
The Rogues
Medical Story
War and Peace
General Electric Theater
Operation Crossbow
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Alexander the Great
Mrs. Miniver
To Be or Not to Be
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
The Wilby Conspiracy
Fraulein
The Killer Elite
Passage to Marseille
Edge of Darkness
Watch on the Rhine
Northern Pursuit
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
The Fifth Musketeer
The Story of Mankind
Hollywood Canteen
Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place
Call Me Madam
Mission to Moscow
Escape
Hotel Berlin
The File on Devlin
The Pied Piper