Actor. Born in Austria, he started performing in German film serials in the 1920s and early 1930s, before settling in the United Kingdom. He made his American film debut in the RKO Pictures’ “The Soldier and His Lady” (1937), followed by “Sixty Glorious Years” (1938). His other film credits included “Gaslight” (1939), “49th Parallel” (1941), “The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp” (1943), “The Red Shoes” (1948) and “I Accuse” (1957). He died in Hampstead, London England.