deaths
September 5, 1988
Gert Fröbe, German actor and singer (born 1913)
Gert Fröbe
Karl Gerhart "Gert" Fröbe was a German actor who appeared in over 100, mostly German-produced films. He was best known in English-speaking countries for his work as the title character in the James Bond film Goldfinger. Other international films include his role as Baron Bomburst in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, as General Dietrich von Choltitz in Is Paris Burning?, as Colonel Manfred von Holstein in Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, and as Inspector Bauer in Ingmar Bergman's The Serpent's Egg.