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Gert Frobe in Goldfinger

Gert Fröbe (1913 - 1988)

Film Deaths[]

  • He Who Must Die (Celui qui doit mourir) (1957) [Patriarcheas] Dies of sickness while talking to his son.
  • It Happened in Broad Daylight (Es geschah am hellichten Tag) (1958) [Albert Schrott]: Shot to death by Heinz Rühmann while trying to attack him.
  • The Forests Sing Forever (Und ewig singen die Wälder) (1959) [Dag senior]: Dies from an illness just after finding out about his grandson's name.
  • The Green Archer (Der grüne Bogenschütze) (1961) [Abel Bellamy]: Shot with an arrow by the Green Archer.
  • Goldfinger (1964) [Auric Goldfinger]: Sucked through an airplane window that's been shot out during a fight with Sean Connery.
  • A High Wind in Jamaica (1965) [Dutch Captain]: Stabbed by Deborah Baxter.
  • The Upper Hand (Du Rififi a Paname; Rififi in Paris) (1966) [Walter]: Shot to death with machine guns by rival gangsters.
  • I Killed Rasputin (J'ai tue Raspoutine; Rasputin) (1967) [Grogpori Rasputin]: Drowned when he is thrown into the river, after being poisoned, beaten, and shot by Peter McEnery. (I haven't seen this, but I'm familiar with the historic facts.)
  • And Then There Were None (Ten Little Indians) (1974) [Wilhelm Blore]: Pushed off a balcony by Richard Attenborough. His body is shown when Oliver Reed and Elke Sommer discover it.
  • The Umbrella Coup (Le Coup du parapluie) (1980) [Otto Krampe aka Whale]: Poisoned with a umbrella cyanure thrown by Gordon Mitchell in his swimming pool.

Television Deaths[]

  • August der Starke (1984) [August der Starke]: Dies in Warsaw from a seizure caused by his diabetes.