Maximilian Schell passed away-was 83.

[the ringo kid]

If you dont recognize his name? you will know his face. Maximilian Schell won an Best Actor Oscar for his work in the excellent 1961 movie: Judgement at Nuremberg.

W/ Richard Widmark:

Spencer Tracy w/ William Shatner in front and below and Schell to the right:

Cross of Iron:
Opposite of James Coburn:

Here he is as General Wilhelm Bittrich in: A Bridge Too Far:

The Young Lions:

The Black Hole:

The Odessa File:

Later years:

 

[dcxplant]

My dad said that (mach schnell) to me so many times as a kid I thought my name was Max Schell!!! Not joking, true story.

Thanks for the update, I enjoyed watching him.

 

[Marshwheeling]

Don't forget The Magnificent Seven.

 

[OFT II]

Don't forget The Magnificent Seven.

I think that was Horst Buchholz (sp?). They were easy to confuse but he was a little younger than Schell.

 

[the ringo kid]

I think that was Horst Buchholz (sp?). They were easy to confuse but he was a little younger than Schell.

It was Horst. Thinking on it--Schell would have been a better choice.

 

[Marshwheeling]

You are correct, sirs. Oh well, I went around for years thinking Calvin Trillin and Lionel Trilling we're related.


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[walkin jack]

I always enjoyed his performances. He had a lot of talent and I always felt that he was under appreciated. I particularly enjoyed his performance in Deep Impact (the last pic in the OP) with Tea Leone (SP) and Vanessa Redgrave. He was a class act and the movie industry has lost a brilliant character actor.

 

[the ringo kid]

You are correct, sirs. Oh well, I went around for years thinking Calvin Trillin and Lionel Trilling we're related.


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Thats not as bad as going around for many years thinking that Eric Clapton was an American.

 

[the ringo kid]

I always enjoyed his performances. He had a lot of talent and I always felt that he was under appreciated. I particularly enjoyed his performance in Deep Impact (the last pic in the OP) with Tea Leone (SP) and Vanessa Redgrave. He was a class act and the movie industry has lost a brilliant character actor.

Did you know that he and Werner Klemperer, were the only two cast members from the Judgement at Nuremberg stage play, were the only two from it deemed worthy to be used in the movie? Those guys were good, very good and I miss them all.

 

[walkin jack]

Did you know that he and Werner Klemperer, were the only two cast members from the Judgement at Nuremberg stage play, were the only two from it deemed worthy to be used in the movie? Those guys were good, very good and I miss them all.

Wasn't Werner Klemperer the guy that played Col. Klink on the old Hogan's Heroes tv show?

 

[the ringo kid]

Wasn't Werner Klemperer the guy that played Col. Klink on the old Hogan's Heroes tv show?

Yessir. He was also great in movies like: Ship of Fools--which also had Lee Marvin and Oskar Werner--another of my favorite German actors.

 

[walkin jack]

Okay Ringo here's a test for ya. What is the name of the very blond actor who always plays a German soldier (Usually a nazi and most unlikeable person) He always has a swollen bottom lip and was in Kelly's Heroes and Where Eagles Dare and a few other that I can't name at the moment.

Your time begins now: tic toc tic toc tic.......

 

[the ringo kid]

Okay Ringo here's a test for ya. What is the name of the very blond actor who always plays a German soldier (Usually a nazi and most unlikeable person) He always has a swollen bottom lip and was in Kelly's Heroes and Where Eagles Dare and a few other that I can't name at the moment.

Your time begins now: tic toc tic toc tic.......

They are two different actors. In Kellys Heroes, the guy your thinking of is another favorite of mine: Karl-Otto Alberty-who was the Tiger tank commander:

Here he is in: The Great Escape:

As Major Dieple in: Battle of the Bulge:

Here he is in: The Devils Brigade:

The Where Eagles Dare guy your thinking of is British Actor: Darren Nesbit: He played Gestapo Major von Hapen:

Kissing Robert Shaws wifes hand (Mary Ure) in: Where Eagles Dare:

Since im being timed here, ill stop here:

 

[walkin jack]

Yessir! Looks like I am unable to stump you. I hadn't realized that it was two different actors. BOTH of whom I'd love beat with rubber hose especially Nesbit. He just looks like he needs a good ol' Texas *** whoppin' don't he?

Otto looks too evil to just slap and let go. I'd have to plug him.

 

[feralmerril]

I always thought it unique that John Banner who played Sergent Schultz on
Hogans Hero`s was 100 % Jewish!

 

[the ringo kid]

Also on the pics w/ Dieple--he was SUPPOSED to be an Infantry Battalion Commander but, look at the color of the waffenfarbe on his collar tabs and shoulderboards--they arent white-for Infantry--they are cornflower blue-for Transportation. Its the same color for the roll eyes icon.

 

[the ringo kid]

I always thought it unique that John Banner who played Sergent Schultz on
Hogans Hero`s was 100 % Jewish!

So was Col Klink (Klemperer) Howard Caine (Maj. Hochstetter) and Leon Askin (Gen. Burkhalter)

 

[feralmerril]

Anything for a buck!

 

[the ringo kid]

Anything for a buck!

I havent made a Penny yet from the hobby.

 

[walkin jack]

I havent made a Penny yet from the hobby.

Maybe no but you have a large and growing fan club!