Benno Sterzenbach

Benno Sterzenbach (born 3 March 1916 Osnabrück - died 13 September 1985 Feldafing) was a German cinema and theatre actor and director. His first major role on stage was Götz von Berlichingen at which he played next to Ellen Schwiers as Adelheid at the Jagsthausen festival. On television, he is mostly known for his roles in filmed theatrical adaptations: Der Richter und sein Henker (1957) by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Der Schlaf der Gerechten (1962) by Albrecht Goes and Mirandolina (1963) by Carlo Goldoni. Suspected of espionage due to his editorial relations, he was arrested by the Gestapo in 1941, and imprisoned for a month, during which time he protested his innocence. He was eventually freed after his case was expedited. This episode was repeated in a number of his plays. With Paths in Twilight in 1948, he made his cinematic debut under the direction of Gustav Fröhlich. In 1960, he was in one of the first films by Edgar Wallace after the war: Der Rächer. In the same year, he was in Es ist soweit. In 1966, he acted alongside Heinz Reincke in one of the first German colour television series, Adrian der Tulpendieb. After acting in 1962 in Max the Pickpocket with Heinz Rühmann, in 1964 he played the role of a doctor in Flug in Gefahr, a film which started a long series of films based on plane crashes. Benno Sterzenbach found most success in the role of General Winston Woodrov Wamsler in Raumpatrouille – Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion. After this, he was invited to series such as Die fünfte Kolonne, Derrick and The Old Fox. In France, he is best known for his role as Major Achbach in La Grande Vadrouille with Louis de Funès and Bourvil. Benno Sterzenbach has also written a number of books. Source: Article "Benno Sterzenbach" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For: Acting

Born: Osnabrück, Germany, 1916-03-03

Died: 1985-09-13

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	Paths in Twilight	Stefan Kolb	0
2	1953	Die Blume von Hawaii	Journalist	60
3	1954	John Walker schreibt an seine Mutter	Direktor	0
4	1954	Was ihr wollt	Junker Tobias von Rülp	0
5	1955	Der Korporal aus Java	Jan	0
6	1955	Falsch verbunden	Cyril	0
7	1955	Unternehmen Schlafsack	Offizier des SS	0
8	1955	Der Cornet	Rittmeister Reningen	90
9	1957	Der Richter und sein Henker	Zweiter Leibwächter	50
10	1958	Antigone	Kreon	0
11	1959	Freddy unter fremden Sternen	Miller	60
12	1960	Einer von sieben	Herr Thomsen	0
13	1960	The Avenger	Sir Gregory Penn	70
14	1960	Die Friedhöfe	Pawlack	0
15	1961	Der Strafverteidiger	Peter J. Malone	0
16	1962	Die Feuertreppe	Ralph Mc Guiness	0
17	1962	Max der Taschendieb	Charly Gibbons	74
18	1962	Mord im Dom	Dritter Versucher	0
19	1962	Der Abstecher	Erich	0
20	1962	Der Schlaf der Gerechten	Fritz Walker	0
21	1963	Mirandolina	Conte di Albafiorita	0
22	1963	Was Ihr wollt	Tobias von Rülp	70
23	1963	Der Geisterzug	Saul Hodgkins	0
24	1964	Flight in Danger	Dr. Frank Baird	67
25	1964	König Richard III.	Eduard IV	0
26	1964	Gerechtigkeit in Worowogorsk	Gerichtsdiener Wladimir	0
27	1965	Der seidene Schuh		0
28	1965	Und nicht mehr Jessica	Anthony Burton	0
29	1965	Doktor Murkes gesammelte Nachrufe	Grosshack	0
30	1965	Der heimliche Teilhaber	Kapitän Archbold	0
31	1965	Vor Nachbarn wird gewarnt	Montague	0
32	1966	The Investigation	Zeuge 1	0
33	1966	Towarisch	Charles	0
34	1966	Der Fall Jeanne d'Arc	Graf Dunois	0
35	1966	Johannisnacht	Matey	60
36	1966	Der Fall der Generale	Generaloberst Göring	0
37	1966	Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!	Major Achbach	79
38	1967	Der Auswanderer	Barbi	0
39	1967	Das Attentat - L.D. Trotzki	Galindo	0
40	1968	Ich stehe zur Verfügung	Kriminalrat Beuerle	0
41	1969	Ein Charleston für Lady Mac' Beth	Banco	0
42	1969	Die Jubilarin	Braun	0
43	1970	Ausreißer	Vater Baker	0
44	1970	Pippi on the Run	Policeman	67
45	1971	Augenzeugen müssen blind sein	Albin Herzog	0
46	1971	Die Ballade von der wunderbaren Wandlung des Generals Fünfstern	General	0
47	1979	Gefangen in Frankreich: Theodor Fontane im Krieg 1870/71	Bourgaut	0
48	1979	Ein Mord, den jeder begeht	Kommerzienrat Veik	0
49	1980	Die Weber	Der alte Ansorge	0
50	1982	Ace of Aces	Major Aschbach, Gestapo officer	71
51	1983	Hostage		46
52	1984	Titanic	Duncan Fletcher	70
53	2003	Space Patrol	General Wamsler (archive footage)	55

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1957	Zum blauen Bock	Self	60
2	1960	Es ist soweit	Lomax	0
3	1963	Die fünfte Kolonne	Dickmann	80
4	1966	Adrian der Tulpendieb	Josias	0
5	1966	Space Patrol	General Winston W. Wamsler	79
6	1968	Zirkus meines Lebens	Walter Farell	0
7	1971	Dalli Dalli	Self	80
8	1973	Zwischen den Flügen	Buller	0
9	1974	Derrick	Siegfried Horre	60
10	1974	Derrick	Birkmann	60
11	1975	PS	Karl Brensberger	90
12	1976	Der Anwalt	Franz Schöller	0
13	1977	Der Alte	Herr Färber	60
14	1982	On the Road to Atlantis	Kelley/Dr. Graf	60
15	1985	...Erbin sein - dagegen sehr	Henning Carsten	0