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Adolf Anton Wilhelm Wohlbrück (19 November 1896 – 9 August 1967) was an Austrian actor who settled in the United Kingdom under the name Anton Walbrook. A popular performer in Austria and pre-war Germany, he left in 1936 out of concerns for his own safety and established a career in British cinema.
Anton Walbrook. Actor: The Red Shoes. This dark, debonair, dashing and extremely distinguished Austrian actor was christened Adolf Wohlbrück in Vienna, the scion of a family of circus clowns. He broke away easily from generations of tradition as the circus life had no appeal whatsoever to Walbrook.
Anton Walbrook. Actor: The Red Shoes. This dark, debonair, dashing and extremely distinguished Austrian actor was christened Adolf Wohlbrück in Vienna, the scion of a family of circus clowns. He broke away easily from generations of tradition as the circus life had no appeal whatsoever to Walbrook.
Jan 29, 2014 · Anton Walbrook was born in Vienna in 1896, as Adolf Anton Wilhelm Wohlbrück, and he came from a long line of entertainers (his father was a circus clown, and earlier generations...
Jul 31, 2022 · Facts are facts, and for his biography of the Austrian-born stage, screen and eventually television actor Anton Walbrook, James Downs has amassed, cross-referenced and marshalled a remarkable number of them into a detailed chronicle of his career.
The exhibition grew out of research into Walbrook’s fascinating life and career, which has now resulted in the publication of the first biography of the actor, Anton Walbrook. A Life of Masks and Mirrors, written by James and published by Peter Lang.
Jun 25, 2021 · Research for my biography of the actor Anton Walbrook (Anton Walbrook: a Life of Masks and Mirrors, published by Peter Lang in December 2020), took over ten years and made extensive use of archival sources.
Anton Walbrook was an Austrian actor who settled in the United Kingdom. He was born Adolf Wohlbruck in Vienna, and was descended from ten generations of actors. Walbrook studied with the director Max Reinhardt and built up a career in Austrian theatre and cinema.
Anton Walbrook had made up his mind to play the part, and play it he did. The film of "Gaslight", made without fanfares by Thorold Dickinson, was declared by discerning critics to be one of the best British films ever made.
Anton Walbrook's screen acting combined melancholic irony and old-worldly charm, chilling arrogance and tragic pathos. A dark, handsome and suave dandy, Walbrook (born Adolf Wohlbrück) was a romantic lead in German films before emigrating in 1936.
