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Harold Dyrenforth

Actor · 1913 – 2005 · Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]

Harald Dyrenforth started his career as an actor in the late thirties in the Swiss theatre and radio, came to America in 1938, appeared in a number of Broadway plays and New York radio shows, served a hitch in the U.S. Army Ski Troops and another one as a foreign language broadcaster for the Office of War Information and "voice of America" of the U.S. State Department. In 1946 he made his movie debut in a featured part, that of Walter Damrosch in the film "Carnegie Hall." He appeared in over 40 pictures and 500 TV shows. He earned a Master's Degree in Theater Arts at U.C.L.A. and taught at Chapman College in Orange, CA while working as an actor and director. In 1961 he directed "the Madwoman of Chaillot" at Long Beach State College.

Movies12

  • Movie7.1

    The Andromeda Strain

    1971 · 843 votes

  • Movie6.2
  • Movie6.3

    The Desert Rats

    1953 · 101 votes

  • Movie5.5

    Congo Crossing

    1956 · 12 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Morituri

    1965 · 94 votes

  • Movie6.0

    The Red Ball Express

    1952 · 22 votes

  • Movie
  • Movie5.8

    Watusi

    1959 · 10 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Target Unknown

    1951 · 1 votes

  • Movie4.2

    Jump Into Hell

    1955 · 6 votes

  • Movie
  • Movie7.0

    Storm Over Tibet

    1952 · 3 votes

Series6

  • TV6.8

    Four Star Playhouse

    1952 · 11 votes

  • TV7.8

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    1955 · 266 votes

  • TV7.6

    The Thin Man

    1957 · 9 votes

  • TV9.0
  • TV10.0

    The Man Called X

    1956 · 1 votes

  • TV5.0

    Terry and the Pirates

    1952 · 2 votes