Karl-Otto Alberty
Acting
Biography
Karl-Otto Alberty (also Karl Otto Alberty, 13 November 1933 – 25 April 2015) was a German actor. Alberty was born as Karl-Otto Poensgen in Berlin on 13 November 1933. He started out as an amateur boxer before discovering a talent for acting, making his début at the City Theatre in Konstanz in 1959. He then began to take supporting roles in films. He made his first appearance in English language films as an SD officer (who captures Richard Attenborough) in The Great Escape (1963). With his broad face, broken nose and distinctive white-blond hair, he would go on to play variations of the role o…
Also known as
Karl Alberty Otto · Charles Albert · Charles Alberty · Carlo Alberti
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Known For

War and Remembrance
1988 · TV

The Great Escape
1963 · Movie

The Odyssey
1968 · TV

Kelly's Heroes
1970 · Movie

Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre
1967 · TV

Battle of Britain
1969 · Movie

Die seltsamen Methoden des Franz Josef Wanninger
1965 · TV

Slaughterhouse-Five
1972 · Movie

Is Paris Burning?
1966 · Movie

The Damned
1969 · Movie

Battle of the Bulge
1965 · Movie

The Devil's Brigade
1968 · Movie