- Along with Sean Connery, he is one of only two actors to appear in both films based on books by Cornelius Ryan: Der längste Tag (1962) and Die Brücke von Arnheim (1977).
- He played three World War II German Field Marshals: Albert Kesselring in Schlacht um Anzio (1968), Erwin Rommel in Im Morgengrauen brach die Hölle los (1971), Gerd von Rundstedt in Die Brücke von Arnheim (1977) and Walter von Brauchitsch in Der Feuersturm (1983) and Feuersturm und Asche (1988).
- He was exempted from military service during World War II.
- German actor who typically played Nazi menacers in WWII films and starred as criminal mastermind Dr. Mabuse in a number of post-war films, appearing in over 100 pictures during his long career.
- He appeared in two films which depicted the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944: Der längste Tag (1962) and Die zum Teufel gehen (1969). Curd Jürgens also appeared in both films.
- Grandfather of Laura Preiss.
- Born at 3:45am-CET
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