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Biography
Karl-Gerhart Fröber, better known as Gert Fröbe (born February 25, 1913 in Oberplanitz (now Zwickau), Saxony; died September 5, 1988 in Munich), was a German actor who starred in many films, including the James Bond film Goldfinger as Auric Goldfinger and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as Baron Bomburst. He made several appearances in big all-star casts in the 1960s, including the films The Longest Day and Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines. Fröbe could not speak English and was ultimately dubbed in many of his classic roles.
While Fröbe was a member of the Nazi Party before and during WWII, he aided German Jews by hiding them from the Gestapo before 1945. Owing to his connection to the Nazi Party, the film Goldfinger was banned in Israel until he was publicly thanked by a Jewish family.
Fröbe died on September 5, 1988 after suffering a heart attack.
