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Albert Bessler(1905-1975)

  • Actor
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing
  • Writer
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Albert Bessler was born on 15 February 1905 in Hamburg, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Melissa (1966), Anna Karenina (1935) and Mata Hari (1931). He was married to Else Reuss. He died on 3 December 1975 in West Berlin, West Germany.
BornFebruary 15, 1905
DiedDecember 3, 1975(70)
BornFebruary 15, 1905
DiedDecember 3, 1975(70)
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Erik Schumann, Hubert Suschka, and Hanne Wieder in Melissa (1966)
Melissa
7.6
TV Mini Series
  • Dr. Swanson
Freddie Bartholomew, Greta Garbo, Maureen O'Sullivan, Clarence Brown, and Fredric March in Anna Karenina (1935)
Anna Karenina
7.0
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing(German, 1953 version)
  • 1935
Greta Garbo and Ramon Novarro in Mata Hari (1931)
Mata Hari
6.5
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing(German, 1952 version)
  • 1931
Greta Garbo in Queen Christina (1933)
Queen Christina
7.5
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing(German, 1951 version)
  • 1933

Credits

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Actor

  • Derrick (1974)
    Derrick
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Marczek
    • 1975
  • Sie sind frei, Doktor Korczak (1974)
    Sie sind frei, Doktor Korczak
    7.2
    • 1974
  • Die Kriminalerzählung
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Gilford
    • 1973
  • Günter Pfitzmann in Das Jahrhundert der Chirurgen (1972)
    Das Jahrhundert der Chirurgen
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Sir James Clark
    • 1972
  • Altersheim
    TV Movie
    • Leutnant
    • 1972
  • Narrenspiegel
    TV Movie
    • Jorge
    • 1971
  • General Oster - Verräter oder Patriot?
    TV Movie
    • Edward Wood
    • 1970
  • Gneisenau - Die politische Auflehnung eines Soldaten
    TV Movie
    • Generalleutnant von Köchritz
    • 1970
  • Miss Molly Mill
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Mr. Graves
    • 1970
  • Schlagzeilen über einen Mord
    TV Movie
    • 1970
  • Das Bastardzeichen
    8.2
    TV Movie
    • von Embit
    • 1970
  • Waterloo
    8.0
    TV Movie
    • Marschall Jean-Baptiste Drouet d'Erlon
    • 1969
  • Spion unter der Haube (1969)
    Spion unter der Haube
    8.2
    TV Movie
    • Edward Pembroke
    • 1969
  • Konrad Georg and Erik Schumann in Die mexikanische Revolution (1968)
    Die mexikanische Revolution
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Monsignore Ricardo Flores
    • 1968
  • Die Stimme im Glas
    9.1
    TV Movie
    • Professor Zobelmann
    • 1968

Voice Actor - Dubbing

  • Freddie Bartholomew, Greta Garbo, Maureen O'Sullivan, Clarence Brown, and Fredric March in Anna Karenina (1935)
    Anna Karenina
    7.0
    • Oberst (German, 1953 version)
    • 1935
  • Greta Garbo in Queen Christina (1933)
    Queen Christina
    7.5
    • General (German, 1951 version)
    • 1933
  • Greta Garbo and Ramon Novarro in Mata Hari (1931)
    Mata Hari
    6.5
    • Ankläger (German, 1952 version)
    • 1931

Writer

  • Wo wir fröhlich gewesen sind
    8.6
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1966
  • Bedienung, bitte!
    TV Movie
    • translation
    • 1960

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Albert Ressler
  • Born
    • February 15, 1905
    • Hamburg, Germany
  • Died
    • December 3, 1975
    • West Berlin, West Germany(undisclosed)
  • Spouses
      ?(divorced)

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    Supporting actor of the 1950's and 60's, often in shifty or menacing roles, used to effect in several of the Edgar Wallace cult films.

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