Gert Fröbe

Karl Gerhart Fröbe (25 February 1913 – 5 September 1988), known as Gert Fröbe (), was a German actor. Considered one of the most important character actors in his country's cinema during his lifetime, he became an international star after portraying the titular villain Auric Goldfinger in the 1964 James Bond film ''Goldfinger''. He subsequently played such roles as Baron Bomburst in ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' (1968), General Dietrich von Choltitz in ''Is Paris Burning?'' and Colonel Manfred von Holstein in ''Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines.''

Fröbe was a three-time German Film Award nominee, twice for Best Leading Actor and once for Best Supporting Actor. In 1978, he won an honorary award for "outstanding individual contributions to the German cinema over the years." Provided by Wikipedia