Frederick Jaeger

Frederick Jaeger

Birthday: 1928-05-29

Place of Birth: Berlin, Germany

Biography: Frederick was educated in Germany and France. He came to England in 1939 and took up acting at the suggestion of his English headmaster. He attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London between 1946 and 1948 and started his stage career at preston Rep in 1949. Many rep seasons in provinces before West End appearances including 'The Comedy of Errors', 'Lock Up Your Daughters', 'The Potsdam Quartet', 'Big Fish, Little Fish', 'For Adults Only', 'A Patriot For Me', 'Mrs. Gibson's Boys' and 'Salad Days'. Frederick started his television career in 1955 and went into films in 1956. He continued to act in all strands of the profession until his death.

Movies

At the Fountainhead (Of German Strength)
At the Fountainhead (Of German Strength)

A rich and challenging account of the experiences of a German Jewish musician who settled in Britain...

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Cold Comfort Farm
Cold Comfort Farm

In this adaptation of the satirical British novel, Flora Poste, a plucky London society girl orphane...

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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

In 1938, an art collector appeals to eminent archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones to embark on a search f...

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St. Ursula's in Danger
St. Ursula's in Danger

Play by Peter Glidewell, based on the school stories of Angela Brazil. Sequel to Schoolgirl Chums (1...

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Nijinsky
Nijinsky

A ballet dancer struggles with his homosexuality and the increasing allure of a young ballerina who ...

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Scorpio
Scorpio

Cross is an old hand at the CIA who often teams up with Frenchman Jean “Scorpio” Laurier, a gifted f...

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One of Those Things
One of Those Things

A successful auto executive Vinther becomes entwined with a young nubile girl, following an avoidabl...

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Song of Norway
Song of Norway

Like the play from which it derived, the film tells of the early struggles of composer Edvard Grieg ...

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The Looking Glass War
The Looking Glass War

When a Polish sailor jumps ship in Britain, a couple of local intelligence operatives keep him under...

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Ice Cold in Alex
Ice Cold in Alex

A group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of Nort...

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The One That Got Away
The One That Got Away

Based on the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war captured in...

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The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienn...

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Doctor Who: Planet of Evil
Doctor Who: Planet of Evil

Picking up a distress call from the edge of the known universe, the Doctor and Sarah Jane find thems...

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Doctor Who: The Invisible Enemy
Doctor Who: The Invisible Enemy

A three-man rocket crew are nearly done with their mission to Titan Base until a course change puts ...

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Selling Hitler
Selling Hitler

In 1981, Gerd Heidemann, a war correspondent and reporter with the German magazine Stern, makes what...

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The Black Tent
The Black Tent

During the British retreat through Libya, a British officer takes shelter with a group of Arab Bedou...

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Play It Cool
Play It Cool

A struggling singer and his band befriend an heiress who, against the wishes of her father, is searc...

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The Passage
The Passage

During WW 2, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist a...

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Der Abschlußtag
Der Abschlußtag

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Probation Officer
Probation Officer

Part of BFI collection "Police and Thieves." Follows the work of a probation officer and the people ...

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Slaughter Day
Slaughter Day

Michael considers himself a genius criminal and plans the big coup. He forms three new gangs who kno...

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Voyage of the Damned
Voyage of the Damned

A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival....

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Winterspelt 1944
Winterspelt 1944

In the Second World War, spring 1944: shortly before the planned Ardennes offensive, Germans and Ame...

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I Was Monty's Double
I Was Monty's Double

The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery...

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Pakbo
Pakbo

Documentary drama about the Swiss journalist Otto Pünter, who maintained an anti-fascist information...

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Doctor Who: The Savages
Doctor Who: The Savages

The TARDIS has arrived on a far-distant and seemingly idyllic world. Yet the Doctor, Steven and Dodo...

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The Limbo Line
The Limbo Line

The Limbo Line tells a story of Cold War double-crossing with British secret agent Manston trying to...

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Home-Movies
Home-Movies

A 1979 production from BBC2 Playhouse by Denis Cannan...

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The Potsdam Quartet
The Potsdam Quartet

' They're mortal enemies, we just hate each other. So surely if they can agree about the destiny of ...

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Farewell Performance
Farewell Performance

After a pop singer is murdered, the police have to figure out which of his many enemies is responsib...

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Doctor Who: The Savages
Doctor Who: The Savages

The Doctor, Steven and Dodo land on an alien world in this animated reconstruction of a lost 1966 Do...

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The Naked Sun
The Naked Sun

Earth police detective Lije Baley and his robot associate, R. Daneel Olivaw, investigate an impossib...

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