Ferdy Mayne

Ferdy Mayne (of its true name Ferdinand Philip Mayer-Horckel) is an actor of German origin born the March 11th 1916 with Mainz and deceased the January 30th 1998 with London, continuations of the Parkinson's disease.

brief Biography

His/her father was judge in Mainz and his/her mother, with English half, was professor of song. Of Jewish origin, whereas the National Socialism went up in power in Germany of the inter-war period, it was sent by his parents at his uncle, Lee Hutchinson, a painter and sculptor enjoying a certain fame at the time. Married to Deirdre To pay of 1950 to 1976, the couple had a girl, Belinda Mayne, which was also tested with seventh Article.

Although it began its cinematographic career during the second world war, it did not have significant success until its interpretation of the Count von Krolock in film of Roman Polanski " The Fearless Vampire Killers " in 1967. The same year, it gave the counterpart to Louis de Funès, incarnating MacFarrell, the richissime distiller of Scotch whiskey in the " Summer holidays " of Jean Girault. The two actors were going again to meet four years later in " OJ " (of Jean Girault, 1971).

Having played in more than 200 films or series TV, Ferdy Mayne also appears in " Ben Hur" (of William Wyler, 1959) where he plays the part of the captain of the galère which assists from the Roman general Quintus Arrius (played by Jack Hawkins), in " Where Eagles dare" (of Brian G. Hutton, 1968) where it incarnates the features of the German general Rosemeyer and in " Conan the Destroyer" (of Richard Fleischer, 1984) in the skin of the magician guard of the horn of Dagoth.

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