Helmut Dantine

About

Helmut Dantine was an Austrian-American actor who often played Nazis in thriller films of the 1940s. His best-known performances are perhaps the German pilot in Mrs. Miniver, and the desperate refugee in Casablanca, who tries gambling to obtain travel visa money for himself and his wife. As his acting career waned, he turned to producing. Dantine enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles. His relatives thought he would go into business, but he became interested in theater. He began his U.S. acting career at the Pasadena Playhouse, while running two gas stations in order to pay his expenses. Dantine was spotted by a talent scout from Warner Bros, who signed him to a contract. Dantine had uncredited parts in International Squadron and To Be or Not to Be, before his first credited role in MGM's Mrs. Miniver, playing a downed German pilot captured by the title character...

Known for

Studio OneSeries • 1948Climax!Series • 1954Night GallerySeries • 1970Run for Your LifeSeries • 1965SuspenseSeries • 1949SugarfootSeries • 1957Lights OutSeries • 1949Studio 57Series • 1954The MillionaireSeries • 1955CasablancaMovie • 1943The Thin ManSeries • 1957The RoguesSeries • 1964War and PeaceMovie • 1956To Be or Not to BeMovie • 1942Mrs. MiniverMovie • 1942The Wilby ConspiracyMovie • 1975Operation CrossbowMovie • 1965Bring Me the Head of Alfredo GarciaMovie • 1974The Killer EliteMovie • 1975Alexander the GreatMovie • 1956Edge of DarknessMovie • 1943Desperate JourneyMovie • 1942Passage to MarseilleMovie • 1944Watch on the RhineMovie • 1943