Acting · Berlin, Germany · Born May 29, 1928
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.
MovieDoctor Who: The Savages
2025
as Jano (voice)
MovieCold Comfort Farm
1995
as Doctor Adolph Müdel
MovieSelling Hitler
1993
as Fritz Stiefel
TVSelling Hitler
1991
as Fritz Stiefel
TVKeeping Up Appearances
1990
as Millburn
TVThe Chief
1990
as Major Selwyn Davis
MovieIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989
as World War One Ace
TVI Woke Up One Morning
1985
TVMiss Marple: The Body in the Library
1984
as Colonel Melchett
St. Ursula's in Danger
1983
as Mr. Forson
TVRemington Steele
1982
as Edvard Jensen
TVThe Agatha Christie Hour
1982
as The Count
TVQ.E.D.
1982
as Kaiser Wilhelm II
TVThe Kenny Everett Television Show
1982
as Self
MovieThe Potsdam Quartet
1981
as Douglas Smedley
MovieNijinsky
1980
as Gabriel Astruc
TVYes Minister
1980
MovieAt the Fountainhead (Of German Strength)
1980
as Kurt Langsdorf
MovieHome-Movies
1979
as Keith Sayle
TVMinder
1979
as Inspector Klingmann
TVShoestring
1979
as Dr Neil Stirling
MovieThe Passage
1979
as German Major (uncredited)
Der Abschlußtag
1979
as Harry Day
TVReturn of the Saint
1978
as Inspector Grant
TVThe Doombolt Chase
1978
MovieWinterspelt 1944
1978
as Major Robert Wheeler
TVThe Professionals
1977
as Schuman
MovieDoctor Who: The Invisible Enemy
1977
as Professor Marius
MovieVoyage of the Damned
1976
as Werner Mannheim
MovieThe Seven-Per-Cent Solution
1976
as Marker
TVThe New Avengers
1976
as Jones
N.U.T.S.
1976
One-Upmanship
1976
as Cogg-Willoughby
MovieDoctor Who: Planet of Evil
1975
as Sorenson
TVAngels
1975
The Hanged Man
1975
as Hans Deiter
TVThe Sweeney
1975
as Goldman
TVChurchill's People
1974
as Caradoc
TVSkiboy
1974
as Jacques Noêl
TVFall of Eagles
1974
as Holstein
TVPlayhouse
1974
as Keith Sayle
TVWarship
1973
MovieScorpio
1973
as Novins
TVThe Protectors
1972
as Bergen
TVPretenders
1972
as Joachim
MovieSlaughter Day
1972
as Klaus
TVJustice
1971
as Wilkinson
TVThe Persuaders!
1971
as Luther
TVJason King
1971
MovieOne of Those Things
1971
as Melchior
MovieSong of Norway
1970
as Henrik Ibsen
Little Women
1970
as Professor Friedrich Bhaer
Pakbo
1970
as Jim
TVDoomwatch
1970
as Richard Massingham
MovieThe Looking Glass War
1970
as Pilot
TVDepartment S
1969
as Major Harwood
TVThe Main Chance
1969
as Peter Jarratt
MovieThe Limbo Line
1969
MovieThe Naked Sun
1969
as Leebig
TVThe Inside Man
1969
as Doctor James Austen
The Jazz Age
1968
as Alan Cooper
TVGraf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre
1967
as Sir Adam
TVCallan
1967
Girl in a Black Bikini
1967
as Leo Pettit
MovieDoctor Who: The Savages
1966
as Jano
The Man in the Mirror
1966
as Gregor Sanders
The Spies
1966
as Cooper
TVThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Denis
TVOut of the Unknown
1965
as Leebig
TVThe Wednesday Play
1964
as Ober-Leutnant von Chemnitz
TVTheatre 625
1964
as Tostig
TVDetective
1964
TVDoctor Who
1963
as Sorenson
Farewell Performance
1963
as Paul Warner
Festival
1963
as Kinesias
MoviePlay It Cool
1962
as Male Receptionist
TVSuspense
1962
as Forsch
TVZ-Cars
1962
TVSir Francis Drake
1961
as Vicary
Amelia
1961
TVThe Avengers
1961
as Benson
The Small House at Allington
1960
as Adolphus Crosbie
TVInterpol Calling
1959
as Bernarde
TVOne Step Beyond
1959
as Johann
MovieI Was Monty's Double
1958
as Junior German Officer
MovieIce Cold in Alex
1958
as 2nd German Officer
MovieThe One That Got Away
1957
as German Prisoner
TVThe Adventures of Sir Lancelot
1956
as Sir Christopher
MovieThe Black Tent
1956
as Koch
TVITV Play of the Week
1955
as Bequeville
TVDixon of Dock Green
1955
as John Charles Walton
Probation Officer
1950
as Norman Warren
