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Also known as Franz Eberhard August Krüger, Hardy Kruger

German actor (1928–2022)

Person · Open Library

Works
15

Top works

  • A Bridge Too Far
  • Blaue Augenbrauen
  • Junge Unrast
  • Die andere Seite der Sonne
  • Eine Farm in Afrika

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Film & TV

Acting · Berlin, Germany

Hardy Krüger (born Franz Eberhard August Krüger; 12 April 1928 – 19 January 2022) was a German actor. Born in Wedding, Berlin, Germany, he is thought of as one of the greatest German actors of the 1960s.

Known for

  • The Hardy Krüger Story — Self (archive footage)2019
  • Kölner Sommer-Treff — self2017
  • Familiengeheimnisse - Liebe, Schuld und Tod — Victor Frey2011
  • Markus Lanz — Self2008
  • Dellings Woche — Self2007
  • Thadeusz — self2005
  • Menschen bei Maischberger — Self2003
  • Von Werra — Self2002
  • Gero von Boehm begegnet... — Self2002
  • Aeschbacher — Self2001

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Germany
Active from
1928
Active to
2022
comedygermanschlager

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
360
Total plays
913

Tags

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Hardy Krüger (born Franz Eberhard August Krüger; 12 April 1928 - 19 January 2022) was a German actor. Krüger was born in Wedding, Berlin in 1928. From 1941, he went to an Adolf Hitler School at the Ordensburg Sonthofen. At age 15, Hardy made his film début in a German picture, The Young Eagles, but his acting career was interrupted when he was conscripted into the German Wehrmacht in 1944 at age 16. In March 1945, Krüger was conscripted into the 38th SS Division Nibelungen <a href="https://www

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Key facts

Born
Eberhard August Franz Ewald Krüger , ( 1928-04-12 ) 12 April 1928, Berlin , Brandenburg , Prussia , Germany
Died
19 January 2022 (2022-01-19) (aged 93), Palm Springs, California , U.S.
Years active
1944–2011
Spouses
Renate Densow ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1950 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1964 ) ​ Francesca Marazzi ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1965 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1977 ) ​ Anita Park ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1978 ) ​
Children
3, including Hardy Krüger Jr.

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Encyclopedic overview

Hardy Krüger ( German: [haːɐ̯.di ˈkʁyː.ɡɐ] ; born Eberhard August Franz Ewald Krüger; 12 April 1928 – 19 January 2022) was a German actor and author who appeared in more than 60 films from 1944 onwards. After becoming a film star in Germany in the 1950s, Krüger increasingly turned to roles in international films such as The One That Got Away (1957), Hatari!, Sundays and Cybèle (both 1962), The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), Battle of Neretva, The Secret of Santa Vittoria, The Red Tent (all 1969), Barry Lyndon (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), and The Wild Geese (1978).

Early life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hardy Krüger” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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