Alfie Bass

He also had success on the stage, in particular with The Bespoke Overcoat which was filmed in 1956. He has acted in four languages: German, Hungarian, English and French. Both series were very popular in Britain. He directed his first film in 1989, Georg Elser - Einer aus Deutschland, with himself in the title role. His other film roles have been in The Lightship (1986), Streets of Gold (1986), Burning Secret (1988), The Russia House (1990), White Fang (1991), Becoming Colette (1992), Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) and Jedermanns Fest (2000). comedy series of the late 1950s and early 1960s, and then co-starred in its sequel Bootsie and Snudge as a tramp with Bill Fraser and Clive Dunn. He followed this with parts in Never Say Never Again (1983), Out of Africa (1985) and Szabo's Redl Ezredes (1985) and Hanussen (1988). He starred in The Army Game a British T.V. After work in national theatre and television, his starring and award winning role in Istvan Szabo's Mephisto (1981) launched his career.

He sometimes emphasised his Jewish background in the accent he used on screen.
Born in Altaussee or Bad Aussee, Austria. series Till Death Us Do Part and Are You Being Served?. Klaus Maria Brandauer (born June 22, 1944) is an actor and director. He continued working until the turn of the 1980s and had roles in the T.V. Among his most often seen films (by modern audiences), are The Lavender Hill Mob and A Tale Of Two Cities.

He also died in London in 1987. Often seen in classic British films Alfie Bass was a small cockney-accented actor, born in London's Bethnal Green in 1920.