Harry Riebauer

Born: 1921-07-04

Birthplace: Reichenberg, Sudetenland, Germany [now Liberec, Czech Republic]

Biography

Harry Riebauer (4 July 1921 – 8 November 1999) was a German film and television actor.

Riebauer was born in Reichenberg (Liberec, Czechoslovakia) in a Sudetengerman family.

Active in acting from 1950 through 1990, one of his many roles was appearing as Sgt. Strachwitz in the film The Great Escape (1963).[ He was noted for his tall stature, standing 1.94 metres (6 ft 4 in).

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