| Harry Riebauer | |
| Birth Date: | 4 July 1921 |
| Birth Place: | Reichenberg (Liberec, Czechoslovakia) |
| Death Place: | Berlin, Germany |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Yearsactive: | 1950–1990 |
Harry Riebauer (4 July 1921 - 8 November 1999) was a German film and television actor.[1]
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).[2] He was noted for his tall stature, standing 1.94 metres (6 ft 4 in).
He died in Berlin, Germany, at age 78.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | The Benthin Family | |||
| 1951 | Der Untertan | Uncredited | ||
| 1952 | The Condemned Village | Amerikanischer Militärpolizist | ||
| 1953 | Die Geschichte vom kleinen Muck | Laeufer Murad | ||
| 1954 | Stärker als die Nacht | |||
| 1955 | Leutnant Meyer | |||
| 1956 | The Captain from Cologne | Oberleutnant Kilian | ||
| 1961 | Les arrivistes | Max Gillet | ||
| 1961 | The Dress | Der Tünne | ||
| 1962 | Jeder stirbt für sich allein | Ministerialrat Dr. Sommer | ||
| 1963 | The Great Escape | Sgt. Strachwitz | ||
| 1963 | The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle | Inspector Jeff Mitchell | ||
| 1963 | Dr. Philip Trooper | |||
| 1963 | ||||
| 1964 | Dr. Niemeyer, Prosecutor | |||
| 1964 | Hercules and the Treasure of the Incas | Sheriff | ||
| 1964 | The Seventh Victim | Dr. Howard Trent | ||
| 1965 | Mädchen hinter Gittern | Frank Albin | ||
| 1966 | Soleil noir | Herman | ||
| 1967 | Die blaue Hand | Mr. Snobbits | Uncredited | |
| 1967 | The Monk with the Whip | Mark Denver | ||
| 1968 | Death in the Red Jaguar | Steve Dilaggio | ||
| 1969 | The Man with the Glass Eye | Bob | ||
| 1969 | Rat' mal, wer heut bei uns schläft...? | Conte di Casagrande | ||
| 1970 | Die liebestollen Baronessen | Dr. Oscar Fummler | ||
| 1971 | The Body in the Thames | Milton S. Farnborough | ||
| 1981 | Possession | Man at the conference | Uncredited | |
| 1985 | Morenga | v. Estorff | ||
| 1990 | Herr Keil | (final film role) |