Harry Riebauer

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).

He died in Berlin, Germany, at age 78.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1950 The Benthin Family 1951 The Sonnenbrucks Student 1951 Der Untertan Uncredited1952 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 1963The Hangman of London 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 Girls Behind Bars Frank Albin 1966 Black Sun Herman 1967 Die blaue Hand Mr. Snobbits Uncredited1967 The College Girl Murders Mark Denver 1968 Death in the Red Jaguar Steve Dilaggio 1969 The Man with the Glass Eye Bob 1969 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 Uncredited1985 Morenga v. Estorff 1990 Herr Keil (final film role)