Carl Duering

Carl Duering , born as Gerhard Fuchs , in England Carl Fox Duering and Gerald Percy Fox , also Percy Fox (born May 29, 1923 in Berlin ; † September 1, 2018 in London , England ) was a German-British actor . In addition to theater engagements in his almost 50-year career, he has appeared in over 100 productions for film and television, including the cinema productions Arabeske , Duffy, the Fox of Tanger , Im Netz der Abwehr , Uhrwerk Orange and Possession .

life and career

Carl Duering, born in Berlin in 1923, grew up in England. Duering spoke German fluently. After the end of his military service in England he played theater as Percy Fox for several years , in 1950 he finally began a career in film and television under his stage name Carl Duering.

Duering's television career began in 1952 with an appearance on the BBC Sunday-Night Theater series . This was followed by numerous other roles in TV series, television films and television miniseries. He was seen in The Vise (1955–1959), Inspector Maigret (1961), Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone (1961), Simon Templar (1964–1966), The Man with the Suitcase (1968), Gene Bradley in Secret Mission (1973), The Foxes (1975), Agent with a Heart (1984), Firestorm and Ashes (1989) or The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (1992). Duering played more complex TV roles from 1960 in the Biggles series in 29 episodes, where he embodied the character of Von Stalhein.

At the beginning of his film career, his appearances in movies were still mostly small and limited to minor supporting roles, it was not until the mid-1960s that he got bigger roles. In 1966, for example, he played Prime Minister Hassan Jena in Stanley Donen's agent thriller Arabesque alongside Gregory Peck , Sophia Loren and Alan Badel , Bonivet in Robert Parrish's crime film Duffy, The Fox of Tangier from 1968, General Stryker in Arthur H. Nadel's spy film Im Defense network from 1970 or the Dr. Brodsky in Stanley Kubrick's literary film adaptation of A Clockwork Orange a year later. In 1981 he was seen as a detective in Andrzej Żuławski's horror drama Possession . In 2000 Duering had his final role in the movie production Saltwater , directed by playwright Conor McPherson .

Filmography (selection)

movie theater

• 1953: Appointment in London
• 1953: The Red Beret
• 1954: Money doesn't make you happy (Beautiful Stranger)
• 1954: The Divided Heart (The Divided Heart)
• 1955: In the Shadow of the Citadel (The Colditz Story)
• 1957: The Woman of My Longing (Let's Be Happy)
• 1957: Seven Thunders
• 1958: With 1000 volts to death (escapement)
• 1958: Battle of the V-1
• 1959: The Fat from Scotland Yard (Great Van Robbery)
• 1961: Strip Tease Murder
• 1961: The Guns of Navarone (The Guns of Navarone)
• 1962: Fate Takes a Hand
• 1962: The Nights with Nancy (The Main Attraction)
• 1965: Operation Crossbow (Operation Crossbow)
• 1966: Arabesque (Arabesque)
• 1968: Duffy, the fox of Tangier (Duffy)
• 1970: Darling Lili
• 1970: In the network of defense (underground)
• 1970: Rend mig i revolutions
• 1971: A Clockwork Orange (A Clockwork Orange)
• 1972: King, Queen, Jack (King, Queen, Knave)
• 1974: gold
• 1975: The Sonderkommando (Operation: Daybreak)
• 1976: Voyage of the Damned (Voyage of the Damned)
• 1977: group picture with lady
• 1978: The Boys from Brazil
• 1979: The fall
• 1981: Malou
• 1981: Possession
• 1983: The Sniffer
• 1990: Destroying Angel
• 1993: The Countess Alice
• 1997: Déjà Vu
• 2000: Saltwater

watch TV

• 1952: BBC Sunday-Night Theater (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1954: The Cabin in the Clearing (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1953–1954: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 1954: The Three Princes (TV movie)
• 1955: Steve Hunter, Trouble Merchant (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 1955–1959: The Vise (TV series, 6 episodes)
• 1956: Assignment Foreign Legion (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1957: OSS (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1957: The Jack Benny Program (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1957: The Assassin (TV movie)
• 1957: Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1958: The Man Who Sold Death (TV movie)
• 1958: Behind Closed Doors (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1959: Tales of the Vikings (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 1959: A Blank Slate (TV Movie)
• 1959: Armchair Theater (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1960: Interpol Calling (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1960: International Detective (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1960: Biggles (TV series, 29 episodes)
• 1960: Man from Interpol (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 1961: Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1961: Storyboard (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1961: Colonel Trumper's Private War (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1961: Commissioner Maigret (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1961: With umbrella, charm and bowler hat (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1961–1962: The Fraudsters (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1962: The Sword in the Web (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1963: Zero One (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1964: Ghost Squad (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1964: Diary of a Young Man (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1964–1966: Simon Templar (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1965: Sherlock Holmes (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1965: The Mask of Janus (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1965: Redcap (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1966: The Baron (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1966: The Troubleshooters (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1968: The Man with the Suitcase (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1971: Hadleigh (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1971: Brett (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1971: Jason King (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1972: Alpha Alpha (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1973: Gene Bradley on a secret mission (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1973: Thinking Man As Hero (TV movie)
• 1975: BBC2 Playhouse (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1975: The Foxes (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1975: Quiller (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1975: Two Fingers of One Hand (Watership) (TV movie)
• 1976: Autumn (TV movie)
• 1976: Arnhem: The Story of an Escape (TV movie)
• 1980: Play for Today (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1981: Berlin Tunnel 21 (TV movie)
• 1982: Billy (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1982: Inside the Third Reich (TV movie)
• 1982: Agent on his own behalf (Smiley's People) (TV miniseries)
• 1982: Squadron (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1983: Arnold Janssen's risk
• 1984: Agent with a Heart (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1986: Peter the Great (Peter the Great) (TV miniseries)
• 1986: Boon (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1989: Mother Love (TV miniseries)
• 1989: Firestorm and Ashes (War and Remembrance) (TV miniseries)
• 1992: Anglo Saxon Attitudes (TV miniseries)
• 1992: The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1992: Coronation Street (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 1993: Stalag Luft (TV film)
• 1999: The Waiting Time (TV movie)

literature

• Carl Duering. In: Harris M. Lentz: Science fiction, horror & fantasy film and television credits supplement: through 1987. , McFarland, 1989, p. 68

Web links

• Carl Duering in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Filmography by Carl Duering in: The New York Times
• Films by Carl Duering with German distribution titles

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3128670
2. ↑ Carl Duering. In: British film and television year book. , Cinema TV Today., 1970, p. 103