AKA: Curd Gustav Andreas Gottlieb Franz Jurgens, Curd Jurgens
Nationality: German
Birthdate: 12/13/1912
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Death Date: 06/18/1982
Stage and screen performer who first gained international attention starring in "The Devil's General" (1955), as a German WWII hero who comes to renounce the Nazi creed. Two of Jurgens' five wives--Louise Basler and Eva Bartok--were actresses.
Colonel Tadeusz Boleslav Prokoszny
1935
Feature acting debut, "The Royal Waltz/Konigswalzer"
1944
Deported to a concentration camp in Hungary for the politically unreliable by order of Dr. Goebbels
1950
Directorial debut and first screenplay credit, also appeared in, "Pramien auf den Tod"
1955
Gained international recognition as General Harras in, "The Devil's General/Des Teufels General"
1957
First US production, "The Enemy Below"
