Karl-Otto Alberty

Karl-Otto Alberty was born on Nov 13, 1933 in Germany. Karl-Otto Alberty's big-screen debut came with Destination Death directed by Jürgen Roland in 1961, strarring . Karl-Otto Alberty is known for Kelly's Heroes directed by Brian G. Hutton, Clint Eastwood stars as Private Kelly and Telly Savalas as Sergeant Big Joe. The upcoming new movie Karl-Otto Alberty plays is Die Insel der blutigen Plantage which will be released on Jan 27, 1983.

Like his Italian-French counterpart Lino Ventura, who had been a wrestler before becoming an actor, Berlin-born Karl-Otto Alberty was an amateur boxer before he turned to acting, making his debut in a Konstanz theater in 1959. For three decades he was to be a regular of German cinema and television as well as of international English-speaking productions. However, unlike Ventura, Alberty did not become a star, remaining confined to supporting roles or even bit parts, most of the time as a German officer, although in widely seen international productions such as La Grande Évasion (1963), Les damnés (1969) or Le 5ème commando (1971). A lookalike of Benito Mussolini (with the exception of his white-blond hair), he would have been an ideal Duce though. A missed opportunity indeed.