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Sandor Eles (Gottfried)
Although Herr Kapitan Helmut Gottfried of the
Luftwaffe commands the German raiding party that takes over the
St. Oswald Naval Station in 1940, he can hardly be described as
a traditional military man.
He might bark orders at his surly subordinates but in suprisingly
honest conversations with his British counterpart, Commander Traynor,
he reveals that he is really a man of science and sees the war
merely as a means to an end. He plays on the Commander's own quest
for knowledge as he attempts to discover the secret of the naval
station's research.
Sandor Eles was born in Budapest, Hungary on
15th June 1936. His European background meant he was usually cast
in more exotic role and although his career reflects a large international
canon of both film and television, British viewers are probably
more familiar with him through his role as Paul Ross, the suave
maitre de at Crossroads Motel during the early eighties. He died
of a heart attack in September 2002.
Selected film work includes:
The Naked Edge (1961) ...as Manfridi
The Rebel (1961) ...as Artist
Guns of Darkness (1962) ...as Lt. Gomez
French Dressing (1964) ...as Vladek
The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) ...as Hans
The Magnificent Two (1967) ...as Armandez
The Kremlin Letter (1970) ...as Lt. Grodin
And Soon the Darkness (1970) ...as Paul
Countess Dracula (1970) ...as Imre Toth
1000 Convicts and a Woman (1971) ...as Paul Floret (aka. Fun and
Games, Story of a Nympho)
Love and Death (1975) ...as Soldier 2
Scorpio (1973) ...as Malkin
Uppdraget (1977) ...as Clerk (aka. The Assignment)
The Greek Tycoon, (1978) ...as Lawrence
Surviving Picasso (1996) ....as Party Guest Film
Selected TV work includes:
Alcoa Presents - The Prisoner (1961) ...as Samuel
The Avengers - Concerto (ABC / 1964) ...as Stefan Veliko
Crane - Death is a Closed Door (Associated Redifussion / 1965)
...as Shafik
The Baron - Red Horse, Red Rider (ITC / 1966) ...as Alifa
Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World (1966) ...as Bugatti
The Saint - Where the Money is (ITC / 1968) ...as Jean Latour
The Avengers - The Positive Negative Man (ABC / 1967) ...as Maurice
Jubert
Department S - Soup of the Day (ITC / 1970) ...as Dominic
Timeslip (ATV / 1970) ...as Gottfried
Jason King - Uneasy Lies the Head (ITC / 1972) ...as Shimoon
The Adventurer - Has Anyone Here Seen Kelly? (ITC / 1972) ...as
Laroche
Upstairs, Downstairs - Desirous of Change (LWT / 1973) ...as Kurt
Schnabel
New Scotland Yard - Don't Go Out Alone (Thames / 1973) ...as Vectis
The Professionals - Fall Girl (LWT / 1978) ...as Kreiber
The Assassination Run (BBC / 1980) ...as Vladimir Ilyich Grigor
The Seven Dials Mystery (LWT / 1982) ...as Count Andras
Crossroads (ATV / 1982 - 86) ...as Paul Ross
Czech Mate (1984) ....as 2nd Desk Clerk
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense - Czech Mate (ATV / 1984)
...as 2nd Desk Clerk
The Endless Game (1990) ....as Hansel
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1990) .... Maitre de
Down to Earth (1994) series ....as Ramon
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