Ferdy Mayne
Overview
- AKA Ferdinand Mayne
- Occupation Actor
- Also Singer
- Birthname Ferdinand Philip Mayer-Horckel
- Birthdate November 03, 1916
- Birthplace Mayence, Germany
- Education London Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts
- Died January, 30, 1998 (London, Great Britain)
- Character Reichsmarshal Julius Rosemeyer
Selected films
- Old Mother Riley Overseas - 1943
- Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The - 1943
- Meet Sexton Blake - 1944
- Assassin, The - 1952
- You Know What Sailors Are - 1954
- Storm Over the Nile - 1956
- Ben-Hur - 1959
- Our Man in Havanna - 1960
- Operation Crossbow - 1965
- Where Eagles Dare - 1969
- Best House in London, The - 1969
- Adventurers, The - 1970
- Gebissen Wird Nur Nachts - 1970
- When Eight Bells Toll - 1971
- Il Vichingo Venuto Dal Sud - 1971
- Die Diamanten des PrŠsidenten - 1976
- Revenge of the Pink Panther - 1978
- Winds of War, The (TV-series) - 1983
- Conan the Destroyer - 1984
- Pirates - 1986
- Frankensteins Tante (TV-series) - 1986
- Call from Space - 1989
- River of Diamonds - 1990
- Die Tiegering - 1992
- Knight Moves - 1992
- Warlock: The Armageddon - 1993
- Benefit of the Doubt - 1993
- Killers Within, The - 1995
Curiosa
- Ferdy Mayne sang lead roles in many London Musicals.
- He was married to Deirdre De Payer 1950-1976 (divorce).
- Ferdy Mayne is father of actress Belinda Mayne.
- Ferdy Mayne died 1998 (Parkinson´s disease)
- His father was the Judge of Mayence (Mainz) and his mother, who was half-English, was a singing teacher. Since the family was Jewish, the teenage Ferdinand was sent to England to stay with his aunt Lee Hutchinson, a noted photographer and sculptress. His parents were briefly interned in Buchenwald, but his mother's English connections enabled them also to get to England before war broke out.