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.
ferdy mayne played a great part as a german general
to bad..the part was not bigger…!
also..as a vampire…same classic role
as would be credited to christopher lee
hi! love your site…have just seen Ferdy in an old cagney and lacey (tv cops).my father was married to Ferdy’s sister at one point..late 50’s.don’t know any more about the family,my pa is long gone & my ma has elective memory loss!i do know that Ferdy’s sister & joe my pa,had a son arthur,have searched but lost touch. Sharon x
Wonderful in the Movie
Dance of the Vampires (1967)
Count von Krolock (Character)
http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0019842
(Is also a Musical) also an actor and director Roman Polanski was, other actors were Jack MacGowran, Sharon Tate
“Where Eagles Dare” was a 1968 film, not a 1969 one as listed above !