David Bauer (actor)

For other men with the same name, see David Bauer (disambiguation).

David Bauer
Born	(1917-03-06)6 March 1917 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	8 February 1973(1973-02-08) (aged 55) London, England
Occupation(s)	Film, television actor
Years active	1958–1973
Spouse	Stella Tanner (m. 1960) (1 child)

David Bauer (born Herman Bernard Waldman, 6 March 1917 – 8 February 1973) was an American actor, a Chicagoan, who was based primarily in Britain.

Early life

He was chosen as the most promising actor at Washington University and his professional career began immediately after graduating. Plays in which he appeared included A Sound of Hunting, The Inspector General, Volpone, The Iceman Cometh and Children of Darkness. He appeared as Doc in the London stage production of West Side Story at Her Majesty's Theatre. Though born in the United States, he left his native country due to McCarthyism and settled in Britain.

Career

He appeared in The Baron, The Champions (where he provided opening narration for each episode), The Avengers, Department S, Gideon's Way, Jason King, The Prisoner, The Protectors, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), The Saint, Strange Report, and Undermind.

He appeared in films such as Patton, Inspector Clouseau, Diamonds Are Forever, You Only Live Twice, and The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.

In light of his reasons for leaving the United States for Britain, "Living in Harmony", the episode of The Prisoner in which he appeared as The Judge/Number Two, was banned in the series' original run on American television, supposedly due to drug use but more likely because of the political commentary on the Vietnam War that could be read into the episode.

Personal life

Bauer was married to British actress Stella Tanner until his death in 1973.

Credits confusion

Bauer worked in Hollywood under the name David Wolfe until being blacklisted. As a result, the Internet Movie Database and other online sources confuse many of his film credits with fictional actor David Wolfe.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1948	The Vicious Circle	Lieber	as Herman Waldman
1949	The Undercover Man	Stanley Weinburg	as David Wolfe
1949	House of Strangers	Prosecutor	Uncredited
1949	Slattery's Hurricane	Dr. Ross	Uncredited
1949	Flaming Fury	Tony Polacheck	as David Wolfe
1949	Sword in the Desert	Gershon	as David Wolfe
1949	Tokyo Joe	Photo Sergeant	Uncredited
1949	A Dangerous Profession	Matthew Dawson	as David Wolfe
1949	Bagdad	Mahmud	as David Wolfe
1950	Prisoners in Petticoats	Sam Clark	as David Wolfe
1950	Side Street	Smitty	Uncredited
1950	Appointment with Danger	David Goodman	as David Wolfe
1950	Where the Sidewalk Ends	Sid Kramer, Scalise Hood	Uncredited
1951	I Can Get It for You Wholesale	Speaker on Dais	Uncredited
1951	Smuggler's Island	Lorca	as David Wolfe
1951	The Mark of the Renegade	Landlord	as Dave Wolfe
1951	Kansas Raiders	Rudolph Tate	as Dave Wolfe
1951	The Scarf	Level Louie	as David Wolfe
1951	The Guest (Short)	Martin Androvitch	as David Wolfe
1952	5 Fingers	Da Costa	Uncredited
1952	The Cimarron Kid	Sam Swanson	as David Wolfe
1952	The Iron Mistress	James Black	Uncredited
1952	Wait 'Til the Sun Shines, Nellie	Sam Eichenbogen	Uncredited
1952	Bloodhounds of Broadway	Counsel	Uncredited
1954	Salt of the Earth	Barton	as David Wolfe
1962	Flat Two	Emil louba
1963	Live It Up!	Mark Watson
1964	Man in the Middle	Colonel Mayburt
1964	Walk a Tightrope	Ed
1965	The Spy Who Came in from the Cold	Young Judge	Uncredited
1967	The Double Man	Andrew Miller
1967	You Only Live Twice	American Diplomat	Uncredited
1967	Danger Route	Bennett
1967	Torture Garden	Mike Charles	(segment 2 "Terror Over Hollywood")
1968	Dark of the Sun	Adams	(UK title: The Mercenaries)
1968	Inspector Clouseau	Police Chief Geffrion
1969	Crooks and Coronets	Jack
1969	The Royal Hunt of the Sun	Villac Umu
1970	Patton	Lieutenant General Harry Buford
1971	Fun and Games	Gribney
1971	Diamonds Are Forever	Morton Slumber
1972	Embassy	Kadish
1972	Endless Night	Uncle Frank
1974	Road Movie	Harry	(final film role)

External links

• David Bauer at IMDb
• David Bauer at AllMovie