Ferdy Mayne | |
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Born | Ferdinand Philip Mayer-Horckel 11 March 1916 Mainz, Germany |
Died | 30 January 1998 Lordington, West Sussex, England | (aged 81)
Alma mater | RADA Old Vic School |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1943–1996 |
Spouse |
Deirdre de Payer
(m. 1955; div. 1972) |
Children | 2, including Belinda Mayne |
Ferdy Mayne or Ferdie Mayne (born Ferdinand Philip Mayer-Horckel; 11 March 1916 – 30 January 1998) was a German-British stage and screen actor.[1] Born in Mainz, he emigrated to the United Kingdom in the early 1930s to escape the Nazi regime. He resided in the UK for the majority of his professional career. Working almost continuously throughout a 60-year-long career, Mayne was known as a versatile character actor, often playing suave villains and aristocratic eccentrics in films like The Fearless Vampire Killers, Where Eagles Dare, Barry Lyndon, and Benefit of the Doubt.