Anton Diffring (born Alfred Pollack; 20 October 1916 – 19 May 1989) was a German actor. He had an extensive film and television career in the United Kingdom from the 1940s to the 1980s, latterly appearing in international films. Primarily a character actor, he often played Nazi officers in World War II films, and other antagonistic authority figures. More about Anton Diffring
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Diffring was born Alfred Pollack in Koblenz. His father, Solomon Pollack, was a Jewish shop-owner who managed to avoid internment and survived Nazi rule in Germany. His mother, Bertha Pollack (née Diffring), was Christian. He studied acting in Berlin and Vienna, but there is conjecture about when he left Germany prior to the outbreak of World War II. The audio commentary for the Doctor Who series Silver Nemesis mentions that he left in 1936 to escape persecution due to his homosexuality. Other accounts point to him leaving in 1939 and settling in Canada, where he was interned in 1940, which is unlikely as he appears in the Ealing Studios film Convoy (released in July 1940, as the officer of U-37, in an uncredited role). His sister Jacqueline Diffring moved to England and became a sculptor.In total, we tracked 52 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Anton Diffring (ANTON DIFFRING in I AM A CAMERA (1955) Hand-signed 10” x 8” portrait) was sold in January 2021 for £81.00 while the cheapest item (Signed photograph of Anton Diffring Hammer House of Horror & War films actor) found a new owner for £0.99 in December 2019. The month with the most items sold (3) was January 2014 with an average selling price of £29.99 for an autographed item of Anton Diffring. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2021 with £81.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £3.70 was July 2018. In average, an autographed item from Anton Diffring is worth £20.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Anton Diffring were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
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Actor Anton Diffring 2 Signed Photographs. With Letters & 3 private Photographs | £19.00 | ||
ANTON DIFFRING - GERMAN ACTOR - AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO | £39.99 | ||
Anton Diffring German character actor War Films Signed 6x4 B/W Photo Autographed | £27.50 | ||
ANTON DIFFRING ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH . DR WHO | £19.99 | ||
ANTON DIFFRING ORIGINAL SIGNED 5X7 PHOTO. OPERATION DAYBREAK | £34.33 | ||
ANTON DIFFRING ORIGINAL VINTAGE SIGNED PHOTO . DR WHO. WHERE EAGLES DARE | £26.60 | ||
Anton Diffring vintage signed page AFTAL#145 | £13.05 | ||
Anton Diffring vintage signed page AFTAL#145 | £26.00 | ||
Anton Diffring vintage vintage signed page AFTAL#145 | £80.89 | ||
HAMMER HORROR - ANTON DIFFRING †72 - authentic ink signed 4x6 pic | £49.80 |