Ingo Mogendorf (born 1940) is a German-born British actor, typically playing handsome and congenial German officers. He is best remembered as the

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in a dogfight against

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''. He worked as a male model in

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in the 1970s.

Life

He was born in Germany on 2 December 1940. His exact birthplace is unclear but he certainly lived in

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in West Germany prior to coming to Britain in 1968. Based in London he appears to primarily have been employed as a model but with frequent acting roles both in film and television. He was invariably cast as the handsome and genial German and often used to contrast with more Nazi-style counterparts. He retired from acting in 1983/84 and moved to Puerto Banus near

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on the south coast of

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, where he invested in a night-club.

Film Roles

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(1969) as pilot in Falke's crew * Outbreak of the 28th (1970) *

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(1970) as Lt Fullgrabe *

(1970) as

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(1971) as Lt Voght *

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(1972) as Cpt Hamburger

TV Roles

seeIMDb: Ingo Mogendorf *

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(1969) as Jorgen * Eyeless in Gaza (1971) as German peasant *

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(1971) as captured Nazi pilot *

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(1971) as Sven *

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(1971) as * Marked Personal (1974) as Klaus Muller *

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(1979) as Gerhard *

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:Unity (1980) as Lothar * Spy! (TV series) (1980) as Naujocks *

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(1980) as Traveller *

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(1980) as Scherer *

: Caught on a Train (1980) as Keliner * Q.E.D. (TV series) (1982) *

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(1983) as Ludwig *

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(1983) * The Brief (1984) as German CID officer

References

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