Back to peopleFrederick ValkKnown forActingBornJune 10, 1895DiedJuly 23, 1956Place of birthHamburg, GermanyBiographyLife and careerFrederick Valk was a German-born Jewish stage and screen actor of Czech Jewish descent who fled to the United Kingdom in the late 1930s to escape Nazi persecution, and subsequently became a naturalised British citizen.Filmography3 filmsAll3Acting3A Matter of Life and Death1946as RAF Chaplain (uncredited)Dead of Night1945as Dr. Van Straaten (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")Night Train to Munich1940as Gestapo Officer