Frederick Jaeger
Born: 1928-05-29 in Berlin, Germany
Died: 2004-06-18
Known For: Acting
Biography
Frederick was educated in Germany and France. He came to England in 1939 and took up acting at the suggestion of his English headmaster. He attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London between 1946 and 1948 and started his stage career at preston Rep in 1949. Many rep seasons in provinces before West End appearances including 'The Comedy of Errors', 'Lock Up Your Daughters', 'The Potsdam Quartet', 'Big Fish, Little Fish', 'For Adults Only', 'A Patriot For Me', 'Mrs. Gibson's Boys' and 'Salad Days'. Frederick started his television career in 1955 and went into films in 1956. He continued to act in all strands of the profession until his death.
Filmography
2025
- Doctor Who: The Savages as Jano (voice)
1995
- Cold Comfort Farm as Doctor Adolph Müdel
1993
- Selling Hitler as Fritz Stiefel
1990
- Keeping Up Appearances as Millburn
- The Chief as Major Selwyn Davis
1989
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade as World War One Ace
1984
- Miss Marple: The Body in the Library as Colonel Melchett
1983
- St. Ursula's in Danger as Mr. Forson
1982
- Remington Steele as Edvard Jensen
- The Kenny Everett Television Show as Self
1981
- The Potsdam Quartet as Douglas Smedley
1980
- Yes Minister
- Nijinsky as Gabriel Astruc
- At the Fountainhead (Of German Strength) as Kurt Langsdorf
1979
- Minder as Inspector Klingmann
- The Passage as German Major (uncredited)
- Der Abschlußtag as Harry Day
- Shoestring
- Home-Movies as Keith Sayle
1978
- Return of the Saint as Inspector Grant
- Winterspelt 1944 as Major Robert Wheeler
- The Doombolt Chase
1977
- The Professionals as Schuman
- Doctor Who: The Invisible Enemy as Professor Marius
1976
- The New Avengers as Jones
- The Seven-Per-Cent Solution as Marker
- Voyage of the Damned as Werner Mannheim
- One-Upmanship
- N.U.T.S.
1975
- The Sweeney as Goldman
- Angels
- Doctor Who: Planet of Evil as Sorenson
- The Hanged Man as Hans Deiter
1974
- Playhouse as Keith Sayle
- Churchill's People as Caradoc
- Fall of Eagles as Holstein
1972
- Slaughter Day as Klaus
- The Protectors as Bergen
- Pretenders as Joachim
1971
- The Persuaders! as Luther
- Justice as Wilkinson
- Jason King
- One of Those Things as Melchior
1970
- Doomwatch as Richard Massingham
- The Looking Glass War as Pilot
- Pakbo as Jim
- Song of Norway as Henrik Ibsen
- Little Women as Professor Friedrich Bhaer
1969
- The Main Chance as Peter Jarratt
- Department S as Major Harwood
- The Limbo Line
- The Naked Sun as Leebig
1968
- The Jazz Age as Alan Cooper
1967
- Callan
- Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre as Sir Adam
1966
- Doctor Who: The Savages as Jano
- The Liars as Ohisson
- The Spies as Cooper
1964
- Theatre 625 as Tostig
- Detective
1963
- Doctor Who as Sorenson
- Farewell Performance as Paul Warner
- Festival as Kinesias
1962
- Z-Cars
- Play It Cool as Male Receptionist
- Suspense as Forsch
1961
- The Avengers as Benson
- Sir Francis Drake as Vicary
- Amelia
1960
- The Small House at Allington as Adolphus Crosbie
1959
- One Step Beyond as Johann
- Interpol Calling as Bernarde
- Boy Meets Girls
1958
- Ice Cold in Alex as 2nd German Officer
- I Was Monty's Double as Junior German Officer
1957
- The One That Got Away as German Prisoner
1956
- The Black Tent as Koch
- The Adventures of Sir Lancelot as Sir Christopher
1955
- ITV Play of the Week as Bequeville
- Dixon of Dock Green as John Charles Walton
1950
- Probation Officer as Norman Warren