The Karl-Otto Alberty Appreciation Thread.

So I have him to be mad at. I liked Roger, he was my favorite character in The Great Escape.

 

Otto, if you ever get the chance to watch both: The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, K.O. Alberty appears in several of the episodes in this some 50 hour long movie. Anyway, he at first is seen in one or more episodes in: The Winds of War, and he is shown as somekind of a nazi "official"' who while attending a Spanish club of some type, he drinks a bit too much and starts becoming a rude and loud-a$$hole. He forces the Spanish Troubador into playing and singing "O Solo Mio" and insults Byron Henry's (Jan-Michael Vincent) Fiancee: a lady by the name of: Natalie Jastrow (Ali McGraw, and who is very pretty and its easy to see why Steve McQueen fell in love with her) who happens to be an American born Polish-Jew. So after she is unsulted by Alberty's character, Jan-Michael Vincent (Byron Henry) gets up and walks over to him and punches him in the mouth. Great great scenes.

Anyway, one might think that that's the last you might see of the Alberty character-no-you also see him in a few episodes of: War and Remembrance. It turns out that he is a Waffen SS NCO - and who meets up with: Natalie Jastrow later on at one of the Jewish Ghettos somewhere in Poland. He plays a perfect nazi-prick. Anyway, in War and remembrance: Natalie Jastrow is not played by Ali McGraw but she was replaced by: Jane Seymour who was younger and was of the age needed for that role. Ever since I first saw her in War and Remembrance, I have been a fan of hers.

 

I have yet to see this but in looking up his film credits I see he was in Slaughter House Five form the Kurt Vonnegut book! He was great in Kelly's Heroes!! One of my favorite films! He plays a great villain!

 

That thick neck, those piggy eyes, the arrogant sneer and the duelling scar....when I was in Nuremberg last weekend, I noticed that all German men look exactly like that !

Mind you, I kept getting odd looks wearing a knotted scarf and a flat cloth cap, saying 'Cor Blimey, Guv'nor - strike a bl**dy light !' and asking waiters for a pint o' Watneys Red Barrel wiv me fish'n'chips.....

 

A great actor. I wouldn't stop my car if I saw a hitch hiker like him. I hope he's still in good health, he must be at least in his sixties now if not more.

 

It is ironic Otto that after I saw his photo as your avatar I did some research and discovered the same info you posted up on top. I would like to know if he ended up as a HJ?

I like him in his role in "The Great Escape" when he captures the character Bartlett, "You German is good and so is your French, HANDS UP!".

 

Hi Otto, speaking of autographed photos of him. Though it's been a few years, I remember that one was for sale on this site: Captain Bijou's Online Catalog This guy gets some interesting and hard-to-get autographs from time-to-time. Back in I think 1992? I bought an autographad business card that was signed on the back side by: Col. Gregory "Pappy" Boyington of: VMF-214th The Blacksheep Squadron fame. The otherside was the address and info for his Aviation business. Scored it then for what I thought was a cheap price of $40.00. I bought this from the dealer of the posted link. Anyway, if he currently does not have one, he might do a search for you.

 

Quite welcome my friend and i'll also keep eyes peeled for you when im on a few other sites. One thing really good about Captain Bijou, is that his business has been around for probably 20 or more years possibly more than 30. Anyway, the owner is well-established and has an excellent reputation. I met him once at a gun show here in C.C. and almost came away with an autographed business card belonging to Manfred von Richthofen (aka) The Red Baron. C.B. had this card professionally mounted along with a nice -sized repo photo of him and a nice brief bio all framed together. Unfortunately at that time, I did not have an extra $800.00 to spare and I had just spent $425.00 for another Walther P-38 pistol. ;-))

 

My medical advice is that starting medication is not enough; we need to operate urgently...

 

I would love to know where he is now.He was my favourite Nazi in all Films.

 

Heh heh, the above IS a great scene.

K.O-Alberty: "You, ze American Army."
Oddball: "No baby we aint. You know what's in that bank sweetheart? There's 16 million bucks in that bank."
Big Joe: "That's 85 MILLION Marks."
Kelly: ""All you have to do to get some of that gold, is to blow a hole right through those doors."

BOOM!!.