Harry Riebauer

Born

July 4, 1921

Died

November 8, 1999 · age 78

From

Reichenberg, Sudetenland, Germany [now Liberec, Czech Republic]

Harry Riebauer (4 July 1921 – 8 November 1999) was a German film and television actor. Riebauer was born in Reichenberg (Liberec, Czechoslovakia) in a Sudetengerman family. Active in acting from 1950 through 1990, one of his many roles was appearing as Sgt. Strachwitz in the film The Great Escape (1963).[ He was noted for his tall stature, standing 1.94 metres (6 ft 4 in). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia