Frederick Stafford
Actor

Frederick Stafford Net Worth

Frederick Stafford was a Czechoslovakian-born actor who was best known for his roles in Topaz (1969), Furia à Bahia pour OSS 117 (1965) and Agent 505 - Todesfalle Beirut (1966). He was married to Marianne Hold and passed away on July 28, 1979 in Switzerland.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actor
Birth Day March 11, 1928
Age 92 YEARS OLD
Died On July 28, 1979(1979-07-28) (aged 51)\nSwitzerland
Birth Sign Aries
Cause of death (plane crash)
Occupation actor
Years active 1965–1977
Spouse(s) Marianne Hold (1964-1979) (his death) (1 child)
Children Roderick Stafford (b. 1964)

💰 Net worth

Frederick Stafford, a renowned actor born in 1928, is estimated to have a net worth ranging from $100K to $1M in the year 2024. With a successful career in the entertainment industry, Stafford has left an indelible mark on the world of cinema. Known for his captivating performances, he has garnered both critical acclaim and commercial success throughout his career. As the years have passed, Stafford's talent and contributions to the art of acting have solidified his financial standing, positioning him as one of the esteemed figures in the industry.

Biography/Timeline

1948

He was the son of a Slovak factory owner. He studied chemistry and spent time in Switzerland. He was worried about the Russians taking over Czechoslovakia and in 1948 decided to leave. It would take too long to move to the US or Canada so he went to Australia in 1949. While there he changed his name to "Frederick Stafford". "I always liked the name," he later said.

1950

Fluent in five languages, in the 1950s he held a series of positions in the pharmaceutical industry.

1962

By 1962 he was a regional manager for Bristol Meyers headquartered in Hong Kong. Two years later in Bangkok he met an Austrian Actress Marianne Hold and married her seven days later.

1964

He married German Actress Marianne Hold whom he met whilst both of them were in Bangkok. His son is the singer Roderick Stafford, who was born in 1964.

1965

He followed this with the similar Agent 505: Death Trap in Beirut (1965) and a second OSS117 film, Atout cœur à Tokyo pour OSS 117 (1965).

1967

Stafford made a macaroni combat war film in Italy, Dirty Heroes (1967) with John Ireland. He followed it with Estouffade à la Caraïbe (1967), and L'Homme qui valait des milliards (1967).

1968

These movies brought the attention of Alfred Hitchcock, who signed him in 1968 to play the leading role as agent André Devereaux in Topaz (1969). Universal signed him to a non exclusive contract for seven years.

1969

He made Eagles Over London (1969) with Van Johnson.

1972

He made a comeback in 1972 as Commissario Luca Micelli in the Italian Giallo Shadows Unseen.

1973

Five years after Topaz, he starred with French Actress Claude Jade (who had played his daughter in Topaz) in the Italian thriller Special Killers (1973). In that movie, Stafford's character has a brief platonic romance with Jade's character despite a 20-year age difference.

1975

His last successes were the Spanish Movies Metti che ti rompo il muso (1975) and White Horses of Summer (1975, starring Jean Seberg, his co-star from 1966 Estouffade à la Caraïbe), the Italian thriller Werewolf Woman (1976) and the Spanish-Italian-French coproduction Hold-Up (1977). He also made La trastienda and Sfida sul fondo.

1977

In 1977 Stafford returned to Australia after 15 years. He announced he intended to make four films in Australia including one about the pyjama girl murder; Our Man in Sydney, a detective thriller', and Andamooka, about life on the Australian opal fields.

1979

Stafford died in 1979 in a collision of two aircraft above Lake Sarnen, Switzerland. A Morane-Saulnier Rallye piloted by Czech-born Pavel Krahulec, M.D., and in which Stafford was a Passenger collided with a Piper aircraft, piloted by businessman Alois Fischer of Thoune, Switzerland

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