Frederick Jaeger
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
Doctor Who: The Savages
2025
as Jano (voice)
Cold Comfort Farm
1995
as Doctor Adolph Müdel
Selling Hitler
1993
as Fritz Stiefel
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989
as World War One Ace
- No poster
St. Ursula's in Danger
1983
as Mr. Forson
The Potsdam Quartet
1981
as Douglas Smedley
Nijinsky
1980
as Gabriel Astruc
At the Fountainhead (Of German Strength)
1980
as Kurt Langsdorf
Home-Movies
1979
as Keith Sayle
The Passage
1979
as German Major (uncredited)
- No poster
Der Abschlußtag
1979
as Harry Day
Winterspelt 1944
1978
as Major Robert Wheeler
Doctor Who: The Invisible Enemy
1977
as Professor Marius
Voyage of the Damned
1976
as Werner Mannheim
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
1976
as Marker
Doctor Who: Planet of Evil
1975
as Sorenson
Scorpio
1973
as Novins
Slaughter Day
1972
as Klaus
One of Those Things
1971
as Melchior
Song of Norway
1970
as Henrik Ibsen
- No poster
Pakbo
1970
as Jim
The Looking Glass War
1970
as Pilot
The Limbo Line
1969
The Naked Sun
1969
as Leebig