Gert Fröbe Gert Fröbe Karl Gerhart "Gert" Fröbe (; 25 February 1913 – 5 September 1988) was a West German film and stage actor. He is best known in English-speaking countries for his work as Auric Goldfinger in the James Bond film "Goldfinger", as Peachum in "The Threepenny Opera", as Baron Bomburst in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", as Hotzenplotz in "Der Räuber Hotzenplotz" and "Colonel Manfred von Holstein" in "Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines". Fröbe was born in Oberplanitz, today part of Zwickau. He was initially a violinist, but he abandoned it for Kabarett and theatre work. He joined the
Baron Ironblood Baron Ironblood Baron Ironblood is a fictional character from Action Force, the British equivalent to the G.I. Joe franchise. He appeared in the "Battle Action Force" comic books and annuals of the 1980s and was cast as an action figure by toy-makers Palitoy and distributed around Europe. In West Germany, he was known as Baron Eisenblut. Baron Ironblood is the leader of the Red Shadows, sworn enemies of Action Force. According to "Battle Action Force" his real name and birthplace are unknown (though a detailed comic book back-story, which featured in the 1985 "Battle Action Force" annual, places him of