Jürgens' first Hollywood film was "The Enemy Below" (1957), in which he portrayed a German U-boat commander. In 1962, he played the German general Günther Blumentritt in "The Longest Day" (1962). Later, in the James Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977), he played the villain Karl Stromberg, a sociopathic industrialist seeking to transform the world into an ocean paradise. His last film appearance was as Maître Legraine, beside Alain Delon and Claude Jade in the spy-thriller "Teheran 43" (1981). In English-language television, he played Chancellor Otto von Bismarck in several episodes of the BBC series "Fall of Eagles" (1974) and appeared as General Vladimir in the BBC's "Smiley's People" (1982).