Born in Chicago in 1917, David Bauer found more success as an actor in
Europe than he did in his home country. He was one of those caught up
in the anti-Communist hysteria that swept the US, and especially
Hollywood, in the 1950s. Bauer left the US and settled in Great
Britain. He found a niche in British television, playing a variety of
crooked American businessmen, attorneys, etc. He appeared in such
series as Simon Templar (1962) in
The Element of Doubt (1962)
and had a memorable turn in the Living in Harmony (1968) episode of the
fondly remembered Patrick McGoohan
series Nummer 6 (1967). He
appeared in
The London Beat (1972)),
an episode of the American cop series shot in England, playing an
American mob boss.
Bauer, for some reason, didn't appear in all that many films during his
time in England, his best known probably being
Der Spion, der aus der Kälte kam (1965)
in which he played a judge and
Patton: Rebell in Uniform (1970), as American Lt. Gen. Harry
Buford. He had parts in two James Bond films,
Man lebt nur zweimal (1967)
and
Diamantenfieber (1971).
He also worked on the British stage, both as an actor and director. He
died in London in 1973, at age 55.
