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Frederick Valk

Frederick Valk

Actor · Died July 23, 1956, aged 61 · Hamburg, Germany

Frederick Valk was a German-born Jewish stage and screen actor of Czech Jewish descent who fled to the United Kingdom in the late 1930s to escape Nazi persecution, and subsequently became a naturalised British citizen.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 10, 1895
Died
July 23, 1956 (aged 61)
From
Hamburg, Germany
Works as
Actor
Titles
15 on MovieCove · 31 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 17% in 30 days

What are Frederick Valk's films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 3 · Dark 6

A split, not a type: Grounded 6 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0

Gentle 1 · Charged 8 · Intense 1

Steady 5 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0

A split, not a type: Casual 6 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0

Resolved 8 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles
Shapeshifter
1 of 3
Herald
1 of 3
Mentor
1 of 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
7
Melancholic
7
Romantic
3
Dread
2
Warm
1
Other
5

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet4
  • Tragic3
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Frederick Valk's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).

Subscription and free streaming for Frederick Valk's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

31 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page.

  • Zarak(1956)

    as Haji Khan

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
  • Wicked as They Come (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Mr. Reisner

  • Secret Venture (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Otto Weber

  • I Am a Camera(1955)

    as Doctor

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
  • Magic Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Minister von Moll

  • The Colditz Story(1955)

    as Kommandant

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • What Price Freedom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Commissar Krause

  • Break to Freedom(1953)

    as Camp Kommandant

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • Bad Blonde(1953)

    as Giuseppe Vecchi

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
  • Never Let Me Go(1953)

    as Kuragin

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
  • Ho scelto l'amore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as il sacerdote del convento

  • Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Show 1 episode · as Vanderhof

  • Top Secret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Rakov

  • The Magic Box (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Maurice Guttenburg

  • Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
  • Dear Mr. Prohack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Dr. Viega

  • Saraband(1948)

    as The Elector Ernest Augustus

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
  • Mrs. Fitzherbert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as King George III

  • A Matter of Life and Death(1946)

    as RAF Chaplain (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
  • Man: One Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Saul

  • Frenzy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Dr. Ivan Krasner

  • Dead of Night(1945)

    as Dr. Van Straaten (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
  • Hotel Reserve(1944)

    as Emil Schimler, alias Paul Heimberger

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
  • Thunder Rock(1942)

    as Dr. Kurtz

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
  • The Patient Vanishes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Dr. Moger

  • Suicide Squadron(1941)

    as Polish Bomber Commander

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
  • Gasbags (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Sturmfuehrer

  • Neutral Port (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Captain Traumer

  • Night Train to Munich(1940)

    as Gestapo Officer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
  • Traitor Spy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as German Ambassador

Career shape

Star power in the 81st percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 31 titles from 1939 to 1956.

Film career

  • 1940Screen debut· Night Train to Munich

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting31 of 31: 31 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score63rd

By decade

1930s1 · acting1940s15 · acting1950s15 · acting

Billing

usually 11th · top billed in 0% of 5 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Frederick Valk's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 63rd percentile, the median of all 15; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 59th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

57thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

47thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 15 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 15 titles divides audiences: 8 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed1

Reviewers score the acting 66/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Frederick Valk work with?

People who share at least 2 of Frederick Valk's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Basil Dearden shares the most, 2.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles