Wilhelm von Brincken
Actor · Art Direction
Born May 27, 1881 · Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Active 1923–1946
Wilhelm von Brincken, also known as Wilhelm L. von Brincken, William Vaughn, William von Brinken, and William Vaughan, was a German diplomat and spy during World War I, who went on to become an American character actor of the silent and…
Filmography
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923) - Restaurant Patron (uncredited)Man Hunt (1941)Dracula's Daughter (1936) - Lead Transylvanian Gendarme (uncredited)The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) - Krafstein (uncredited)Hell's Angels (1930) - Von Richter (uncredited)Action in the North Atlantic (1943) - German Submarine Captain (uncredited)The Wedding March (1928) - Imperial GuardPossessed (1931) - Baron von Bergen - Party Guest (uncredited)Queen Kelly (1929) - Prince Wolfram's Adjutant (uncredited)Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942) - German Colonel with American Consul (uncredited)Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940) - OfficerBackground to Danger (1943) - German Official (uncredited)Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937) - Polizei OfficerLeathernecking (1930) - RichterThe Purple V (1943) - Col. von Ritter (as William Vaughn)The Prince of Pilsen (1926) - Captain of the Guard · Art DirectionConfessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) - Captain von EichenReunion in France (1942) - Major (uncredited)Condemned! (1929) - Vidal's OrderlyEast Lynne (1931) - Prussian OfficerThank You, Mr. Moto (1937) - SchneiderJoan of Paris (1942)Nurse Edith Cavell (1939) - German Firing Squad OfficerSo Ends Our Night (1941) - German Official