Dantine's father, Alfred Guttmann, was the head of the Austrian railway system in Vienna. As a young man, Dantine became involved in Vienna's anti-Nazi movement. In 1938, when he … See more

Dantine enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles. His relatives thought he would go into business, but he became interested in theater. He began his U.S. acting career at … See more

Before graduating from UCLA, he married fellow theater student Gwen Anderson; they divorced in 1943.
In 1943, he was in a car accident and accused of hit-and-run. In January 1945 he was arrested for biting Ida Lupino's … See more

On 2 May 1982, Helmut Dantine died in Beverly Hills of a heart attack at age 63. See more

• Escape (1940) – Porter (uncredited)
• International Squadron (1941) – Flyer (uncredited)
• To Be or Not to Be (1942) – Co-Pilot (uncredited)
• Mrs. Miniver (1942) – German Flyer See more

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