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He was born in Mannheim , Germany . His illustrious career was acknowledged when he received the Iffland-Ring from the respected classics scholar Friedrich Haase . While Bassermann himself attempted to bestow the Iffland-Ring, he outlived each of the three grantees he chose. Not wanting to be mistaken a fourth time, Bassermann deferred making a choice; instead, a group of German actors made the decision. In " Knute Rockne All American ", he played a chemistry professor and mentor to teacher-cum-coach Rockne ( Pat O'Brien ). In real life, Basserman had himself studied chemistry, but abandoned that science early on to work with Viennese stage impresario Max Reinhardt . A prominent and popular stage and film actor in his native Germany, Basserman emigrated to Switzerland in 1933 rather than endure the incoming Hitler Regime . He worked briefly in the French film industry before coming to America in 1939 . Basserman spent the next eight years portraying sagacious elderly Europeans, usually scientists and music teachers. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his dual role in Alfred Hitchcock 's " Foreign Correspondent " ( 1940 ). He journeyed to England in 1948 for his final film assignment, " The Red Shoes ". Basserman's heartfelt, well-defined screen characterisations are all the more impressive when one realises that he could not speak English, and had to learn his lines phonetically. Bassermann died from a Heart Attack in Zurich , Switzerland . FILMOGRAPHY EXTERNAL LINKS |
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