- Along with Sean Connery, he is one of only two actors to appear in both films based on books by Cornelius Ryan: The Longest Day (1962) and A Bridge Too Far (1977).
- German actor who typically played Nazi menacers in WWII films and starred as criminal mastermind Dr. Mabuse in a number of post-war films, appearing in over 100 pictures during his long career.
- He played three World War II German Field Marshals: Albert Kesselring in Anzio (1968), Erwin Rommel in Raid on Rommel (1971), Gerd von Rundstedt in A Bridge Too Far (1977) and Walter von Brauchitsch in The Winds of War (1983) and War and Remembrance (1988).
- He was exempted from military service during World War II.
- He appeared in two films which depicted the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944: The Longest Day (1962) and Battle of the Commandos (1969). Curd Jürgens also appeared in both films.
- Grandfather of Laura Preiss.
- Born at 3:45am-CET
- For majority of his long and distinguished film and television career he was billed as Curt Jurgens.
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