German actor Horst Buchholz was BOTD in 1933. Born in Berlin, he was raised by his mother and stepfather until the outbreak of World War Two, when he was evacuated to Silesia and lived with a foster family. After the war, he returned to Berlin, pursuing a career as a stage actor. He began his film career dubbing German-language dialogue for Hollywood films including Pinocchio and Johnny Guitar, and appeared as an extra in German films. After moving to West Germany, he became a star as a teenage delinquent in he 1956 film Die Halbstarken (Teenage Wolfpack), earning him comparisons with James Dean. He then starred in the historical drama Herrscher ohne Krone (King in Shadow) and appeared in Robinson soll nicht sterben (The Girl and the Legend) and Montpi with Romy Schneider, with whom he had an affair. He gained wider international attention in the comedy Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull (Confessions of Felix Krull), which won the 1957 Golden Globe Award for best foreign language film. He made his first English-language film Tiger Bay in 1957, starring the young Hayley Mills, before his stunning Hollywood debut in John Sturges’ cult Western The Magnificent Seven. He had further success in the romantic comedy Fanny with Leslie Caron and Maurice Chevalier and Billy Wilder’s Berlin-set comedy One, Two, Three. A series of unfortunate career decisions followed, including turning down roles in West Side Story, Lawrence of Arabia and A Fistful of Dollars, remaining in Europe and appearing in La Fabuleuse Aventure de Marco Polo (Marco the Magnificent), That Man in Istanbul, Johnny Banco and Cervantes. He made a brief return to Hollywood playing composer Johann Strauss the 1972 musical film The Great Waltz. As his career declined, he took supporting roles in German-language films, with guest appearances in TV series Logan’s Run, Fantasy Island and Charlie’s Angels. In later life, he made cameos in Wim Wenders’ film Faraway, So Close! and Roberto Benigni’s Oscar-winning war drama La vita è bella (Life Is Beautiful). Buchholz married actress Myriam Bru in 1958, with whom he had two children, while pursuing discreet affairs with men, finally discussing his bisexuality in a 2000 magazine interview. He died in 2003, aged 69. His son Christopher released a documentary Horst Buchholz … Mein Papa in 2005, examining Buchholz’s life, career, bisexuality and struggles with alcoholism.