Cast & creator
Frederick Jaeger
Best known for Doctor Who, Doctor Who, The Avengers
Frederick was educated in Germany and France. He came to England in 1939 and took up acting at the suggestion of his English headmaster. He attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London between 1946 and 1948 and started his stage career at preston Rep in 1949. Many rep seasons in provinces before West End appearances including 'The Comedy of Errors', 'Lock Up Your Daughters', 'The Potsdam Quartet', 'Big Fish, Little Fish', 'For Adults Only', 'A Patriot For Me', 'Mrs. Gibson's Boys' and 'Salad Days'. Frederick started his television career in 1955 and went into films in 1956. He continued to act in all strands of the profession until his death.
Also known as: Frederick Jaegar , Manfred Frederick Jaeger, Фредерик Джегер, Фредерик Джагер
32
film credits
67
television credits
99
1950–2025 · acting roles
7.0
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (99)
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Doctor Who
Sorenson
1963Doctor Who
Professor Marius
1963
The Avengers
Benson
1961
The Wednesday Play
Ober-Leutnant von Chemnitz
1964
Minder
Inspector Klingmann
1979
Remington Steele
Edvard Jensen
1982
Z-Cars
1962
Playhouse
Keith Sayle
1974Playhouse
Douglas Smedley
1974
The Professionals
Schuman
1977
Theatre 625
Tostig
1964Theatre 625
Walter
1964
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Denis
1965Thirty-Minute Theatre
Brian Trodd
1965
One Step Beyond
Johann
1959
The Sweeney
Goldman
1975
The Persuaders!
Luther
1971
ITV Play of the Week
Bequeville
1955
Keeping Up Appearances
Millburn
1990
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
World War One Ace
1989
Angels
1975
Dixon of Dock Green
John Charles Walton
1955
Justice
Wilkinson
1971
The Chief
Major Selwyn Davis
1990
Churchill's People
Caradoc
1974
The New Avengers
Jones
1976
The Protectors
Bergen
1972
Shoestring
Dr Neil Stirling
1979
Out of the Unknown
Leebig
1965
Interpol Calling
Bernarde
1959
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
Sir Christopher
1956
Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre
Sir Adam
1967
The Main Chance
Peter Jarratt
1969
Callan
1967
Doomwatch
Richard Massingham
1970
The Kenny Everett Television Show
Self
1982The Kenny Everett Television Show
Various
1982
Department S
Major Harwood
1969
Jason King
1971
The Agatha Christie Hour
The Count
1982
Sir Francis Drake
Vicary
1961
Return of the Saint
Inspector Grant
1978Festival
Kinesias
1963
Yes Minister
1980
Detective
1964
Suspense
Forsch
1962
Fall of Eagles
Holstein
1974
Warship
1973
Boy Meets Girl
Towner
1967The Jazz Age
Alan Cooper
1968
Miss Marple
Colonel Melchett
1984
Miss Marple: The Body in the Library
Colonel Melchett
1984
Pretenders
Joachim
1972
Little Women
Professor Friedrich Bhaer
1970
Skiboy
Jacques Noêl
1974
Q.E.D.
Kaiser Wilhelm II
1982The Hanged Man
Hans Deiter
1975One-Upmanship
Cogg-Willoughby
1976The Spies
Cooper
1966
Voyage of the Damned
Werner Mannheim
1976
Selling Hitler
Fritz Stiefel
1991Amelia
Will Booth
1961
Ice Cold in Alex
2nd German Officer
1958
Scorpio
Novins
1973
The One That Got Away
German Prisoner
1957
One of Those Things
Melchior
1971
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Marker
1976
Slaughter Day
Klaus
1972
I Was Monty's Double
Junior German Officer
1958
The Looking Glass War
Pilot
1970
The Passage
German Major (uncredited)
1979
Cold Comfort Farm
Doctor Adolph Müdel
1995Girl in a Black Bikini
Leo Pettit
1967The Small House at Allington
Adolphus Crosbie
1960
I Woke Up One Morning
1985Probation Officer
Norman Warren
1950N.U.T.S.
1976
The Doombolt Chase
1978The Man in the Mirror
Gregor Sanders
1966
The Inside Man
Doctor James Austen
1969
Selling Hitler
Fritz Stiefel
1993
Doctor Who: Planet of Evil
Sorenson
1975
Home-Movies
Keith Sayle
1979
Doctor Who: The Invisible Enemy
Professor Marius
1977
Nijinsky
Gabriel Astruc
1980
Doctor Who: The Savages
Jano (voice)
2025
Doctor Who: The Savages
Jano
1966
The Black Tent
Koch
1956
At the Fountainhead (Of German Strength)
Kurt Langsdorf
1980
The Naked Sun
Leebig
1969
Winterspelt 1944
Major Robert Wheeler
1978
Play It Cool
Male Receptionist
1962
Song of Norway
Henrik Ibsen
1970St. Ursula's in Danger
Mr. Forson
1983
The Limbo Line
1969Der Abschlußtag
Harry Day
1979Farewell Performance
Paul Warner
1963The Potsdam Quartet
Douglas Smedley
1981Pakbo
Jim
1970