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Corpulent German character actor, often seen in menacing or unpleasant roles. Trained under Lina Carstens (1935-1937), Peters initially started out as a comedian. After military service in World War II, he reinvented himself as a serious dramatic actor, resident for some time at the Munich Kammerspiele and at the Deutsches Theater. From 1948 onwards, he was signed as a character player by the East German film company DEFA, where he became noted for several exceptional performances in films like The Affair Blum (1948) and, as the obsequious, power-hungry Dietrich Hessling, in the controversial Der Untertan (1951) (a starring role which won him an East German National Prize).
Peters moved to the West in 1955 to portray Nazis, corrupt establishment figures, sinister spies and reprehensible philistines (as well as the odd police inspector or victim) in local and international films. He hit the apex of his career with Robert Siodmak's The Devil Strikes at Night (1957), as a uniformed minor Nazi functionary. His dark screen image also made Peters a perennial favorite as protagonist for the ever-popular "Dr. Mabuse" films and the Edgar Wallace series of potboilers. In addition to his work in front of the camera, Peters set up a dubbing studio in 1958 (Rondo Films) for which he himself supplied German voice-overs for international stars like Donald Pleasence and Rod Steiger.- Selmer Jackson was born on 7 May 1888 in Lake Mills, Iowa, USA. He was an actor, known for The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Left Over Ladies (1931) and Undercover Agent (1939). He was married to Estil S. Jackson. He died on 30 March 1971 in Burbank, California, USA.
- Jack Cheatham was born on 28 December 1894 in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. He was an actor, known for A Fig Leaf for Eve (1944), Skybound (1935) and Men of San Quentin (1942). He died on 30 March 1971 in La Mirada, California, USA.
- Maksim Mikhaylov was born on 25 August 1893 in Koltsovka, Kazan Governorate, Russian Empire [now Chuvash Republic, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944), Slippers (1945) and The Great Glinka (1946). He died on 30 March 1971 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Richard Talbott Kelly was born on 20 August 1896 in Birkenhead, England, UK. He died on 30 March 1971.
- Agata Rosenow was born on 26 March 1925 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico. She was an actress, known for La visita que no tocó el timbre (1954), Historia de un abrigo de mink (1955) and Cain y Abel (1954). She died on 30 March 1971 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
- Lucille Rogers was born on 18 April 1890. She was an actress, known for Pound (1970) and The Goldbergs (1949). She was married to Stewart Malcolmson. She died on 30 March 1971 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA.