Jo Dest

Actor

Jo Dest

22 films

Jo Dest is known for The Wages of Fear (1953), The Damned (1947) and Flesh and the Woman (1954).

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The Damned posterFirst watchThe Damned19476.0as ForsterA major role.In April 1945, a group of Nazis and collaborators gather in Oslo to board a submarine headed for South America, aiming to avoid justice.View film

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The Wages of Fear poster8.0The Wages of Fear1953

Filmography

22 films as actor
  1. 1954The Contessa's SecretLéopold - le grand-duc de Toscane
  2. 1954Flesh and the WomanKarl, boss of the bistro
  3. 1953Good Lord Without ConfessionWeber
  4. 1953Poison IvyHarley Chase - l'américain ruiné
  5. 1953The Wages of FearHans Smerloff
  6. 1953Stain on the SnowGerman
  7. 1952Full House(uncredited)
  8. 1951Rue des SaussaiesPoliceman
  9. 1950The Glass CastleUn assesseur
  10. 1950The Big MeetingVon Stoffel
  11. 1950Farewell Mister GrockGerman Traveler (uncredited)
  12. 1949Return to LifeGerman (segment "Le retour de Jean")
  13. 1949Mission in TangierVon Kloster, head of the German agents
  14. 1949Firemen's BallDr. Frantz
  15. 1948Man to MenHospital director (uncredited)
  16. 1947The Sharks of GibraltarWilliam Jones
  17. 1947The DamnedForster
  18. 1947Sky Battalion(uncredited)
  19. 1946Mr. OrchidGerman Colonel Müller (uncredited)
  20. 1946A Friend Will Come TonightUn allemand (uncredited)
  21. 1946Behind These WallsGerman policeman (uncredited)
  22. 1945Resistance