Diving from an early age, his mother taught him to be a "jumping fish" and his father taught him gymnastics. Froboess won many championships. He did stunt doubling for many stars in silent film. In the end he could only compete with himself jumping from higher and higher bridges and towers into water, finally culminating in a jumped 361 feet (110 m) into Lake Constance from the airship Graf Zeppelin on June 22, 1936. This record still stands in Guinness World Records. Froboess is rumored to have taken part in over 400 movies, though most of his prominent credits were in Hollywood films.
He wrote a book about waterdiving and painted pictures, one displayed at The Gallery of Modern Art in New York. His wife Hertha Froboess was also a high diver.
harry, froboess, friedrich, harald, august, froboess, october, 1899, january, 1985, german, stunt, diver, high, diver, bornharry, arias, froboess, 1899, november, 1899dresden, imperial, germanydied12, january, 1985, 1985, aged, baar, switzerlandoccupation, div. Friedrich Harald August Froboess 23 October 1899 12 January 1985 was a German stunt diver and high diver Harry FroboessBornHarry Arias Froboess 1899 11 23 23 November 1899Dresden Imperial GermanyDied12 January 1985 1985 01 12 aged 85 Baar SwitzerlandOccupation s Diver stuntman Bademeister der HerzenSpouseHertha Froboess Contents 1 Biography 2 Stunt filmography 3 References 4 External linksBiography editDiving from an early age his mother taught him to be a jumping fish and his father taught him gymnastics Froboess won many championships He did stunt doubling for many stars in silent film In the end he could only compete with himself jumping from higher and higher bridges and towers into water finally culminating in a jumped 361 feet 110 m into Lake Constance from the airship Graf Zeppelin on June 22 1936 This record still stands in Guinness World Records Froboess is rumored to have taken part in over 400 movies though most of his prominent credits were in Hollywood films He wrote a book about waterdiving and painted pictures one displayed at The Gallery of Modern Art in New York His wife Hertha Froboess was also a high diver Stunt filmography editDas Cabinet des Dr Caligari 1920 Christoph Columbus 1923 Harry Hill der Herr der Welt 1923 Harry Hills Jagd auf den Tod 1 Teil 1925 Am Rande der Welt English At the Edge of the World 1927 Skirt Shy 1929 The Blue Angel 1930 The Smiling Lieutenant 1931 Queen Christina 1933 The Sea Hawk 1940 The Bride Came C O D 1941 Against All Flags 1952 The Master of Ballantrae 1953 River of No Return 1954 The Man from Laramie 1955 The Alamo 1960 The Hallelujah Trail 1965 References editFroboess Harry 1953 the Reminiscing Champ a world famous stuntman tells his story New York N Y Pageant Press Froboess Harry 1965 Fell s Official Guide to Diving Plain High Fancy Platform Comedy New York N Y Fells ISBN 0 8119 0052 5 External links editHarry Froboess at IMDb Harry Froboess stuntman from the early days Article german with Pictures nbsp This article about a Swiss actor is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Harry Froboess amp oldid 1109328485, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
