Actor, Film Director. He was best known for playing the character roles of doctors, journalists, inspectors, professors, aides, captains, and even the famous murderer Nicolo Vacco. He was best known for playing the role of 'Meyer's Aide' in the epic historical action film drama, "The Longest Day" (1962). The film which was directed by Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, and Gerd Oswald, which was written for the screen by Cornelius Ryan, Romain Gary, and James Jones, and which also starred John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Richard Burton, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Robert Wagner, Stuart Whitman, and George Segal, tells the story about the events of D-Day, which is told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view. He is also best remembered for playing the role of 'Ferdinand Blumauer' in twelve episodes of the popular German television series, "Donauprinzessin," in 1992., which was directed by Michael Gunter, which was written by Barbara Piazza, and which also starred Gaby Dohm, Brigitte Karner, Marianne Schönauer, Siemen Rühaak. He was born as Robert Peter Freytag in Vienna, Austria, of Austrian-Swiss heritage to the famed Opera singer Otto Freytag. He trained as an actor at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna, Austria, and during the beginning of World War II and the Nazis' rise to power he went to Zurich, Switzerland, where he continued his acting at the Schauspielhaus Zürich. He also participated in the Salzburg Festival in Salzburg, Austria, and at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus and the Hamburger Kammerspiele, both in Hamburg, Germany. He also founded the Zürcher Schauspieltruppe in Zürich, Switzerland, where he was also a part-time administrator. The troupe performed throughout the German-speaking countries and in the United States. During this time he also made the transition to film and eventually television. He made his actual film debut in the comedy film, "Liebe ist zollfrei" (1941), which was directed by E.W. Emo, which was written by Fritz Koselka and Fritz Gottwald, and which also starred Hans Moser, Theodor Danegger, and Joseph Egger. Besides, his actual debut in the film, "Liebe ist zollfrei" (1941), and the role of 'Meyer's Aide' in the epic historical action film drama, "The Longest Day" (1962), his many other film credits include, "Bieder der Flieger" (1941), "Wilder Urlaub" (1943), "Die Frau am Wege' (1948), "Weißes Gold" (1949), "Es liegt was in der Luft" (1950), "Decision Before Dawn" (1953), "Das Dorf unterm Himmel" (1953), "Eine Frau von heute" (1954), "Circus Of Love" (1954), "Conchita und der Ingenieur" (1954), "Der schweigende Engel" (1954), "Geliebtes Fräulein Doktor" (1954), "Ich weiß, wofür ich lebe" (1955), "The Plot To Assassinate Hitler" (1955), "Wenn der Vater mit dem Sohne" (1955), "Magic Fire" (1955), "Il prigioniero della montagna" (1955), "Der erste Frühlingstag" (1956), "Staatsbegräbnis" (1956), "The Perjured Farmer" (1956), "Heiße Ernte" (1956), "Von der Liebe besiegt" (1956), "Jean" (1957), "Ein Fremder kam ins Haus" (1957), "The Big Chance" (1957), "Auferstehung" (1958), "SOS Glacier Pilot" (1959), "Auskunft im Cockpit" (1959), "Die Ziegeninsel" (1959), "Waldhausstraße 20" (1960), "Ein Monat auf dem Lande" (1960), "William Tell" (1960), "Die Unterrichtsstunde" (1961), "Rosmersholm" (1961), "The Last Chapter" (1961), "Die Kollektion" (1962), "Der Fall Sacco und Vanzetti" (1963), "Einer unter ihnen" (1963), "Gyges und sein Ring" (1963), "In der Sache J. Robert Oppenheimer" (1964), "Kein Ersatz für Perlen" (1964), "Sechs Personen suchen einen Autor" (1964), "Die letzten Tage der Menschheit" (1965), "Wahn" (1965), "Don Juan" (1965), "Um Lucretia" (1966), "Gaspar Varros Recht" (1966), "Der Kreidegarten" (1967), "Die schwarze Sonne" (1968), "Das höhere Leben" (1968), "O süße Geborgenheit" (1969), "Nur der Freiheit gehört unser Leben" (1969), "Mary Stuart" (1974), "A Young Emmanuelle" (1976), "Riedland" (1976), "Liebesbriefe auf blauem Papier" (1979), "Mit Gewissenhaftigkeit und Würde" (1981), "Berlin Tunnel 21" (1981), "Euch darf ich's wohl gestehen" (1982), "Blaubart" (1984), "Der Schiedsrichter" (1985), "A Crime Of Honour" (1985), "Wild Geese II" (1985), "Der goldene Schnitt" (1991), and "Die Liebenden vom Alexanderplatz" (2001). Besides, the role of 'Ferdinand Blumauer' in twelve episodes of the popular German television series, "Donauprinzessin," in 1992., which was directed by Michael Gunter, which was written by Barbara Piazza, and which also starred Gaby Dohm, Brigitte Karner, Marianne Schönauer, Siemen Rühaak, his many other television credits include, "Adieu, Prinzessin," "Gewagtes Spiel," "Interview mit der Geschichte," "Der Kommissar," "Les aventures du capitaine Luckner," "Ein Fall für Männdli," "Tatort," "Der Millionenbauer," "Priester," "Ein Stück aus ihrem Leben" and "Der Clan der Anna Voss." He continued to act until his death. He passed away in Munich, Germany, on July 8, 2010, at the age of 94, and he was buried in the Waldfriedhof Grünwald in Grunwald, Germany. He was married twice, first to actress Maria Becker (1920-2012), with whom he had three children, actor Oliver Tobias, actor Benedict Freitag, and his third son Christopher Freitag committed suicide at the age of 20, and secondly to actress Maria Sebald (1930-), from 1966 until his death. She survives him at the age of 92. He was also the grandfather of the first three children of his son Benedict Freitag and the pop singer Nena who had a hit recording with the song, "99 Luftballons," in 1984. His autobiography, "Es wollt mir behagen, mit Lachen die Wahrheit zu sagen," was published in 1994.