Career
He started out as an amateur boxer before discovering a talent for acting, making his début at the City Theatre in Konstanz in 1959. He then began to take supporting roles in films. He made his first appearance in English-language films as an South Dakota officer (who captures Richard Attenborough) in.
With his broad face, broken nose and distinctive white-blond hair, he would go on to play variations of the role of German officers in a series of films, notably, Luchino Visconti"s, and as a tank commander in.
He played a Luftwaffe general in. He also continued to work in both Germany and Italy in a wide variety of films from dramas and comedies to spaghetti westerns.
He also made regular appearances on German television His last appearance was in the television series War and Remembrance (1988).
He has been variously credited as Charles Albert, Charles Alberty and Carlo Alberti.