One of his best known roles was in the Douglas Sirk film Magnificent Obsession (1954).
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The grandnephew of South African pioneer and president Paul Kruger, Otto Kruger was musically trained, but switched careers and became an actor.
The original Broadway production was directed by Krasna, starred Otto Kruger and only ran for 8 performances.
Otto von Bismarck | Otto | Kruger National Park | Otto III | Barbara Kruger | Otto Piene | Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor | Otto I | Otto Preminger | Paul Kruger | Otto II | Otto Dix | Otto Natzler | Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor | Otto Binder | Otto Skorzeny | Otto Schenk | Otto of Brunswick | Otto Kerner, Jr. | Otto Steinbrinck | Otto Kerner | Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor | Otto IV | Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor | Otto Braun | Miranda Otto | Frei Otto | Otto-Werner Mueller | Otto Schmidt | Otto Muehl |
The book centers on the battle of wits and the ambiguous relationship developing between U-boat ace Otto Kruger, leader of the captured Germans, and Ian Fleming in his real-life WWII role as an intelligence officer which would later inspire the James Bond books.