| Who is it? | Actor |
| Birth Day | March 11, 1928 |
| Age | 92 YEARS OLD |
| Died On | July 28, 1979(1979-07-28) (aged 51)\nSwitzerland |
| Birth Sign | Aries |
| Cause of death | (plane crash) |
| Occupation | actor |
| Years active | 1965–1977 |
| Spouse(s) | Marianne Hold (1964-1979) (his death) (1 child) |
| Children | Roderick Stafford (b. 1964) |
Frederick Stafford, a renowned actor born in 1928, is estimated to have a net worth ranging from $100K to $1M in the year 2024. With a successful career in the entertainment industry, Stafford has left an indelible mark on the world of cinema. Known for his captivating performances, he has garnered both critical acclaim and commercial success throughout his career. As the years have passed, Stafford's talent and contributions to the art of acting have solidified his financial standing, positioning him as one of the esteemed figures in the industry.
He was the son of a Slovak factory owner. He studied chemistry and spent time in Switzerland. He was worried about the Russians taking over Czechoslovakia and in 1948 decided to leave. It would take too long to move to the US or Canada so he went to Australia in 1949. While there he changed his name to "Frederick Stafford". "I always liked the name," he later said.
Fluent in five languages, in the 1950s he held a series of positions in the pharmaceutical industry.
He followed this with the similar Agent 505: Death Trap in Beirut (1965) and a second OSS117 film, Atout cœur à Tokyo pour OSS 117 (1965).
Stafford made a macaroni combat war film in Italy, Dirty Heroes (1967) with John Ireland. He followed it with Estouffade à la Caraïbe (1967), and L'Homme qui valait des milliards (1967).
These movies brought the attention of Alfred Hitchcock, who signed him in 1968 to play the leading role as agent André Devereaux in Topaz (1969). Universal signed him to a non exclusive contract for seven years.
He made Eagles Over London (1969) with Van Johnson.
He made a comeback in 1972 as Commissario Luca Micelli in the Italian Giallo Shadows Unseen.
Five years after Topaz, he starred with French Actress Claude Jade (who had played his daughter in Topaz) in the Italian thriller Special Killers (1973). In that movie, Stafford's character has a brief platonic romance with Jade's character despite a 20-year age difference.
His last successes were the Spanish Movies Metti che ti rompo il muso (1975) and White Horses of Summer (1975, starring Jean Seberg, his co-star from 1966 Estouffade à la Caraïbe), the Italian thriller Werewolf Woman (1976) and the Spanish-Italian-French coproduction Hold-Up (1977). He also made La trastienda and Sfida sul fondo.
In 1977 Stafford returned to Australia after 15 years. He announced he intended to make four films in Australia including one about the pyjama girl murder; Our Man in Sydney, a detective thriller', and Andamooka, about life on the Australian opal fields.
Stafford died in 1979 in a collision of two aircraft above Lake Sarnen, Switzerland. A Morane-Saulnier Rallye piloted by Czech-born Pavel Krahulec, M.D., and in which Stafford was a Passenger collided with a Piper aircraft, piloted by businessman Alois Fischer of Thoune, Switzerland
