Daniel Emilfork Berenstein (7 April 1924 – 17 October 2006), known professionally as Daniel Emilfork, was a Chilean stage and film actor who made his career in France.

Early life Emilfork was born on 7 April 1924 in Providencia, Chile to Jewish-Ukrainian parents. Emilfork had one brother.

Emilfork's parents were socialists who fled persecution in the Soviet Union.

Career Emilfork was a teacher at Internado Nacional Barros Arana. According to his friend Alejandro Jodorowsky, Emilfork didn't feel comfortable being a homosexual man in Chile. In 1949, aged 25, Emilfork settled in Paris to work as an English teacher. Emilfork first began studying acting under Tania Balachova.

Emilfork's distinctive facial features helped contribute to his career as a character actor for films such as The City of Lost Children (1995). He specialized in roles of villains. Previously he had played in The Devil's Nightmare (1971), Travels with My Aunt (1972) and Fellini's Casanova (1976), in Roman Polanski's Pirates (1986) and in Taxandria (1994). He carried on acting up until his death, his last film appearing in 2007.

Personal life In 1951, Emilfork married (1925–1996), a French actress. Emilfork and Péron had one daughter, the actress and director (born 1951).

From 1980 onwards Emilfork was the partner of the actor Frédéric Leidgens.

On 17 October 2006 Emilfork died in Paris, aged 82. He was cremated at Père Lachaise Cemetery on the 20 October 2006 .

Selected filmography

School for Love (1955) - Le professeur de violon Frou-Frou (1955) - Le critique en peinture (uncredited) Sophie and the Crime (1955) - Le barman du Montana (uncredited) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956) - Andry le Rouge No Sun in Venice (1957) Les Espions (1957) - Helmut Petersen La Parisienne (1957) - Un huissier d'ambassade (uncredited) Maigret Sets a Trap (1958) - Manic (uncredited) Le Temps des œufs durs (1958) - L'expert en tableaux Goha (1958) - L'aveugle Ibrahim Sans famille (1958) - George, le valet de Milligan Les Motards (1959) - L'espion aux pompes funèbres Les Tripes au soleil (1959) Du rififi chez les femmes (1959) - Luigi le Napolitain Pantalaskas (1960) - Le baron Le Bal des espions (1960) - Un tueur Tintin and the Golden Fleece (1960) - Voice dubbing (uncredited) The Triumph of Michael Strogoff (1961) - Ben Routh Le Rendez-vous de minuit (1962) - Le joueur de baccara La Poupée (1962) - Gant de Crin Les Bricoleurs (1963) - Igor, le majordome Jeff Gordon, Secret Agent (1963) - Yanakos - le grec Seul... à corps perdu (1963) - Le valet de chambre Ballade pour un voyou (1963) - Molok OSS 117 se déchaîne (1963) - Sacha Nutty, Naughty Chateau (1963) - Gunther Commissaire mène l'enquête (1963) - L'aveugle (segment "Fermez votre porte") Mission to Venice (1964) - Mr. Coliso L'assassin viendra ce soir (1964) - Le chef du gang des pompes funèbres What's New Pussycat? (1965) - Gas Station man The Duke's Gold (1965) - Le gardien The Liquidator (1965) - Gregory Dis-moi qui tuer (1965) - Teotihuacan Lady L (1965) - Kobeleff Trans-Europ-Express (1966) - Phony Policeman Lotus Flowers for Miss Quon (1967) - Inspector Gonsart The Unknown Man of Shandigor (1967) - Herbert Von Krantz -le savant Midi minuit (1970) - Robert Lorrain The Devil's Nightmare (1971) - Satan Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! (1971) - Mejid Travels with My Aunt (1972) - Colonel Hakim Fellini's Casanova (1976) - Marquis Du Bois Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978) - Saint-Juste The Thief of Baghdad (1978) - The Genie Subversion (1979) - Cagliostro Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ (1982) - Tatouius Meurtres à domicile (1982) - Julius Zepernick La Belle captive (1983) - Inspector Francis Pirates (1986) - Hendrik The Passage (1986) - La Mort (uncredited) The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober (1988) - Le recteur Artcore oder Der Neger (1993) Taxandria (1994) - First Minister The Flying Dutchman (1995) - Ketterjager The City of Lost Children (1995) - Krank Babel (1999) - Yatscov's Voice Les Frères Sœur (2000) - André Let's Dance (2007) - Le médecin militaire (final film role)

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