{{Short description|Slovenian actor (1922–2018)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox person | image = Demeter Bitenc.jpg | name = Demeter Bitenc | birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|7|21|df=y}} | birth_place = Ljubljana, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|4|22|1922|7|21|df=y}} | death_place = Ljubljana, Slovenia | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1953–2018 }}
'''Demeter Bitenc''' (21 July 1922 – 22 April 2018) was a Slovenian film actor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=STA: Acclaimed film actor Demeter Bitenc dies |url=https://english.sta.si/2506750/acclaimed-film-actor-demeter-bitenc-dies |access-date=2025-07-03 |website=english.sta.si}}</ref><ref name="rtvslo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.rtvslo.si/zabava/druzabna-kronika/demeter-bitenc-viski-cigara-in-film-dokler-bo-ziv/287829 |title=Demeter Bitenc: Viski, cigara in film - dokler bo živ |accessdate=2013-01-30|work=rtvslo}}</ref> He appeared in more than 150 films and television shows from 1953 to 2018. He was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
==Selected filmography== {{Div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''Sinji galeb'' (1953) * ''Pulverschnee nach Übersee'' (1956) - John Meredith (uncredited) * ''Dobri stari pianino'' (1959) - Nemski oficir * ''Akcija'' (1960) - Gestapovec * ''Flitterwochen in der Hölle'' (1960) - José Antonio García * ''Island of the Amazons'' (1960) - Leblanc * ''{{ill|The Girl with the Narrow Hips|de|Das Mädchen mit den schmalen Hüften}}'' (1961) - Stefan * ''Dancing in the Rain'' (1961) - Profesor * ''The Festival Girls'' (1961) - Member of Jury * ''{{ill|Treibjagd auf ein Leben|de}}'' (1961) - Coco * ''Fire Monsters Against the Son of Hercules'' (1962) - Dorok - Father of Aydar * ''Minuta za umor'' (1962) * ''The Triumph of Robin Hood'' (1962) - Sigmund (uncredited) * ''Il bandito della luce rossa'' (1962) * ''Colossus and the Headhunters'' (1963) - Ariel * ''The Saracens'' (1963) - Rabaneck * ''Das Rätsel der roten Quaste'' (1963) - Mantel * ''Apache Gold'' (1963) - Dick Stone * ''Shadow of Treason'' (1963) * ''Ring of Spies'' (1964) - (uncredited) * ''Holiday in St. Tropez'' (1964) - Fred * ''Das Haus auf dem Hügel'' (1964) * ''Heiss weht der Wind'' (1964) * ''The Crooked Road'' (1965) * ''Fire Over Rome'' (1965) - Menecrate * ''The Bandits of the Rio Grande'' (1965) - Elgaut * ''Maciste, the Avenger of the Mayans'' (1965) - Gruno * ''Duel at Sundown'' (1965) - Mack * ''Amandus'' (1966) - Second ostler * ''The Seventh Continent'' (1966) - Otec bílého chlapce * ''Missione apocalisse'' (1966) - Croupier (uncredited) * ''Star Black'' (1966) - Burt * ''Target for Killing'' (1966) - Cloy - ein Killer * ''Ballad of a Gunman'' (1967) - Bradley (uncredited) * ''Grajski biki'' (1967) * ''Come rubare un quintale di diamanti in Russia'' (1967) - Stark (uncredited) * ''Fast ein Held'' (1967) - Monsieur Le Baron * ''Nevidni bataljon'' (1967) - Lieutenant * ''Dobar vetar 'Plava ptico''' (1967) * ''Soncni krik'' (1968) - Detektiv * ''Peta zaseda'' (1968) - major Viktor * ''Operation Cross Eagles'' (1968) - Bell * ''La porta del cannone'' (1969) * ''The Bridge'' (1969) - Nimayer * ''Battle of Neretva'' (1969) - Schröder * ''The Ravine'' (1969) - Lietenant Eisgruber * ''Poppea's Hot Nights'' (1969) - Tigellinus * ''The Fifth Day of Peace'' (1970) - Maggiore Brandt * ''Riuscirà il nostro eroe a ritrovare il più grande diamante del mondo?'' (1971) - Kruger (uncredited) * ''Devetnaest djevojaka i jedan mornar'' (1971) - Njemacki kapetan * ''Walter Defends Sarajevo'' (1972) - Pukovnik Wansdorf * ''Begunec'' (1973) - Agent * ''England Made Me'' (1973) - Reichsminister * ''Battle of Sutjeska'' (1973) - Clan engleske vojne misije * ''Mirko i Slavko'' (1973) - Nemacki komandant * ''Pastirci'' (1973) - Sharpener * ''Pomladni veter'' (1974) * ''141 perc a befejezetlen mondatból'' (1975) * ''Crvena zemlja'' (1975) - Obersturmführer * ''Med strahom in dolznostjo'' (1975) * ''Private Vices, Public Pleasures'' (1976) * ''{{Ill|Attempted Flight|de|Fluchtversuch (1976)}}'' (1976) - Miro (uncredited) * ''Cross of Iron'' (1977) - Capt. Pucher (uncredited) * ''Real Pests'' (1977) - Brinovec * ''Dark Echoes'' (1977) - Woodcutter * ''Mannen i skuggan'' (1978) - Berg * ''Draga moja Iza'' (1979) - Josip Heisinger * ''Partizanska eskadrila'' (1979) - German Colonel * ''Iskanja'' (1979) - Hotelir * ''Lyubov i yarost'' (1979) * ''Prestop'' (1980) - Sekretar * ''The Secret of Nikola Tesla'' (1980) * ''See You in the Next War'' (1980) - Partizanski oficir * ''High Voltage'' (1981) - Prodavac skica za generator * ''Pustota'' (1982) * ''The Smell of Quinces'' (1982) - Adjutant * ''Eva'' (1983) - Projektant * ''Dih'' (1983) - Berglez * ''Od petka do petka'' (1985) * ''Ada'' (1985) - Stipanic * ''Nas clovek'' (1985) * ''Doktor'' (1985) * ''The War Boy'' (1985) - Arrow Cross officer * ''Tempi di guerra'' (1987) * ''Zivela svoboda!'' (1987) - Zupan * ''Destroying Angel'' (1987) - Taxi driver * ''War and Remembrance'' (1988, TV Mini Series) * ''Kavarna Astoria'' (1989) - Medenik * ''Donator'' (1989) - Pukovnik Leibnitz * ''Decembrski dez'' (1990) * ''Captain America'' (1990) - Industrialist #1 * ''The Pope Must Die'' (1991) - Raggio * ''Outsider'' (1997) - Headmaster * ''Irrlichter'' (1997) - Dr. Herzog * ''Stereotip'' (1997) - Smiljan Lehpamer * ''Oda Presernu'' (2001) - Profesor * ''Pozabljeni zaklad'' (2002) - Zupnik * ''Deseta zapoved'' (2003) - Frenk * ''Dergi in Roza v kraljestvu svizca'' (2004) * ''Delo osvobaja'' (2004) - The Neighbour * ''Long Dark Night'' (2005, TV Series) * ''Dobro ustimani mrtvaci'' (2005) - Uros * ''Gravehopping'' (2005) - Starec * ''Ljubljana je ljubljena'' (2005) - Sef Vic * ''Vztrajanje'' (2017) - Husband * ''Milice 2'' (2017) - German guest (final film role) {{div col end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{IMDb name|0084459|Demeter Bitenc}}
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