Heinz Weiss

Actor

Born June 12, 1921 in Stuttgart; Germany. Died November 20, 2010.

Heinz Weiss (12 June 1921 – 20 November 2010) was a German film actor.

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Weiss is best known for playing the role of Phil Decker in the Jerry Cotton series of films and the role of Captain Heinz Hansen in Das Traumschiff. He also played the character "Kramer" in the iconic World War II film The Great Escape (1963). He himself had served in German military, the Wehrmacht, during World War II.

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Acting

Rosamunde Pilcher: Rückkehr ins Paradies
Film, 1998
as Ned Goldman
Immenhof
TV series, 1994
as Peter 'PS' Stahl
Cluedo - Das Mörderspiel
TV series, 1993
as Hauptkommissar Rolf Taller
Wallenstein
Film, 1987
as Kommandant Gordon
Peter the Great
TV series, 1986
as Austrian Doctor
Die Zukunft hat Geburtstag - 100 Jahre Automobil
Film, 1986
as Gottlieb Daimler
Die Schwarzwaldklinik
TV series, 1985
as Baden-Württembergs Ministerpräsident
Der Stadtbrand
Film, 1985
Christopher Columbus
TV series, 1985
as Noscomb
The Little Drummer Girl
Film, 1984
as Red Cross
Die Matrosen von Kronstadt
Film, 1983
as Kalinin
The Winds of War
TV series, 1983
as Heinz Guderian
Doctor Faustus
Film, 1982
as Jonathan Leverkühn
The Roaring Forties
Film, 1982
as Joss
Das Traumschiff
TV series, 1981
as Mr. Hansen
Confused Feelings
Film, 1981
as M. Keller
Der Fuchs von Ovelgönne
TV series, 1981
as Kapitän Schülke
Berlin Tunnel 21
Film, 1981
as Herr Heptner
Im Schlaraffenland. Ein Roman unter feinen Leuten
Film, 1981
as Menk-Frickenheim
Ritter's Cove
TV series, 1980
as Franz Ritter
Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne
Film, 1979
as Dr. Haussmann - Verteidiger
Die Protokolle des Herrn M
TV series, 1979
as Schröder
Die Kur
TV series, 1978
as Wagner
Generale - Anatomie der Marneschlacht
Film, 1977
as Generalleutnant v. Lauenstein
Der Winter, der ein Sommer war
TV series, 1976
as Robert Selnik
Die merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck
TV series, 1976
as Herzog von Württemberg
Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplizissimus
TV series, 1975
as Zullewitz
Die Brücke von Zupanja
Film, 1975
as Major
Der tödliche Schlag
Film, 1975
as Timon
Die unfreiwilligen Reisen des Moritz August Benjowski
TV series, 1975
as Crustiew