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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

103

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-06-12

Deathday

2010-11-20 (89 years old)

Place of Birth

Stuttgart; Germany

Heinz Weiss

Biography

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

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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Known For

7.9%

The Great Escape

Jul 3, 1963

6.2%

Scene of the Crime

Nov 29, 1970

6.2%

Scene of the Crime

Nov 29, 1970

5.5%

The Little Drummer Girl

Oct 19, 1984

6.2%

The Green Archer

Feb 2, 1961

6.1%

The Black Forest Clinic

Oct 22, 1985

4.4%

Das Traumschiff

Nov 22, 1981

4.4%

Das Traumschiff

Nov 22, 1981

7.2%

Jerry Cotton: The Trap Snaps Shut at Midnight

Mar 4, 1966

6.4%

Jerry Cotton: Death in the Red Jaguar

Aug 14, 1968

6.5%

Berlin Tunnel 21

Mar 25, 1981

5.9%

The Roaring Forties

Aug 11, 1982

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Acting

1998

Rosamunde Pilcher: Rückkehr ins Paradies as Ned Goldman

1994		Immenhof as Peter 'PS' Stahl
1994		Immenhof as Peter Stahl

1993

Cluedo - Das Mörderspiel as Hauptkommissar Rolf Taller

1987

Wallenstein as Kommandant Gordon

1986		Peter the Great as Austrian Doctor
1986		Die Zukunft hat Geburtstag - 100 Jahre Automobil as Gottlieb Daimler

1985		The Black Forest Clinic as Baden-Württembergs Ministerpräsident
1985		Der Stadtbrand
1985		Christopher Columbus as Noscomb

1984

The Little Drummer Girl as Red Cross

1983

Die Matrosen von Kronstadt as Kalinin

1982		Doctor Faustus as Jonathan Leverkühn
1982		The Roaring Forties as Joss

1981		Das Traumschiff as Mr. Hansen
1981		Das Traumschiff as Heinz Hansen
1981		Confused Feelings as M. Keller
1981		Der Fuchs von Ovelgönne as Kapitän Schülke
1981		Berlin Tunnel 21 as Herr Heptner
1981		Im Schlaraffenland. Ein Roman unter feinen Leuten as Menk-Frickenheim

1980

Ritter's Cove

1979		Peter Alexander: Wir gratulieren as Self
1979		Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne as Dr. Haussmann - Verteidiger
1979		Die Protokolle des Herrn M as Schröder

1978

Die Kur as Wagner

1977

Generale - Anatomie der Marneschlacht as Generalleutnant v. Lauenstein

1976

Die merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck as Herzog von Württemberg

1975		Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplizissimus as Zullewitz
1975		Die Brücke von Zupanja as Major
1975		Der tödliche Schlag as Timon
1975		Die unfreiwilligen Reisen des Moritz August Benjowski as Crustiew

1974

Im Vorhof der Wahrheit as Vater

1973		Der Vorgang
1973		Graf Luckner as Kapitän Luckner

1972		Jugend einer Studienrätin as Dr. Dietrich Lewejohann
1972		Max Hölz. Ein deutsches Lehrstück as Polizeimajor Folte

1971		Der Fall Eleni Voulgari as Stevens
1971		Annemarie Lesser as Carl von Wynanki
1971		Preußen über alles as Kronprinz

1970		Scene of the Crime as Georg Kastrup
1970		Scene of the Crime as Dr. Münzer
1970		Claus Graf Stauffenberg as Marineoberstabsrichter Dr. Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
1970		Friedrich III. '...gestorben als Kaiser' as Friedrich III
1970		Immer bei Vollmond as Commissioner Mallet
1970		Wie eine Träne im Ozean as Karel

1969		Marinemeuterei 1917 as Kapitän zur See Roden
1969		Das Vermächtnis as Monclair
1969		Sir Basil Zaharoff - Makler des Todes as Venizelos
1969		Nennen Sie mich Alex as Oberst Penkowskij
1969		Friedrich Ebert und Gustav Stresemann, Schicksalsjahre der Republik as Zweites SPD-Fraktionsmitglied
1969		Der Staudamm as Inspektor
1969		Verratener Widerstand - Das Funkspiel der deutschen Abwehr in Holland as Giskes
1969		Deadly Shots on Broadway as Phil Decker

1968		Anna Böckler as Wilhelm Böckler
1968		Die Schlacht bei Lobositz as Lüderitz
1968		Jerry Cotton: Death in the Red Jaguar as Phil Decker
1968		Jerry Cotton: Death and Diamonds as Phil Decker
1968		Sir Roger Casement as Sir Roger Casement

1967		Der Tod des Sokrates as Simmias
1967		In Sachen Erzberger gegen Helfferich as Karl Helfferich
1967		Murderers Club of Brooklyn as Phil Decker
1967		Die Affäre Eulenburg as General von Kessel

1966		Begründung eines Urteils as Oberleutnant Schlüter
1966		Der Fall der Generale as Oberst Hoßbach
1966		Jerry Cotton: Tip Not Included as Phil Decker
1966		Der Mann, der sich Abel nannte as Major Howard
1966		Die venezianische Tür as Nigel Chester
1966		Intercontinental-Express as Robert
1966		Jerry Cotton: The Trap Snaps Shut at Midnight as Phil Decker

1965		Manhattan Night of Murder as Phil Decker
1965		The Violin Case Murders as Phil Decker
1965		Die Silberflöte as Mr. Watson
1965		Ein Abschiedsgeschenk

1964		Flight in Danger as Pilot
1964		Die Truhe as Paul Emerson
1964		Der Traum des Eroberers
1964		Der Mann nebenan as Mark Westby

1963		The Great Escape as Kramer
1963		Freundschaftsspiel as Reitmayer
1963		Sonderurlaub as Lehrer Zinner
1963		Die fünfte Kolonne as Lehmann
1963		Die fünfte Kolonne as Dr. Bucher
1963		Das Unbrauchbare an Anna Winters as Keller
1963		Dumala as Pastor Erwin Werner
1963		Die Abrechnung as General Diebitsch
1963		Das Kriminalmuseum as Kommissar Widmann
1963		Das Kriminalmuseum as Polizeiinspektor Grabert
1963		Der Belagerungszustand as Der Pfarrer

1961		Auf Wiedersehen as Steve O'Hara
1961		Blind Justice as Staatsanwalt
1961		Nur der Wind as Jack Johnston
1961		Die Journalisten as Prof. Oldendorf
1961		Prinz Friedrich von Homburg as Siegfried von Mörner
1961		The Green Archer as John Bellamy

1960		Das große Wunschkonzert as Stefan
1960		Brandenburg Division as Dörner
1960		Der Traum des Mr. Borton as Oliver Handersweet
1960		Punishment Battalion as Oberleutnant Barth
1960		Der Mann, der Donnerstag war as Donnerstag

1959		So weit die Füße tragen as Clemens Forell
1959		So weit die Füße tragen as Clemens Forell

1958

Wenn die Conny mit dem Peter as Turnlehrer Schmidt

1957

Zum blauen Bock as Self