Heinz Weiss

Personal Info

Birthday

June 12, 1921

Day of Death

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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Known For

Scene of the Crime

Das Traumschiff

The Great Escape

Das Kriminalmuseum

The Black Forest Clinic

Christopher Columbus

Intercontinental-Express

Peter the Great

Filmography

1998
Rosamunde Pilcher: Rückkehr ins Paradies
as Ned Goldman
1987
Wallenstein
as Kommandant Gordon
1986
Die Zukunft hat Geburtstag - 100 Jahre Automobil
as Gottlieb Daimler
1984
The Little Drummer Girl
as Red Cross
1983
Die Matrosen von Kronstadt
as Kalinin
1982
Doctor Faustus
as Jonathan Leverkühn
The Roaring Forties
as Joss
1981
Confused Feelings
as M. Keller
Berlin Tunnel 21
as Herr Heptner
Im Schlaraffenland. Ein Roman unter feinen Leuten
as Menk-Frickenheim
1979
Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne
as Dr. Haussmann - Verteidiger
1977
Generale - Anatomie der Marneschlacht
as Generalleutnant v. Lauenstein
1975
Die Brücke von Zupanja
as Major
Der tödliche Schlag
as Timon
1974
Im Vorhof der Wahrheit
as Vater
1972
Jugend einer Studienrätin
as Dr. Dietrich Lewejohann
Max Hölz. Ein deutsches Lehrstück
as Polizeimajor Folte
1971
Der Fall Eleni Voulgari
as Stevens
Annemarie Lesser
as Carl von Wynanki
Preußen über alles
as Kronprinz
1970
Claus Graf Stauffenberg
as Marineoberstabsrichter Dr. Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
Friedrich III. '...gestorben als Kaiser'
as Friedrich III
Immer bei Vollmond
as Commissioner Mallet
Wie eine Träne im Ozean
as Karel
1969
Marinemeuterei 1917
as Kapitän zur See Roden
Das Vermächtnis
as Monclair
Sir Basil Zaharoff - Makler des Todes
as Venizelos
Nennen Sie mich Alex
as Oberst Penkowskij
Friedrich Ebert und Gustav Stresemann, Schicksalsjahre der Republik
as Zweites SPD-Fraktionsmitglied
Verratener Widerstand - Das Funkspiel der deutschen Abwehr in Holland
as Giskes
Deadly Shots on Broadway
as Phil Decker
1968
Anna Böckler
as Wilhelm Böckler
Die Schlacht bei Lobositz
as Lüderitz
Jerry Cotton: Death in the Red Jaguar
as Phil Decker
Jerry Cotton: Death and Diamonds
as Phil Decker
Sir Roger Casement
as Sir Roger Casement
1967
Der Tod des Sokrates
as Simmias
In Sachen Erzberger gegen Helfferich
as Karl Helfferich
Murderers Club of Brooklyn
as Phil Decker
Die Affäre Eulenburg
as General von Kessel
1966
Begründung eines Urteils
as Oberleutnant Schlüter
Der Fall der Generale
as Oberst Hoßbach
Jerry Cotton: Tip Not Included
as Phil Decker
Der Mann, der sich Abel nannte
as Major Howard
Die venezianische Tür
as Nigel Chester
Jerry Cotton: The Trap Snaps Shut at Midnight
as Phil Decker
1965
Manhattan Night of Murder
as Phil Decker
The Violin Case Murders
as Phil Decker
Die Silberflöte
as Mr. Watson
1964
Flight in Danger
as Pilot
Die Truhe
as Paul Emerson
Der Mann nebenan
as Mark Westby
1963
The Great Escape
as Kramer
Freundschaftsspiel
as Reitmayer
Sonderurlaub
as Lehrer Zinner
Das Unbrauchbare an Anna Winters
as Keller
Dumala
as Pastor Erwin Werner
Die Abrechnung
as General Diebitsch
Der Belagerungszustand
as Der Pfarrer
1961
Auf Wiedersehen
as Steve O'Hara
Blind Justice
as Staatsanwalt
Nur der Wind
as Jack Johnston
Die Journalisten
as Prof. Oldendorf
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg
as Siegfried von Mörner
The Green Archer
as John Bellamy
1960
Das große Wunschkonzert
as Stefan
Brandenburg Division
as Dörner
Der Traum des Mr. Borton
as Oliver Handersweet
Punishment Battalion
as Oberleutnant Barth
Der Mann, der Donnerstag war
as Donnerstag
1958
Wenn die Conny mit dem Peter
as Turnlehrer Schmidt