Hans Meyer

Hans Meyer

Acting 1925-07-21 Paulpietersburg KwaZulu/Natal, South Africa

Hans Meyer (21 July 1925 – 3 April 2020) was a South African actor born to German parents. In Britain, he was known for his portrayal of Hauptmann Franz Ulmann in the television series Colditz (1972–1974). Meyer was born in Paulpietersburg, Natal Province, Union of South Africa in July 1925. He worked initially as a model where he posed for book covers until a friend in Germany working for an advertising agency lined up his first work as an actor, a television advert for Puschkin Vodka. The brand became Germany's best selling vodka and Meyer became known as "Frank S. Thorn" The Puschkin Man. He was hired by Anatole Litvak as an extra for his film The Night of the Generals. In the 1960s, he played supporting roles in numerous French films alongside French cinema stars such as Lino Ventura, Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo. In 1966, he was engaged for La grande vadrouille, where he embodied an angry SS representative. In 1968 he played in the action thriller The Devil's Garden by Yves Boisset. In 1969, he took on the role of Sheriff Blade in the thriller Les Étrangers, shot in Spain. In 1970 he played in the Western Cannon for Cordoba, in the role of the Swedish major Svedborg, the leader of a private mercenary army. In 1975 he had a small role in Stanley Kubrick's film adaptation of Barry Lyndon. In the 1970s, Meyer also worked for television. He played a continuous series role in the British television series Colditz. In 1978, he appeared in the mini-series Holocaust (miniseries) - The History of the Weiss Family; in it, he played the SS official Ernst Kaltenbrunner. In the TV movie The Girlfriend from Childhood (L'amie d'enfance, 1981) from the Commissaire Moulin- series, he played the assassin, whom Yves Rénier and title heroine Claude Jade ultimately put to the test. He then appeared in other television series. He later appeared in Steven Spielberg and George Lucas's The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as well as the French cult movie Brotherhood of the Wolf. Meyer died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France on 3 April 2020 at the age of 94. Source: Article "Hans Meyer (actor)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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2004 James Lord Cooke
2003 Rudolf Maier
2003 Van der Brook
2002 Prof. Meindl
2001 Marquis d'Apcher
1997 British Man
1992 Serious Violinist
1992 John/Tarzan
1992 Hebworth (Alias Veitch)
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1990 Kurtz
1989 Le président
1988 Rainer
1987 Tyroll
1987 Herr Wessel
1986 Hans
1985 Red Sonja's Father
1984 Cosmonaut
1984 Hebworth (Alias Veitch)
1982 Ernst Kaltenbrunner
1979 Grimm
1979 Maurice Bonnet
1979 Kurt Wengler
1978 Pluton
1978
1978 Ernst Kaltenbrunner
1976 L'assassin au grenade
1975 Prussian Officer
1975 Major Hardtmann
1974 Karl Vorster
1974 Janos Almasy
1974 Grandfather
1973 Colonel Collins
1973 Helmut
1973 Karl Vorster
1972 Jeroboam
1972 Le capitaine Linguard
1972 Hauptmann Franz Ulmann
1971 Colonel Muller
1970 Svedborg
1970 General Hovaths
1969 Blade
1969 Varen
1969 Lucky Le Beau
1968 Hugo
1967 Mercenary
1967 Sorenson
1967 Wehrmacht Adjutant (uncredited)
1967 Hermann Glöckel
1966 Otto Weber
1966 Mike
1966 Martín Baumer
1965 Gangster (uncredited)