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Acting
Birthday
July 21, 1925
Died
April 3, 2020
Place of Birth
Paulpietersburg KwaZulu/Natal, South Africa
Hans Meyer
0.4 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
4.6
James Lord Cooke
Albert est méchant
2004
5.3
Van der Brook
My New Partner III
2003
4.6
Rudolf Maier
The Dope
2003
6.2
Prof. Meindl
Die Rosenheim-Cops
2002
6.7
Marquis d'Apcher
Brotherhood of the Wolf
2001
5.5
German Officer #2
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons of Deception
1999
5.2
British Man
Double Team
1997
0.0
Serious Violinist
Concierto Evolución
1992
6.8
Hebworth (Alias Veitch)
The Master Blackmailer
1992
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5.6
John/Tarzan
John
1992
Credits
Albert est méchant
as James Lord Cooke
2004
4.6
My New Partner III
as Van der Brook
2003
5.3
The Dope
as Rudolf Maier
2003
4.6
Die Rosenheim-Cops
as Prof. Meindl
2002
6.2
Brotherhood of the Wolf
as Marquis d'Apcher
2001
6.7
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons of Deception
as German Officer #2
1999
5.5
Double Team
as British Man
1997
5.2
Concierto Evolución
as Serious Violinist
1992
0.0
The Master Blackmailer
as Hebworth (Alias Veitch)
1992
6.8
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John
as John/Tarzan
1992
5.6
Counterstrike
as Kurtz
1990
7.0
Bunker Palace Hotel
as Le président
1989
6.3
Roselyne and the Lions
as Rainer
1988
5.5
The New Statesman
as Herr Wessel
1987
7.4
Crossbow
as Tyroll
1987
6.5
Mauvais Sang
as Hans
1986
7.1
Red Sonja
as Red Sonja's Father
1985
5.4
Boy Meets Girl
as Cosmonaut
1984
6.7
Sherlock Holmes
as Hebworth (Alias Veitch)
1984
8.1
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Tueur maison
1984
0.0
Inside the Third Reich
as Ernst Kaltenbrunner
1982
0.0
Strangulation Blues
1980
5.6
Minder
as Maurice Bonnet
1979
6.8
Minder
as Kurt Wengler
1979
6.8
The Riddle of the Sands
as Grimm
1979
5.9
The Bright Night
as Pluton
1978
6.7
Holocaust
1978
7.3
Holocaust
as Ernst Kaltenbrunner
1978
7.3
Police Commissioner Moulin
as L'assassin au grenade
1976
5.8
Barry Lyndon
as Prussian Officer
1975
8.0
🎬
Quiller
as Major Hardtmann
1975
0.0
Heidi
as Grandfather
1974
0.0
The Next Scream You Hear
as Karl Vorster
1974
4.0
Playhouse
as Janos Almasy
1974
7.0
The Magnificent One
as Colonel Collins
1973
7.0
Thriller
as Karl Vorster
1973
6.6
Valparaiso, Valparaiso
as Helmut
1973
3.8
Colditz
as Hauptmann Franz Ulmann
1972
7.3
Almayer's Folly
as Le capitaine Linguard
1972
0.0
Eeeny, Meeny, Miney, Moe
as Jeroboam
1972
4.5
Perched on a Tree
as Colonel Muller
1971
5.3
Cannon for Cordoba
as Svedborg
1970
5.6
🎬
Codename
as General Hovaths
1970
0.0
Department S
as Lucky Le Beau
1969
5.0
The Strangers
as Blade
1969
6.3
Erotic Trap
as Varen
1969
4.3
Coplan Saves His Skin
as Hugo
1968
4.8
The Crime of David Levinstein
as Schrank
1968
5.5
Réseau secret
as Hermann Glöckel
1967
0.0
The Last Adventure
as Mercenary
1967
6.9
The Night of the Generals
as Wehrmacht Adjutant (uncredited)
1967
6.8
Flesh and Fantasy
as Sorenson
1967
5.5
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
as Otto Weber
1966
7.9
Culpable para un delito
as Martín Baumer
1966
0.0
Little Girls
as Mike
1966
3.5
Pierrot le Fou
as Gangster (uncredited)
1965
7.4
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
as Hafner
1958
0.0