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Hans Meyer

Hans Meyer

Actor · 1925 – 2020 · 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.

Movies24

  • Movie8.0

    Barry Lyndon

    1975 · 3.3K votes

  • Movie6.7

    Le Pacte des loups

    Brotherhood of the Wolf

    2001 · 1.8K votes

  • Movie5.4

    Red Sonja

    1985 · 987 votes

  • Movie5.3

    Double Team

    1997 · 871 votes

  • Movie7.9

    La Grande Vadrouille

    Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!

    1966 · 1.5K votes

  • Movie7.3

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 · 965 votes

  • Movie6.8

    The Night of the Generals

    1967 · 189 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Le Magnifique

    The Magnificent One

    1973 · 392 votes

  • Movie7.1

    Mauvais Sang

    1986 · 290 votes

  • Movie5.3

    Sur un arbre perché

    Perched on a Tree

    1971 · 184 votes

  • Movie5.6

    Cannon for Cordoba

    1970 · 23 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Les Étrangers

    The Strangers

    1969 · 7 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Les Aventuriers

    The Last Adventure

    1967 · 142 votes

  • Movie5.3

    Ripoux 3

    My New Partner III

    2003 · 86 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Boy Meets Girl

    1984 · 129 votes

  • Movie5.2

    Coplan sauve sa peau

    Coplan Saves His Skin

    1968 · 29 votes

  • Movie5.5
  • Movie4.1

    Little Girls

    1966 · 7 votes

  • Movie7.0

    The Master Blackmailer

    1992 · 28 votes

  • Movie
  • Movie6.1

    The Riddle of the Sands

    1979 · 23 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Crossbow: The Movie

    1989 · 3 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Sauf le respect que je vous dois

    Burnt Out

    2006 · 20 votes

  • Movie5.5

    Roselyne et les lions

    Roselyne and the Lions

    1988 · 20 votes

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  • TV6.3

    Die Rosenheim-Cops

    2002 · 28 votes

  • TV7.1

    Minder

    1979 · 30 votes

  • TV8.2

    Sherlock Holmes

    1984 · 270 votes

  • TV7.0

    Playhouse

    1974 · 1 votes

  • TV
  • TV7.0

    Thriller

    1973 · 12 votes

  • TV7.1

    Commissaire Moulin

    Police Commissioner Moulin

    1976 · 8 votes

  • TV7.0

    Counterstrike

    1990 · 4 votes

  • TV6.3

    Crossbow

    1987 · 10 votes

  • TV5.5

    Department S

    1969 · 17 votes

  • TV7.5

    The New Statesman

    1987 · 54 votes

  • TV7.3

    Holocaust

    1978 · 76 votes

  • TV7.7

    Colditz

    1972 · 14 votes

  • TV7.0

    Inside the Third Reich

    1982 · 2 votes

  • TV10.0

    Quiller

    1975 · 1 votes

  • TV8.0

    Codename

    1970 · 1 votes