Hans Meyer

Hans Meyer

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1925-07-21
Deathday: 2020-04-03 (94 years old)

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.

Filmography

all 57

Movies 44

TV Shows 13

Hebworth (Alias Veitch)
The Master Blackmailer

The Master Blackmailer (1992)

Movie
Red Sonja's Father
Red Sonja

Red Sonja (1985)

Movie
6
Le responsable de la station Malabar
Ça n'arrive qu'à moi

Ça n'arrive qu'à moi (1985)

Movie
Hebworth (Alias Veitch)
Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes (1984)

TV
4.71
Maurice Bonnet / Kurt Wengler
Minder

Minder (1979)

TV
6
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Holocaust

Holocaust (1978)

TV
4
Major Hardtmann
Quiller

Quiller (1975)

TV
Karl Vorster
Thriller

Thriller (1973)

TV
Hauptmann Franz Ulmann
Colditz

Colditz (1972)

TV
General Hovaths
Codename

Codename (1970)

TV
Wehrmacht Adjutant (uncredited)
The Night of the Generals

The Night of the Generals (1967)

Movie
Gangster (uncredited)
Pierrot le Fou

Pierrot le Fou (1965)

Movie
7.5
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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1925-07-21

Deathday
2020-04-03 (94 years old)

Birth Name
Hans George Meyer

Birth Place
Paulpietersburg, South Africa

Citizenships
South Africa, France

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