Heinz Weiss

Heinz Weiss (12 June 1921 – 20 November 2010^[1]) was a German film actor.^[2]

Heinz Weiss
Born	12 June 1921 Stuttgart, Germany
Died	20 November 2010 (aged 89) Grünwald, Germany
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1958–1999

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.

He died on 20 November 2010 in Grünwald near Munich.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1958	Wenn die Conny mit dem Peter [de]	Schmidt - gymnastics teacher
1960	Strafbataillon 999 [fr]	Lieutenant Obermeier
1960	Brandenburg Division	Dörner
1960	Big Request Concert	Stefan
1961	The Green Archer	John Bellamy / John Wood / The Green Bowman
1961	Only the Wind	Jack Johnston
1961	Blind Justice	prosecutor
1961	Auf Wiedersehen	Steve O'Hara
1963	The Great Escape	Kramer
1965	Tread Softly	Phil Decker
1965	Mordnacht in Manhattan
1966	The Trap Snaps Shut at Midnight
1966	Die Rechnung – eiskalt serviert
1967	Murderers Club of Brooklyn
1968	Death and Diamonds
1968	Death in the Red Jaguar
1969	Dead Body on Broadway
1970	Immer bei Vollmond	Commissar Mallet
1975	Die Brücke von Zupanja [de]	Surgeon Major
1981	Confused Feelings [fr]	M. Keller
1982	The Roaring Forties	Joss
1982	Doctor Faustus	Jonathan Leverkühn
1984	The Little Drummer Girl	Red Cross
1985	Le transfuge

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1959	As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me	Clemens Forell	TV miniseries
1964	Flug in Gefahr [de]	Pilot
1968	Sir Roger Casement	Roger Casement
1971–1973	Graf Luckner [de]	Capitain Luckner	39 episodes
1978	Wallenstein [de]	Zierotin	TV miniseries
1981	Berlin Tunnel 21	Heppner
1983–1999	Das Traumschiff	Captain Heinz Hansen	25 episodes (final appearance)