Hans Meyer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 21, 1925
- Died
- April 3, 2020 (aged 94)
- Birthplace
- Paulpietersburg KwaZulu/Natal, South Africa
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.
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Filmography
Burnt Out
Movie · as Lunel
Albert est méchant
Movie · as James Lord Cooke
The Dope
Movie · as Rudolf Maier
My New Partner III
Movie · as Van der Brook
Die Rosenheim-Cops
TV · as Prof. Meindl · 1 ep
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Movie · as Marquis d'Apcher
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons of Deception
Movie · as German Officer #2
Double Team
Movie · as British Man
Concierto Evolución
Movie · as Serious Violinist
John
Movie · as John/Tarzan
The Master Blackmailer
Movie · as Hebworth (Alias Veitch)
Dingo
Movie · as Gerard
Counterstrike
TV · as Kurtz · 1 ep
Bunker Palace Hotel
Movie · as Le président
Crossbow: The Movie
Movie · as Tyroll
Roselyne and the Lions
Movie · as Rainer
Crossbow
TV · as Tyroll · 24 eps
The New Statesman
TV · as Herr Wessel · 1 ep
Mauvais Sang
Movie · as Hans
Red Sonja
Movie · as Red Sonja's Father
Boy Meets Girl
Movie · as Cosmonaut
Tueur maison
Movie
Sherlock Holmes
TV · as Hebworth (Alias Veitch) · 1 ep
Inside the Third Reich
TV · as Ernst Kaltenbrunner · 2 eps
Strangulation Blues
Movie
The Riddle of the Sands
Movie · as Grimm
Minder
TV · as Maurice Bonnet, Kurt Wengler · 1 ep
The Bright Night
Movie · as Pluton
Holocaust
TV · as Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Police Commissioner Moulin
TV · as L'assassin au grenade · 1 ep
Barry Lyndon
Movie · as Prussian Officer
Quiller
TV · as Major Hardtmann · 1 ep
The Next Scream You Hear
Movie · as Karl Vorster
Playhouse
TV · as Janos Almasy · 1 ep
Heidi
TV · as Grandfather · 4 eps
The Magnificent One
Movie · as Colonel Collins
Valparaiso, Valparaiso
Movie · as Helmut
Thriller
TV · as Karl Vorster · 1 ep
Eeeny, Meeny, Miney, Moe
Movie · as Jeroboam
Almayer's Folly
Movie · as Le capitaine Linguard
Le Dernier voyage du commandant le Bihan
Movie · as le lieutenant Labaudière
Colditz
TV · as Hauptmann Franz Ulmann · 1 ep
Perched on a Tree
Movie · as Colonel Muller
Cannon for Cordoba
Movie · as Svedborg
Codename
TV · as General Hovaths · 1 ep
The Strangers
Movie · as Blade
Erotic Trap
Movie · as Varen
Department S
TV · as Lucky Le Beau · 1 ep
Coplan Saves His Skin
Movie · as Hugo
The Crime of David Levinstein
Movie · as Schrank
The Last Adventure
Movie · as Mercenary
Flesh and Fantasy
Movie · as Sorenson
The Night of the Generals
Movie · as Wehrmacht Adjutant (uncredited)
Réseau secret
Movie · as Hermann Glöckel
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Movie · as Otto Weber
Little Girls
Movie · as Mike
Culpable para un delito
Movie · as Martín Baumer
Pierrot le Fou
Movie · as Gangster (uncredited)
The Troubleshooters
TV · as Joachim Schmitt-Klever · 1 ep
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
TV · as Hafner · 1 ep