Heinz Weiss

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

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

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

Selected filmography

• Wenn die Conny mit dem Peter (1958) - Schmidt - Turnlehrer
• Strafbataillon 999 (1960) - Oberleutnant Obermeier
• Brandenburg Division (1960) - Dörner
• Big Request Concert (1960) - Stefan
• The Green Archer (1961) - John Bellamy / John Wood / Der grüne Bogenschütze
• Only the Wind (1961) - Jack Johnston
• Blind Justice (1961) - Staatsanwalt
• Auf Wiedersehen (1961) - Steve O'Hara
• The Great Escape (1963) - Kramer
• Tread Softly (1965) - Phil Decker
• Mordnacht in Manhattan (1965) - Phil Decker
• Um Null Uhr schnappt die Falle zu (1966) - Phil Decker
• Die Rechnung - eiskalt serviert (1966) - Phil Decker
• Murderers Club of Brooklyn (1967) - Phil Decker
• Death and Diamonds (1968) - Phil Decker
• Death in the Red Jaguar (1968) - Phil Decker
• Dead Body on Broadway (1969) - Phil Decker
• Immer bei Vollmond (1970) - Kommissar Mallet
• Die Brücke von Zupanja (1975) - Surgeon Major
• La confusion des sentiments (1981) - M. Keller
• The Roaring Forties (1982) - Joss
• Doctor Faustus (1982) - Jonathan Leverkühn
• The Little Drummer Girl (1984) - Red Cross
• Le transfuge (1985)

Television appearances

• As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (TV miniseries, 1959) - Clemens Forell
• Sir Roger Casement (TV series, 1968) - Sir Roger Casement
• Graf Luckner (TV series, 1971-1973) - Capitaine Graf Lückner
• Wallenstein (TV miniseries, 1978)
• Das Traumschiff (TV series, 1983–1999) - Kapitän Heinz Hansen (Last appearances)

References

1. ZDF-"Traumschiff"-Kapitän Weiss gestorben, welt.de
2. http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/122677
3. Der „Traumschiff“-Kapitän ist gestorben, bunte.de

External links

• Heinz Weiss at the Internet Movie Database