Hans Meyer

Acting

Born July 21, 1925, 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.

Filmography

• 2006Burnt Out — Lunel
• 2004Albert est méchant — James Lord Cooke
• 2003My New Partner III — Van der Brook
• 2003The Dope — Rudolf Maier
• Die Rosenheim-Cops — Prof. Meindl
• 2001Brotherhood of the Wolf — Marquis d'Apcher
• 1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons of Deception — German Officer #2
• 1997Double Team — British Man
• 1992Concierto Evolución — Serious Violinist
• 1992John — John/Tarzan
• 1992The Master Blackmailer — Hebworth (Alias Veitch)
• Counterstrike — Kurtz
• 1989Bunker Palace Hotel — Le président
• 1989Crossbow: The Movie — Tyroll
• 1988Roselyne and the Lions — Rainer
• Crossbow — Tyroll
• The New Statesman — Herr Wessel
• 1986Mauvais Sang — Hans
• 1985Red Sonja — Red Sonja's Father
• 1984Boy Meets Girl — Cosmonaut
• Sherlock Holmes — Hebworth (Alias Veitch)
• 1984Tueur maison
• Inside the Third Reich — Ernst Kaltenbrunner
• 1980Strangulation Blues
• Minder — Maurice Bonnet, Kurt Wengler
• 1979The Riddle of the Sands — Grimm
• Holocaust — Ernst Kaltenbrunner
• 1978The Bright Night — Pluton
• Police Commissioner Moulin — L'assassin au grenade
• 1975Barry Lyndon — Prussian Officer
• Quiller — Major Hardtmann
• Heidi — Grandfather
• Playhouse — Janos Almasy
• 1974The Next Scream You Hear — Karl Vorster
• 1973The Magnificent One — Colonel Collins
• Thriller — Karl Vorster
• 1973Valparaiso, Valparaiso — Helmut
• 1972Almayer's Folly — Le capitaine Linguard
• Colditz — Hauptmann Franz Ulmann
• 1972Eeeny, Meeny, Miney, Moe — Jeroboam
• 1972Le Dernier voyage du commandant le Bihan — le lieutenant Labaudière
• 1971Perched on a Tree — Colonel Muller
• 1970Cannon for Cordoba — Svedborg
• Codename — General Hovaths
• Department S — Lucky Le Beau
• 1969Erotic Trap — Varen
• 1969The Strangers — Blade
• 1968Coplan Saves His Skin — Hugo
• 1968The Crime of David Levinstein — Schrank
• 1967Flesh and Fantasy — Sorenson
• 1967Réseau secret — Hermann Glöckel
• 1967The Last Adventure — Mercenary
• 1967The Night of the Generals — Wehrmacht Adjutant (uncredited)
• 1966Culpable para un delito — Martín Baumer
• 1966Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! — Otto Weber
• 1966Little Girls — Mike
• 1965Pierrot le Fou — Gangster (uncredited)
• Les Cinq Dernières Minutes — Hafner