Günter Meisner
Acting
Born April 18, 1926, Bremen, Germany
Günter Meisner (18 April 1926 – 5 December 1994) was a German TV and film character actor. He is remembered for his several cinematic portrayals of Adolf Hitler and for his role as Mr. Slugworth in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. He was fluent in four languages and appeared in many English-language, German-language and French-language films.
Filmography
- 1994Eine Mutter kämpft um ihren Sohn — Wegener
- Zwei alte Hasen — Nachtwächter
- 1993Faraway, So Close! — Forger
- 1992Ruby Cairo — Herr Bruchner
- 1991Leporella
- 1991Te Rua — Professor Biederstedt
- 1990Central Station — El Amigo de Alex
- 1990The Little People — Schneider
- 1990The Man Inside — Richter
- 1990The Saint: The Big Bang — Kuhler
- 1989Bride of the Orient — Priest Barmettler
- 1989Moon Child — Abuelo militar
- 1988Magdalene — Prior
- 1988Roselyne and the Lions — Klint
- 1988The Case of Mr. Spalt — Bobby Steinbeck
- 1987Close Up
- Hals über Kopf — Sir Reginald Mackintosh
- Praxis Bülowbogen — Berti
- 1986Das Geheimnis von Lismore Castle — Sir Ralph Whitecombe
- 1986Gestatten, Bestatter — Herr Abendroth
- Großstadtrevier
- 1986In a Glass Cage — Klaus
- Liebling Kreuzberg — Staatsanwalt
- 1985Drei gegen drei — Professor Holl
- 1984Der Mord mit der Schere
- 1984Under the Volcano — Herr Krausberg (German Attaché) (uncredited)
- 1983Plem, Plem – Die Schule brennt — History teacher Borwald
- The Winds of War — Adolf Hitler
- 1983Zwei Tote im Sender und Don Carlos im PoGl — Maskenbildner
- 1982Ace of Aces — Adolf Hitler / Angela Hitler
- 1982Night Crossing — Major Koerner
- 1982The Man on the Wall — Dr. Steiner
- 1981Das waren noch Zeiten - Kleine Geschichten von Kalke & Söhne — Herr Klein
- Silas — Fabian Fedder
- 1980Die Paulskirche
- 1980Gibbi West Germany — Patient
- I.O.B. Spezialauftrag — Hanno Griesser
- 1980Meister Timpe — Herr Rahm
- 1980The American Success Company — Maitre 'd
- 1979Avalanche Express — Rudi Muehler
- 1979Breakthrough — SS Officer
- 1979The Tin Drum — Gestapo Agent
- 1979Ticket of No Return — Direktor Willi
- 1979Wie Rauch und Staub
- 1978Als Hitler das rosa Kaninchen stahl — Berg
- 1978Ein Mord am Lietzensee — Mölling
- 1978Just a Gigolo — Betrunkener Arbeiter (uncredited)
- 1978The Boys from Brazil — Farnbach
- A Man Arrived in August — Oberinspektor Krieg
- 1977Heinrich
- 1977The Brothers — Pfarrer
- 1977The Serpent's Egg — Convict
- Direktion City — Herr Zilkowski
- 1976Voyage of the Damned — Robert Hoffman
- 1975A Happy Family Life — Hektiker
- 1975Depressionen — Dr. Müller
- 1975Flesh of the Orchid — Advokat
- 1975Inside Out — Schmidt
- Jo Gaillard — Hessling
- 1974Between Wars — Karl Schneider
- 1974Borsalino and Co. — Doctor
- 1974The Brutalization of Franz Blum — Borsig
- 1974The Odessa File — General Greifer
- Lokaltermin — Schauspieler Lorbeer
- 1973The Battle of Sutjeska — German General
- 1973Werwölfe
- The Century of Surgeons — Jackson
- 1971Ludwig L — Der Betrunkene
- 1971Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory — Mr. Slugworth
- 1970Hauser's Memory — Koroweiw
- Scene of the Crime — Bulldozer-Fahrer, Viebich
- 1970Schlagzeilen über einen Mord — Taxifahrer #3
- 1969The Bridge at Remagen — SS Officer
- 1968Das Haus mit den sieben Stockwerken — Krankenpfleger
- 1967Lobby Doll und die Sitzstangenaffäre
- 1967The College Girl Murders — Greaves
- 1966Funeral in Berlin — Kreutzman
- 1966Großer Ring mit Außenschleife — Fotograf
- 1966Is Paris Burning? — SS Commander in Pantin
- 1966The Quiller Memorandum — Hassler
- 1965One Day: A Report from a German Concentration Camp 1939
- 1964Das Martyrium des Peter OHey — Der Wissenschaftler
- 1964Schaufensterpuppen — Herr Schneider
- 1964The Foggy Night Murderer — Kriminalassistent Behrend
- Das Kriminalmuseum — Tankwart
- 1963Die Wölfe — Buquet
- 1963The Black Cobra — Wunderlich ('Mr. Green')
- 1962Der Kronanwalt — Mr. White
- 1962The Counterfeit Traitor — Priest (uncredited)
- 1962The Testament of Dr. Mabuse — Henry - Kurzschluß (uncredited)
- Das Fernsehgericht tagt — Berthold Zeller
- 1961Ein wahrer Held — Shawn Keogh
- 1961Operation Caviar — Redner
- 1961Question 7 — Schmidt
- 1961The Miracle of Father Malachia — Prediger
- 1960Abendstunde im Spätherbst — Sekretär
- 1959Babette Goes to War — First Gestapo officer
- 1959Der König ist tot — Dick Henderson
- 1959Notes from a Gynecologist's Diary — Dr. Rott - Oberarzt
- 1959Ship of the Dead — Paul
- 1959The Black Chapel — 1. Killer
- 1957Kopf oder Zahl — Kid