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Hans Meyer

Hans Meyer

Known For Acting
Birthday Jul 21, 1925
Died Apr 03, 2020 (94)
Birthplace Paulpietersburg KwaZulu/Natal, South Africa
Popularity 0.2 (history)
Updated Aug 10, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 27, 2024
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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 wor ... ked 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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My New Partner III

My New Partner III

2003

as Van der Brook

Brotherhood of the Wolf

Brotherhood of the Wolf

2001

as Marquis d'Apcher

Double Team

Double Team

1997

as British Man

John

John

1992

as John/Tarzan

Concierto Evolución

Concierto Evolución

1992

as Serious Violinist

The Master Blackmailer

The Master Blackmailer

1992

as Hebworth (Alias Veitch)

Red Sonja

Red Sonja

1985

as Red Sonja's Father

Inside the Third Reich

Inside the Third Reich

1982

as Ernst Kaltenbrunner

The Riddle of the Sands

The Riddle of the Sands

1979

as Grimm

The Next Scream You Hear

The Next Scream You Hear

1974

as Karl Vorster

The Magnificent One

The Magnificent One

1973

as Colonel Collins

Perched on a Tree

Perched on a Tree

1971

as Colonel Muller

Cannon for Cordoba

Cannon for Cordoba

1970

as Svedborg

The Night of the Generals

The Night of the Generals

1967

as Wehrmacht Adjutant (uncredited)

Little Girls

Little Girls

1966

as Mike

Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!

Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!

1966

as Otto Weber, elegant SS gruppenführer

Pierrot le Fou

Pierrot le Fou

1965

as Gangster (uncredited)

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Crossbow

as Tyroll

Episodes: 72

First Aired: Aug 30, 1987

Colditz

as Hauptmann Franz Ulmann

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 19, 1972

Department S

as Lucky Le Beau

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 1969

Codename

as General Hovaths

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 07, 1970

Counterstrike

as Kurtz

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 01, 1990

Quiller

as Major Hardtmann

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 29, 1975

Thriller

as Karl Vorster

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 14, 1973

Minder

as Maurice Bonnet

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 29, 1979

Minder

as Kurt Wengler

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 29, 1979

Sherlock Holmes

as Hebworth (Alias Veitch)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 24, 1984

Die Rosenheim-Cops

as Prof. Meindl

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 2002

The New Statesman

as Herr Wessel

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1987

Police Commissioner Moulin

as L'assassin au grenade

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 04, 1976

Holocaust

as Ernst Kaltenbrunner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 16, 1978

Les Cinq Dernières Minutes

as Hafner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1958

Holocaust

Episodes: 0

First Aired: Apr 16, 1978

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