| Heinz Weiss | |
| Birth Date: | 12 June 1921 |
| Birth Place: | Stuttgart, Germany |
| Death Date: | 20 November 2010 (aged 89) |
| Death Place: | Grünwald, Germany |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Yearsactive: | 1958–1999 |
Heinz Weiss (12 June 192120 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 also played the character "Kramer" in the iconic World War II film The Great Escape (1963). He himself had served in German military, the Wehrmacht, during World War II.
He died on 20 November 2010 in Grünwald near Munich.[3]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Schmidt - gymnastics teacher | |||
| 1960 | Lieutenant Obermeier | |||
| 1960 | Brandenburg Division | Dörner | ||
| 1960 | Big Request Concert | Stefan | ||
| 1961 | The Green Archer | John Bellamy / John Wood / The Green Bowman | ||
| 1961 | Only the Wind | Jack Johnston | ||
| 1961 | Blind Justice | prosecutor | ||
| 1961 | Auf Wiedersehen | Steve O'Hara | ||
| 1963 | The Great Escape | Kramer | ||
| 1965 | Tread Softly | |||
| 1965 | Mordnacht in Manhattan | |||
| 1966 | The Trap Snaps Shut at Midnight | |||
| 1966 | Die Rechnung – eiskalt serviert | |||
| 1967 | Murderers Club of Brooklyn | |||
| 1968 | Death and Diamonds | |||
| 1968 | Death in the Red Jaguar | |||
| 1969 | Dead Body on Broadway | |||
| 1970 | Immer bei Vollmond | Commissar Mallet | ||
| 1975 | Surgeon Major | |||
| 1981 | M. Keller | |||
| 1982 | The Roaring Forties | Joss | ||
| 1982 | Doctor Faustus | Jonathan Leverkühn | ||
| 1984 | The Little Drummer Girl | Red Cross | ||
| 1985 | Le transfuge |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me | TV miniseries | ||
| 1964 | Pilot | |||
| 1968 | Sir Roger Casement | |||
| 1971–1973 | 39 episodes | |||
| 1978 | Zierotin | TV miniseries | ||
| 1981 | Berlin Tunnel 21 | Heppner | ||
| 1983–1999 | Das Traumschiff | Captain Heinz Hansen | 25 episodes (final appearance) |