Actor
Heinz Weiss
June 12, 1921 · Stuttgart; Germany
Heinz Weiss (12 June 1921 – 20 November 2010) was a German film actor.
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.
Notable work
Often works with
George Nader
5 titles together
Jerry Cotton: The Trap Snaps Shut at Midnight, Jerry Cotton: Death in the Red Jaguar, Deadly Shots on Broadway
Horst Naumann
3 titles together
Die Schwarzwaldklinik, Das Traumschiff, Deadly Shots on Broadway
Gila von Weitershausen
3 titles together
Das Traumschiff, Confused Feelings, The Roaring Forties
Günther Maria Halmer
3 titles together
Das Traumschiff, Peter the Great, Berlin Tunnel 21
Harry Riebauer
2 titles together
The Great Escape, Jerry Cotton: Death in the Red Jaguar
Robert Freitag
2 titles together
The Great Escape, Berlin Tunnel 21
Full filmography · 75
Rosamunde Pilcher: Rückkehr ins Paradies
as Ned Goldman
1998
Wallenstein
as Kommandant Gordon
1987Der Stadtbrand
cast
1985
The Little Drummer Girl
as Red Cross
19845.6
The Roaring Forties
as Joss
1982
Confused Feelings
as M. Keller
1981
Berlin Tunnel 21
as Herr Heptner
1981
Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne
as Dr. Haussmann - Verteidiger
1979Generale - Anatomie der Marneschlacht
as Generalleutnant v. Lauenstein
1977
Die Brücke von Zupanja
as Major
1975Der tödliche Schlag
as Timon
1975
Im Vorhof der Wahrheit
as Vater
1974