
Hans Meyer
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.
56 acting credits
Acting · 56

Minder
1979

Die Rosenheim-Cops
2002

Sherlock Holmes
1984

Playhouse
1974

Brotherhood of the Wolf
2001

Thriller
1973

Police Commissioner Moulin
1976

Department S
1969

Counterstrike
1990

The New Statesman
1987

Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
1958

Holocaust
1978

Barry Lyndon
1975

Colditz
1972

Crossbow
1987

Red Sonja
1985

Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966

Double Team
1997
Quiller
1975
Codename
1970

Pierrot le Fou
1965

The Night of the Generals
1967

Inside the Third Reich
1982

Mauvais Sang
1986

Cannon for Cordoba
1970

The Magnificent One
1973

The Last Adventure
1967

Boy Meets Girl
1984

The Master Blackmailer
1992

Perched on a Tree
1971

Heidi
1974

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons of Deception
1999

The Dope
2003

Albert est méchant
2004

My New Partner III
2003

The Strangers
1969

Almayer's Folly
1972

Bunker Palace Hotel
1989

Coplan Saves His Skin
1968

The Riddle of the Sands
1979

The Next Scream You Hear
1974

Erotic Trap
1969

Crossbow: The Movie
1989

Valparaiso, Valparaiso
1973

Roselyne and the Lions
1988

Strangulation Blues
1980

Réseau secret
1967

The Bright Night
1978

The Crime of David Levinstein
1968

Little Girls
1966

Concierto Evolución
1992

Flesh and Fantasy
1967
Tueur maison
1984
John
1992

Culpable para un delito
1966

Eeeny, Meeny, Miney, Moe
1972