Emil Heß

Emil Heß (3 February 1889, in Wald, Zurich – 2 March 1945, in Zurich) was a Swiss actor on stage and screen.

Personal life

Heß married Elizabeth Ellinghaus by whom he had three sons Wolfgang, Urs and Migg.

Urs Hess (1940) and Migg Hess (1943) followed in the footsteps of their father and played in Zurich venues such as the Playhouse and the Bernhardt Theatre. They also had roles in a few films during the 1950s.

Career Selected stage performances Woyzeck (1922, 1927)

Filmography

Herbstzauber (1918) as Graf Victor von Ulmrode Seltsame Seelen (1918) L'ouragan sur la montagne (1922) Fredericus Rex (1922, part 3) as Minister August Friedrich Von Boden Jud Süß (1940) as Lord Douglas (1940) as Exzellenz Baroux The Swedish Nightingale (1941) as Thorwaldsen Der Strom (1941) The Way to Freedom (1941) as Müetli (1941) as König Tanz mit dem Kaiser (1941) Wenn du noch eine Heimat hast (1942) as Ullrichs Wedding in Barenhof (1942) as Königliche Hoheit Between Heaven and Earth (1942) as Valentin, Buchhalter Andreas Schlüter (1942) as Counsellor Dankelman Die Entlassung (1942) as Grand Duke Vladimir Love Me (1942) A Flea in Her Ear (1943) as Großvater Christian Lohhof Back Then (1943) as Alvarez, Veras Verteidiger Dreaming (1944) as Dr. Körber Herr Sanders lebt gefährlich (1944) as Gil Schnyder Aufruhr der Herzen (1944) as Martin Atzinger Der Engel mit dem Saitenspiel (1944) as Linus Lanzinger, bayr. Postillon Der Erbförster (1945) Kamerad Hedwig (1945) as Vater Schulz (unfinished film) Jan und die Schwindlerin (1947) as Hinnerk Remmers Jugendliebe (1947) Die Kreuzelschreiber (1950) as Großbauer Erzieherin gesucht (1950) as Revendonk (final film role)