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Hans Zesch-Ballot

1896 – 1972

German actor

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Lived 1896 – 1972 (aged 76). Hans Zesch-Ballot was a German stage actor, film actor, actor and director.

Hans Zesch-Ballot (20 May 1896 – 1 September 1972) was a German film actor.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1930 Dolly Gets Ahead 1931 Cadets Oberleutnant von Brünning 1932 The Magic Top Hat Alfred 1932 Spoiling the Game Hans Donath - Sportjournalist 1933 And the Plains Are Gleaming Thury 1934 Police Report Kriminalkommissär Haupt 1934 The Girlfriend of a Big Man Hollberg, Berliner Theaterdirektor 1934 A Man Wants to Get to Germany English Naval Officer 1934 Love and the First Railway Schelling, Agent bei Bankier Fechner 1934 Holiday From Myself John Stone, Generalsekretär bei Steffenson 1935 My Life for Maria Isabella Major Sumerset 1935 The Bird Seller Der Kurfürst 1936 The Czar's Courier The Tsar 1936 The Haunted Castle Johann, Graf von Safferstätt 1936 Winter in the Woods Dr. Fritz Heidecke 1936 Der Kaiser von Kalifornien Gouverneur Alvaredo 1936 The Traitor Dr. Wehner 1936 Ninety Minute Stopover Alberto Basto 1936 Es geht um mein Leben Mikhail Stepan 1936 The Night With the Emperor Napoleon I. 1937 Condottieri D'Argentière 1937 Talking About Jacqueline Leslie Waddington 1937 Tango Notturno Kommissar Trent 1938 The Tiger of Eschnapur Fjedor Borodin 1938 Wie einst im Mai Baron von Uhlendorff 1938 The Impossible Mister Pitt Picard, Polizeiinspektor 1938 Heimat Uncredited1938 Fools in the Snow Vater Heinemann 1938 Northern Lights Staatsanwalt 1938 Freight from Baltimore William Morris, Generalagent 1938 The Night of Decision Konsul Brückmann 1939 Three Wonderful Days 1939 Woman Without a Past Kriminalkommissar Schneidereit 1939 Police Report Benken, Kriminalkommissar 1939 Central Rio Kommissar Dossa 1940 Seitensprünge Schmidthenner, Exporteur 1940 Die unvollkommene Liebe Dr. von Cremona 1941 Kopf hoch, Johannes! Anstaltsleiter 1941 Happiness Is the Main Thing 1941 Riding for Germany Brigadekommandeur 1941 Thrice Wed Rittmeister Graf Lievers 1942 Attack on Baku Barakoff, der Polizeiminister in Baku 1942 To Be God One Time Clusius - Theaterdirektor 1942 Ein Zug fährt ab Direktor Fritz Wolters 1943 The Dark Day Dr. Fabricius, Staatsanwalt 1943 When the Young Wine Blossoms Dr. Hall 1944 The Buchholz Family Onkel Fritz 1944 Marriage of Affection Onkel Fritz 1945 The Man in the Saddle Dr. Gustl Gallinger 1945 Die Schenke zur ewigen Liebe Bergassesor 1948 Gaspary's Sons Dr. Grove 1949 Verführte Hände Kommissar Meiners 1949 Search for Majora Prof. Mengler 1950 Wedding with Erika Colonel Hunter 1950 The Rabanser Case Verlagsdirektor 1950 Third from the Right Kriminalrat Bittner 1951 Das späte Mädchen 1951 Primanerinnen Ursulas Vater 1952 Nights on the Road Inspector Busch 1953 The Empress of China Dr. Stansberg 1953 Elephant Fury Zoodirektor Thiele 1953 Des Feuers Macht 1954 The Crazy Clinic 1955 The Plot to Assassinate Hitler Generlleutnant Erich Hoepner 1955 Love's Carnival Oberstleutnant Wilhelm von Friese 1958 Doctor Crippen Lives Staatsanwalt 1958 The Girl from the Marsh Croft Richter 1959 The Man Who Walked Through the Wall 1959 The Day the Rains Came Kriminalkommissar Bäumler Uncredited1960 The Hero of My Dreams Günther Martens 1962 The Puzzle of the Red Orchid Sir John Uncredited1962 Freddy and the Song of the South Pacific 1966 Witness Out of Hell Dr. Berger 1969 Hugo, the Woman Chaser Eckehard Dingelfing

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Who was Hans Zesch-Ballot?

German actor (1896–1972)

When was Hans Zesch-Ballot born?

Hans Zesch-Ballot was born on 20 May 1896 in Dresden.

When did Hans Zesch-Ballot die?

Hans Zesch-Ballot died on 1 September 1972 in Munich.

What was Hans Zesch-Ballot's occupation?

Hans Zesch-Ballot was a stage actor, film actor, actor and director.

What nationality was Hans Zesch-Ballot?

Hans Zesch-Ballot was German.

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· Wikipedia: Hans Zesch-Ballot

· Wikidata: Q1583248

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