Heinz Weiss

Heinz Weiss (12 June 192120 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.

He died on 20 November 2010 in Grünwald near Munich.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes1958 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 Phil Decker 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

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