Horst Janson

Horst Janson (; 4 October 1935 – 28 January 2025) was a German actor. To English-speaking audiences, he is best remembered for roles as captains in the films Escape from East Berlin, a German submarine captain in Murphy's War (1971), the lead role of Captain Kronos in the swash-buckling Hammer Film production Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter (1974), the German ship captain-lieutenant in the German West African-set war adventure film Shout at the Devil (1976), and a German captain in the war film Breakthrough (1979). On German television he appeared in many films and series, including as the title character in 13 episodes of Der Bastian (1973), and more than 200 episodes of Sesamstraße (Sesame Street) between 1980 and 1985.

Life and career Janson was born in Mainz-Kastel

In 1971, Janson starred in Murphy's War opposite Peter O'Toole and Philippe Noiret. In 1979, he starred as a German captain in the war film Breakthrough, opposite Richard Burton, Robert Mitchum and Rod Steiger. He appeared in many other feature films, including spaghetti westerns with Franco Nero, Eli Wallach and other international productions with Tony Curtis, Anthony Perkins, Charles Bronson, and Robert Wagner.

Janson also appeared in many German, French, Spanish, Italian, and English-language TV films including Der Bunker (1992), Il segno della scimmia (The Sign of the Ape, 1997), He played Captain Bernd Jensen in the ARD series Unter weißen Segeln (In White Sails). they lived in Grünwald near Munich

Filmography Film Janson's film appearances include:

The Buddenbrooks (1959, part 1), as Morten Schwarzkopf Murphy's War (1971), as Lauchs Freundinnen für immer (2003, TV film), as Fred Jakob )

Zwei Schlitzohren in Antalya (20 episodes, 1991–1994), as Thomas Parler 1974: Bambi Award