Heinz Weiss

Heinz Weiss
Born	12 June 1921 Stuttgart, Germany
Died	20 November 2010 (aged 89) Grünwald, Germany
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1958–1999

Heinz Weiss (12 June 1921 – 20 November 2010^[1]) was a German film actor.^[2]

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 died on 20 November 2010 in Grünwald near Munich.^[3]

Selected filmography

• Strafbataillon 999 (1960)
• Brandenburg Division (1960)
• Big Request Concert (1960)
• Only the Wind (1961)
• Blind Justice (1961)
• Auf Wiedersehen (1961)
• The Green Archer (1961)
• The Great Escape (1963)
• Tread Softly (1965)
• Mordnacht in Manhattan (1965)
• Die Rechnung - eiskalt serviert (1966)
• Murderers Club of Brooklyn (1967)
• Death in the Red Jaguar (1968)
• Death and Diamonds (1968)
• Dead Body on Broadway (1969)
• Immer bei Vollmond (1970)
• La confusion des sentiments (1981)
• The Roaring Forties (1982)
• Doctor Faustus (1982)
• The Little Drummer Girl (1984)

Television appearances

• As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (TV miniseries, 1959)
• Sir Roger Casement (TV series, 1968)
• Graf Luckner (TV series, 1971-1973)
• Wallenstein (TV miniseries, 1978)
• Das Traumschiff (TV series, 1983–1999)

References

1. ZDF-"Traumschiff"-Kapitän Weiss gestorben, welt.de
2. http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/122677
3. Der „Traumschiff“-Kapitän ist gestorben, bunte.de

External links

• Heinz Weiss at the Internet Movie Database