Gerard Heinz (born Gerhard Hinze; 2 January 1904 – 20 November 1972) was a German actor.
Heinz was born in
Hamburg
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Germany
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and later moved to
Britain
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, where he changed his name. He appeared in almost 60 films (including '' Caravan''), and a number of stage productions. In the original 1942 production of
Terence Rattigan
Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan (10 June 191130 November 1977) was a British dramatist and screenwriter. He was one of England's most popular mid-20th-century dramatists. His plays are typically set in an upper-middle-class background.Geoffrey Wan ...
's ''
Flare Path
''Flare Path'' is a play by Terence Rattigan, written in 1941 and first staged in 1942.Darlow, Michael"Terence Rattigan, Biography – War", ''Official Terence Rattigan website''. Retrieved 2011-02-22. Set in a hotel near an RAF Bomber Command ...
'', he played Count Skriczevinsky, a
Polish
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* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles
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pilot serving with the
RAF
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in
World War II
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.
A relationship with Joan Rodker, daughter of the modernist poet
John Rodker
John Rodker (18 December 1894 – 6 October 1955) was an English writer, modernist poet, and publisher of modernist writers.
Biography
John Rodker was born on 18 December 1894 in Manchester, into a Jewish immigrant family. The family moved t ...
, resulted in the birth of a son, Ernest, in
Odessa
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in 1937. After their separation, Heinz married the actress Mary Kenton. They played respectively Mr. and Mrs. Serafin in the 1961 episode "Washday S.O.S." of the TV series '' The Cheaters''. They also performed together in the TV series ''
The Sullavan Brothers
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p.132 One episode, "Insufficient Evidence", is believed to be lost.
Cast Main
* Hugh Manning as Robert Sullavan
* Anthony ...
'', and in the ITC crime drama series '' The Four Just Men'', and a number of other films.
Went the Day Well?
''Went the Day Well?'' is a 1942 British war film adapted from a story by Graham Greene and directed by Alberto Cavalcanti. It was produced by Michael Balcon of Ealing Studios and served as unofficial propaganda for the war effort. The film shows ...
'' (1942) – Schmidt (uncredited)
* ''
English Without Tears
''English Without Tears'' is a 1944 British romantic comedy film directed by Harold French and starring Michael Wilding, Penelope Dudley-Ward and Lilli Palmer. It was released in the U.S. under the title ''Her Man Gilbey'', as a reference to th ...
The First Gentleman
''The First Gentleman'' is a 1948 British historical drama film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, and starring Jean-Pierre Aumont, Joan Hopkins, and Cecil Parker. It portrays the relationships and marriage of George, Prince Regent and his tense ...
'' (1948) – Dr. Stockmar
* ''
Broken Journey
''Broken Journey'' (also known as ''Rescue'') is a 1948 British drama film directed by Ken Annakin and featuring Phyllis Calvert, James Donald, Margot Grahame, Raymond Huntley and Guy Rolfe. ''Broken Journey'' deals with people struggling to sur ...
'' (1948) – Joseph Romer
* '' The Fallen Idol'' (1948) – Ambassador
* ''
Sleeping Car to Trieste
''Sleeping Car to Trieste'' is a 1948 British comedy thriller film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Jean Kent, Albert Lieven, Derrick De Marney and Rona Anderson. It was shot at Denham Studios outside London. The film's sets were de ...
'' (1948) – Ambassador
* ''
Portrait from Life
''Portrait from Life'' (also known as ''Lost Daughter'', and in the U.S. as ''The Girl in the Painting'') is a 1948 British drama film directed by Terence Fisher and starring Mai Zetterling, Robert Beatty and Guy Rolfe.
Plot
A British Army offi ...
'' (1948) – Heine
* ''
That Dangerous Age
''That Dangerous Age'' is a 1949 British romance film directed by Gregory Ratoff and starring Myrna Loy, Roger Livesey and Peggy Cummins. It was adapted from the play ''Autumn'' by Margaret Kennedy and Ilya Surguchev. The film was released und ...
'' (1949) – Dr. Thorvald
* ''
The Bad Lord Byron
''The Bad Lord Byron'' is a 1949 British historical drama film about the life of Lord Byron. It was directed by David MacDonald and starred Dennis Price as Byron with Mai Zetterling, Linden Travers and Joan Greenwood.
Plot
The film sees life ...
'' (1949) – Austrian Officer
* ''
The Lost People
''The Lost People'' is a 1949 British drama film directed by Muriel Box and Bernard Knowles and starring Dennis Price, Mai Zetterling and Richard Attenborough. It is based on the play ''Cockpit'' by Bridget Boland. It was shot partly at Den ...
'' (1949) – Professor
* '' State Secret'' (1950) – Tomasi Bendel
* ''
The Clouded Yellow
''The Clouded Yellow'' is a 1950 British mystery film directed by Ralph Thomas and produced by Betty E. Box for Carillon Films. A dismissed secret service agent falls in love with a disturbed young woman who is wrongly accused of murder and t ...
'' (1950) – Dr. Karl Cesare
* ''
Traveller's Joy
''Traveller's Joy'' is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Googie Withers, John McCallum and Maurice Denham. Based on a West End play of the same name by Arthur Macrae, it was the last film released by the original ...
'' (1950) – Helstrom
* ''
White Corridors
''White Corridors'' is a 1951 British drama film directed by Pat Jackson and starring Googie Withers, Godfrey Tearle, James Donald and Petula Clark. It is based on a novel by Helen Ashton. The film is set in a hospital shortly after the establish ...
'' (1951) – Dr. Macuzek
* ''
His Excellency
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'' (1952) – Prime Minister
* ''
Private Information
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The domain of privacy partially overlaps with security, which can include the concepts of a ...
'' (1952) – Alex Hartmann
* ''
Top Secret
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'' (1952) – Russian Director of Plant
* ''
Desperate Moment
''Desperate Moment'' is a 1953 British thriller film directed by Compton Bennett and starring Dirk Bogarde, Mai Zetterling and Philip Friend. It is based on the 1951 novel of the same title by Martha Albrand.
It was made at Pinewood Studio ...
'' (1953) – German Prison Doctor
* '' The Cruel Sea'' (1953) – Polish Captain
* ''
The Prisoner
''The Prisoner'' is a 1967 British television series about an unnamed British intelligence agent who is abducted and imprisoned in a mysterious coastal village, where his captors designate him as Number Six and try to find out why he abruptl ...
'' (1955) – The Doctor
* ''
You Pay Your Money
''You Pay Your Money'' is a 1957 British crime drama film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Hugh McDermott (actor), Hugh McDermott, Jane Hylton and Honor Blackman. The thriller was one of the Butcher's Film Service's 1950s B movies, B film ...
'' (1957) – Dr. Burger
* '' Seven Thunders'' (1957) – Von Kronitz
* ''
The Mark of the Hawk
''The Mark of the Hawk'' (also called ''Accused'') is a 1957 drama film, directed by Michael Audley with a screenplay by Lloyd Young (better known for his sound work on other films) and H. Kenn Carmichael. The film stars Eartha Kitt and Sidney ...
'' (1957) – Governor General
* '' The Man Inside'' (1958) – Robert Stone
* ''
The House of the Seven Hawks
''The House of the Seven Hawks'' is a 1959 British mystery film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Robert Taylor, Nicole Maurey and Linda Christian. It was the final film by Robert Taylor under his twenty five-year contract with MGM. The f ...
'' (1959) – Inspector Sluiter
* ''
I Aim at the Stars
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Highway to Battle
''Highway to Battle'' is a 1961 British thriller film set just prior to the Second World War.The Guns of Navarone'' (1961) – German Surgeon (uncredited)
* ''
Operation Snatch
''Operation Snatch'' is a 1962 British comedy film starring Terry-Thomas and George Sanders and directed by Robert Day.
Plot
The story takes place in Gibraltar, and is based on a local legend: if the resident Barbary apes were ever to lea ...
'' (1962) – Col. Waldock
* '' Mystery Submarine'' (1963) – German Admiral
* Boy with a Flute (1964)
* ''
Operation Crossbow
''Crossbow'' was the code name in World War II for Anglo-American operations against the German V-weapons, long range reprisal weapons (V-weapons) programme.
The main V-weapons were the V-1 flying bomb and V-2 rocket – these were launched aga ...
'' (1965) – German Officer (uncredited)
* ''
Devils of Darkness
''Devils of Darkness'' is a 1965 British horror film directed by Lance Comfort and starring William Sylvester, Hubert Noël and Carole Gray.
'' (1965) – Bouvier
* ''
The Heroes of Telemark
''The Heroes of Telemark'' is a 1965 British war film directed by Anthony Mann based on the true story of the Norwegian heavy water sabotage during the Second World War from ''Skis Against the Atom'', the memoirs of Norwegian resistance soldi ...
'' (1965) – Enhardt
* ''
The Projected Man
''The Projected Man'' is a 1966 British science fiction film directed by Ian Curteis, written by Peter Bryan, John C. Cooper, and Frank Quattrocchi, and starring Bryant Haliday, Mary Peach, Norman Wooland, Ronald Allen, and Derek Farr. It was r ...
'' (1966) – Prof. Lembach
* ''
Where the Bullets Fly
''Where the Bullets Fly'' is a 1966 British comedy spy film directed by John Gilling and starring Tom Adams as Charles Vine and John Arnatt reprising their roles from '' Licensed to Kill''. It also stars Dawn Addams, Tim Barrett and Michael R ...
'' (1966) – Venstram
* ''
The Dirty Dozen
''The Dirty Dozen'' is a 1967 American war film directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Lee Marvin with an ensemble supporting cast including Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Richard Jaeckel, George Kennedy, Ralph M ...
'' (1967) – Card-Playing German Officer (uncredited)
* ''
Venom
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'' (aka ''The Legend of Spider Forest'') (1971) – Huber