Hansjörg Felmy (born Hans-Jörg Hellmuth Felmy; 31 January 1931 – 24 August 2007) was a German actor. He appeared in 50 films and television shows between 1957 and 1995. Films like ''

Der Stern von Afrika ''Der Stern von Afrika'' () is a 1957 black-and-white German war film portraying the combat career of a World War II Luftwaffe fighter pilot Hans-Joachim Marseille. The film stars Joachim Hansen and Marianne Koch and was directed by Alfred Weid ...

'' and ''

Wir Wunderkinder ''Wir Wunderkinder'' is a 1958 West German comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Hansjörg Felmy and Robert Graf. The black-and-white film is also known in English as ''Aren't We Wonderful?''. Plot The film recounts the lives of t ...

'' made him a well-known actor in the late 1950s. He starred in the film ''

The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi ''The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi'' (german: Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi) is a 1961 Swiss-West German comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring O.E. Hasse, Johanna von Koczian and Martin Held. It is based on the 1952 play with the ...

'' (1961), which was entered into the

11th Berlin International Film Festival The 11th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 23 June to 4 July 1961. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Italian film ''La notte'' directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. Jury The following people were announced as being on the j ...

. In the popular German television crime series ''

Tatort ''Tatort'' ("Crime scene") is a German language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with some 30 feature-length episodes per year, which makes it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed b ...

'' he played police investigator Heinz Haferkamp from 1974 to 1980. In an international film appearance, he played the Stasi officer Heinrich Gerhard in Alfred Hitchcock's ''

Torn Curtain ''Torn Curtain'' is a 1966 American political thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Paul Newman and Julie Andrews. Written by Brian Moore, the film is set in the Cold War. It is about an American scientist who appears to defe ...

'' (1966) who hunts the leading characters played by Julie Andrews and Paul Newman. In his last years he suffered from osteoporosis. He died in Eching near

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

. Felmy was the son of the German airforce general and war criminal Hellmuth Felmy (1885-1965).

Selected filmography

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'' (1957) - Robert Franke * ' (1957) - Teichmann * '' The Heart of St. Pauli'' (1957) - Hein Jensen * '' The Copper'' (1958) - Harry Dennert * '' Heart Without Mercy'' (1958) - Ulrich Rombach * '' The Muzzle'' (1958) - Georg Rabanus * ''

'' (1958) - Hans Boeckel * '' Restless Night'' (1958) - Fedor Baranowski * '' The Man Who Sold Himself'' (1959) - Niko Jost * ''

People in the Net ''People in the Net'' (german: Menschen im Netz), also known as ''Unwilling Agent'', is a 1959 West German Cold War spy film directed by Franz Peter Wirth and starring Hansjörg Felmy, Johanna von Koczian and Hannes Messemer.Bock & Bergfelder p. ...

'' (1959) - Klaus Martens * ''

The Forests Sing Forever ''The Forests Sing Forever'' (German: ''Und ewig singen die Wälder'') is a 1959 Austrian drama film directed by Paul May and starring Gert Fröbe, Hansjörg Felmy and Joachim Hansen. It was followed by a 1960 sequel '' The Inheritance of Bjor ...

'' (1959) - Tore Björndal * '' The Buddenbrooks'' (1959) - Thomas Buddenbrook * ' (1959) - Robert Wissmann * ' (1960) - Fred Ploetz * '' Brainwashed'' (1960) - Hans Berger * '' The Ambassador'' (1960) - Jan Möller * ''

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'' (1960) - Roman Blatter * ''

'' (1961) - Graf Bodo von Überlohe-Zabernsee * '' The Shadows Grow Longer'' (1961) - Max * ' (1961) - Daniel Utby * ' (1962) - Mann mit Feuer (uncredited) * ''

The Happy Years of the Thorwalds ''The Happy Years of the Thorwalds'' (German: ''Die glücklichen Jahre der Thorwalds'') is a 1962 West German drama film directed by Wolfgang Staudte and , starring Elisabeth Bergner, Hansjörg Felmy and Dietmar Schönherr.Bock & Bergfelder p.40 ...

'' (1962) - Peter Thorwald * ''

Station Six-Sahara ''Station Six-Sahara'' is a 1963 British-West German drama film directed by Seth Holt and starring Carroll Baker, Peter van Eyck and Ian Bannen. It is a remake of the 1938 film '' S.O.S. Sahara'', which had been based on a play by Jean Martet. ...

'' (1963) - Martin * ''

The Pirates of the Mississippi ''The Pirates of the Mississippi'' (German: ''Die Flußpiraten vom Mississippi'') is a Western film directed by Jürgen Roland and starring Hansjörg Felmy, Brad Harris and Sabine Sinjen. A Eurowestern, it was a co-production between West Germ ...

'' (1963) - Sheriff James Lively * ' (1963) - John Hillier * '' Murderer in the Fog'' (1964) - Kommissar Hauser * '' The Monster of London City'' (1964) - Richard Sand * ''

The Seventh Victim ''The Seventh Victim'' is a 1943 American horror film noir directed by Mark Robson and starring Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell, Kim Hunter, and Hugh Beaumont. Written by DeWitt Bodeen and Charles O'Neal, and produced by Val Lewton f ...

'' (1964) - Peter Brooks * ''

When the Grapevines Bloom on the Danube ''When the Grapevines Bloom on the Danube'' is a 1965 German-Austrian comedy film directed by Géza von Cziffra and starring Hansjörg Felmy, Ingeborg Schöner and Gaston Brocksieper. The cinematographer was Heinz Pehlke.Rolf Aurich"Heinz Pehlke ...

'' (1965) - Frank Richter * ''

'' (1966) - Heinrich Gerhard * ' (1967, TV miniseries) - Bert Gregor * ''

The Body in the Thames ''The Body in the Thames'' (German: ''Die Tote aus der Themse'') is a 1971 West German thriller film directed by Harald Philipp and starring Uschi Glas, Hansjörg Felmy and Werner Peters.Bergfelder p.257 It is part of the series of Edgar Wallace a ...

'' (1971) - Inspector Craig * '' Alexander Zwo'' (1972–1973, TV miniseries) - Klaus Müller * ' (1976) - Truck driver * ''

'' (1974–1980, TV series) - Heinz Haferkamp * '' Overheard'' (1984, TV film) - Christopher Caulker * '' Die Wilsheimer'' (1987, TV series) - Jean Ziegler * ' (1989, TV film) - Friedrich Seyfried * '' Abenteuer Airport'' (1990, TV series) - Charly Kapitzki * ' (1994, TV series) - Paul Hagedorn

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Felmy, Hansjorg 1931 births 2007 deaths Male actors from Berlin German male film actors German male television actors 20th-century German male actors