Horst Janson (actor)

Horst Janson (born 4 October 1935) is a German actor.

Career

Horst Janson's career started with the film '' The Buddenbrooks'' in 1959. He also featured in Helmut Käutner’s '' A Glass of Water'' (''Das Glas Wasser'', 1960). He also appeared in films such as ' (''The Cry of the Wild Geese'', 1961), ''Das Riesenrad'' (1961), and Robert Siodmak’s ''Escape from East Berlin'' (1962).

Among his English-language films are the Hammer Film production ''Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter'' (1974) and ''Murphy's War'' (1971, with Peter O'Toole and Philippe Noiret). He has appeared in many other feature films, including spaghetti westerns with Franco Nero, Eli Wallach and other international productions with Roger Moore, Tony Curtis, Anthony Perkins, Charles Bronson and Robert Wagner.

On television, Janson appeared on the show ''Der Bastian'' (1973). Janson has appeared in numerous other works for both film and television. Some of the TV series he worked on were: '' Salto Mortale'' (1969–1971), ''Sesamstraße'' (the German version of ''Sesame Street'', 1980–1983), ''Zwei Halbe sind noch lange kein Ganzes'' (1993), ''Zwei Schlitzohren in Antalya'' (1991–1994).

He also appeared in many German, French, Spanish, Italian, and English-language TV movies including ''Höllenfahrten'' (''Hell Ride'', 1998), ''Der Bunker'' (1992), ''Rose et Marguerite'' (1997), ''Il segno della scimmia'' (''The Sign of the Ape'', 1997), ''Liebe, Tod und viele Kalorien'' (2001) and ''Freundinnen fűr Immer'' (2003).

He played Captain Bernd Jensen in the ARD series ''Unter weißen Segeln'' (''In White Sails'').

Filmography

Film

His film appearances include:

* '' The Buddenbrooks'' (1959, part 1), as Morten Schwarzkopf
* ' (1960), as Fred
* '' A Glass of Water'' (1960), as Arthur Masham
* ' (1960), as Jürgen Lüdecke
* ''Das Riesenrad'' (1961), as Harry
* ''The Cry of the Wild Geese'' (1961), as Sven Sandbo
* ''Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt'' (1962), as Thomas Ungermann
* ''Escape from East Berlin'' (1962), as Günther Jurgens
* ''Le glaive et la balance'' (1970), as Wollen
* ''The McKenzie Break'' (1970), as Lt. Neuchl
* ''Murphy's War'' (1971), as Lauchs
* ' (1971), as Helmut
* '' The Captain'' (1971), as Jörg Neher
* '' Long Live Your Death'' (1971), as Yuma Sheriff Randall
* ''Life Is Tough, Eh Providence?'' (1972), as Sheriff Villaggio
* ''Der Ehefeind'' (1972)
* ''Crazy - Completely Mad'' (1973), as Alex Ross
* ' (''Zinksärge für die Goldjungen'', 1973), as Erik
* ''No Gold for a Dead Diver'' (1974), as Hans Faerber
* ''Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter'' (1974), as Kronos
* ''Spring in Immenhof'' (1974), as Alexander Arkens
* ''The Twins from Immenhof'' (1974), as Alexander Arkens
* ''Shout at the Devil'' (1976), as Kyller
* ''Taxi 4012'' (1976, TV film), as Stefan Kamensky
* ''The Best of Enemies'' (1977, TV film)
* '' Breakthrough'' (1979), as Capt. Berger
* ' (1983), as Jack
* ''Das Nürnberger Bett'' (1983)
* ''To Catch a King'' (1984, TV film), as General Schellenberg
* ' (1984), as Martin Forster
* ''The Last Days of Patton'' (1986, TV film), as Baron von Wangenheim
* ''Veterinarian Christine'' (1993, TV film), as Thomas Nemes
* '' Vukovar: The Way Home'' (1994), as Klaun
* ''Veterinarian Christine II: The Temptation'' (1995, TV film), as Thomas Nemes
* ''...dann hau ich eben ab'' (1995, TV film), as Konsinski
* ''Il segno della scimmia'' (1997, TV film), as Professor Simak
* ''Les mystères de Sadjurah'' (1997, TV film), as Schwartz
* ''The Last Bomb'' (''Der Bunker – Eine todsichere Falle'', 1999, TV film), as General Kilian
* ''Liebe, Tod & viele Kalorien'' (2001, TV film), as Kurt Markmann
* ''Freundinnen für immer'' (2003, TV film), as Fred Jakob
* ''Mein Mann, mein Leben und Du'' (2003, TV film), as Abt Antonius
* ' (2005), as Dr. Schneider
* ''Comedy-Schiff'' (2005, TV film)
* ''Da wo es noch Treue gibt'' (2006, TV film)
* ''Momella – Eine Farm in Afrika'' (2007, TV film), as Graf Rantzau
* ''SEK Calw'' (2007)
* ''Winnetou und das Geheimnis der Geisterschlucht'' (direct-to-video, 2007), as Narrator
* ''Dunkelrot'' (2008, Short), as Erich Krahl
* ''Totgesagte leben länger'' (direct-to-video, 2008), as Gangster Boss
* ''Familie ist was Wunderbares'' (2008, TV film), as Paul Hieronymus
* ' (2009, TV film), as Herr Sagmeister
* ' (2009, TV film), as Pfarrer
* ''Eines Tages...'' (2010), as Jakob Filzmeyer
* ''The Broken Crown'' (2010)
* ''Flaschendrehen'' (2011, TV film), as Hansen Senior
* ' (2012, TV film)
* ''Destruction of Silence'' (2013, Short), as Philipp Schmidt (old)
* ''La corona spezzata'' (2014), as Detective Gruber

Television

His TV series, miniseries & shorts appearances include:

* ''Sie schreiben mit'' (1960)
* ''Das Kriminalmuseum'' (1 episode, 1967), as Peter Schmelz
* ''ITV Play of the Week'' (1 episode, 1967), as Franz Muller
* '' Landarzt Dr. Brock'' (3 episodes, 1967), as Michael Rühling
* ''The Root of All Evil?'' (1 episode, 1968), as Max Huber
* ''Sein Traum vom Grand Prix'' (6 episodes, 1967), as Jochen Renk
* ''Gestern gelesen'' (1969)
* '' Salto mortale'' (18 episodes, 1969–1971), as Sascha Doria
* ''Seasons of the Year'' (1 episode, 1971), as Otto Huber
* '' Upstairs, Downstairs'' (1 episode, A Suitable Marriage, 1971), as Baron Klaus von Rimmer
* ''George'' (1 episode, 1972), as Max Steiger Jr.
* ''Eine Frau bleibt eine Frau'' (2 episodes, 1972–1973), as Wolfgang Brettschneider / Jochen Brettschneider
* '' Der Bastian'' (13 episodes, 1973), as Bastian Guthmann
* ''Die Abwerbung'' (1974, TV Short)
* ''Hamburg Transit

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