Phil Decker is a fictional character in

Heinz Werner Höber Heinz Werner Höber (1931 in Bärenstein – 15 May 1996) was a very prolific pulp fiction author who produced many novels about the fictitious FBI-agent Jerry Cotton and eventually sued his publisher because he felt he had been entitled to receive ...

's ''

Jerry Cotton Jerry Cotton is the fictional character in a series of pulp magazine-type crime novels. The novels have been written by many different writers in German-speaking countries and in Finland over the course of several decades. Overview The novel ...

'' novels. He is Cotton's sidekick and a fellow

FBI The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. Operating under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Justice, t ...

agent. Subsequently, he appeared in the films ''

Manhattan Night of Murder ''Manhattan Night of Murder'' (german: Mordnacht in Manhattan) is a 1965 German thriller film directed by Harald Philipp and starring George Nader, Heinz Weiss and Monika Grimm. It was the second of the Jerry Cotton series of films, depicting t ...

'' (1965), '' Tread Softly'' (1965) and six other films starring

George Nader George Garfield Nader, Jr. (October 19, 1921 – February 4, 2002) was an American actor and writer. He appeared in a variety of films from 1950 to 1974, including ''Sins of Jezebel'' (1953), ''Congo Crossing'' (1956), and ''The Female Animal'' ...

as Jerry Cotton. In all these films he was portrayed by

Heinz Weiss Heinz Weiss (12 June 192120 November 2010) was a German film actor. 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 also played the chara ...

. In 2010's ironic revival film ''

'' he was played by the comedian Christian Ulmen.

External links

Jerry Cotton films on IMDB
Literary characters introduced in 1954 Characters in novels of the 20th century Fictional Federal Bureau of Investigation personnel {{novel-char-stub