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Heinz Rühmann
Biography
Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann (March 7, 1902 – October 3, 1994) was a popular German film actor. Rühmann was born in Essen, Westphalia. His role in the 1930 movie Die Drei von der Tankstelle (Those Three from the Gas Station) led him to film stardom. He remained highly popular as a comedic actor (and sometime singer) throughout the 1930s and early 1940s. He remained in Germany and continued to work during the Nazi period, as did his friend and colleague, Hans Albers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Heinz Rühmann, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Ship of Fools
as Lowenthal
Faraway, So Close!
as Konrad
It Happened in Broad Daylight
as Oberleutnant Matthäi
If We All Were Angels
as Christian Kempenich
The Punch Bowl
as Dr. Johannes Pfeiffer/Hans Pfeiffer
The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes
as Dr. John H. Watson / Macky McPherson
Er kanns nicht lassen
as Father Brown
The Captain from Kopenick
as Wilhelm Voigt
Hitler's Hollywood
as Various Roles (archive footage)
The Three from the Filling Station
as Hans
