Heinz Weiss

Heinz Weiss
Born12 June 1921
Stuttgart, Germany
Died20 November 2010 (aged 89)
Grünwald, Germany
OccupationActor
Years active1958–1999

Heinz Weiss (12 June 1921 – 20 November 2010[1]) was a German film actor.[2]

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 character "Kramer" in the iconic World War II film The Great Escape (1963). He himself had served in German military, the Wehrmacht, during World War II.

He died on 20 November 2010 in Grünwald near Munich.[3]

  1. ^ ZDF-"Traumschiff"-Kapitän Weiss gestorben, welt.de
  2. ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | WEISS, Heinz". Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
  3. ^ Der „Traumschiff“-Kapitän ist gestorben, bunte.de