Gerard Heinz (born Gerhard Hinze; 2 January 1904 – 20 November 1972) was a German actor. Heinz was born in

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...

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and later moved to

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, where he changed his name. He appeared in almost 60 films (including '' Caravan''), and a number of stage productions. In the original 1942 production of

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's '' Flare Path'', he played Count Skriczevinsky, a Polish pilot serving with the RAF in

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. A relationship with

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, daughter of the modernist poet

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, resulted in the birth of a son, Ernest, in

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in 1937. After their separation, Heinz married the actress Mary Kenton. They played respectively Mr. and Mrs. Serafin in the 1961 episode "Washday S.O.S." of the TV series '' The Cheaters''. They also performed together in the TV series '' The Sullavan Brothers'', and in the ITC crime drama series '' The Four Just Men'', and a number of other films.

Filmography

* '' Thunder Rock'' (1942) – Hans Harma (uncredited) * '' Went the Day Well?'' (1942) – Schmidt (uncredited) * '' English Without Tears'' (1944) – Polish Officer * '' Caravan'' (1946) – Don Carlos * '' Frieda'' (1947) – Polish Priest * '' The First Gentleman'' (1948) – Dr. Stockmar * ''

Broken Journey ''Broken Journey'' (also known as ''Rescue'') is a 1948 British drama film directed by Ken Annakin and featuring Phyllis Calvert, James Donald, Margot Grahame, Raymond Huntley and Guy Rolfe. ''Broken Journey'' deals with people struggling to sur ...

'' (1948) – Joseph Romer * '' The Fallen Idol'' (1948) – Ambassador * '' Sleeping Car to Trieste'' (1948) – Ambassador * '' Portrait from Life'' (1948) – Heine * '' That Dangerous Age'' (1949) – Dr. Thorvald * '' The Bad Lord Byron'' (1949) – Austrian Officer * '' The Lost People'' (1949) – Professor * '' State Secret'' (1950) – Tomasi Bendel * '' The Clouded Yellow'' (1950) – Dr. Karl Cesare * '' Traveller's Joy'' (1950) – Helstrom * '' White Corridors'' (1951) – Dr. Macuzek * ''

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'' (1952) – Prime Minister * ''

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'' (1952) – Alex Hartmann * '' Top Secret'' (1952) – Russian Director of Plant * '' Desperate Moment'' (1953) – German Prison Doctor * '' The Cruel Sea'' (1953) – Polish Captain * ''

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'' (1955) – The Doctor * '' You Pay Your Money'' (1957) – Dr. Burger * '' Seven Thunders'' (1957) – Von Kronitz * '' The Mark of the Hawk'' (1957) – Governor General * '' The Man Inside'' (1958) – Robert Stone * '' The House of the Seven Hawks'' (1959) – Inspector Sluiter * '' I Aim at the Stars'' (1960) – Professor Oberth * ''

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'' (1961) – Jake * '' Highway to Battle'' (1961) – Constantin * '' The Guns of Navarone'' (1961) – German Surgeon (uncredited) * '' Operation Snatch'' (1962) – Col. Waldock * '' Mystery Submarine'' (1963) – German Admiral * Boy with a Flute (1964) * ''

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'' (1965) – German Officer (uncredited) * '' Devils of Darkness'' (1965) – Bouvier * '' The Heroes of Telemark'' (1965) – Enhardt * '' The Projected Man'' (1966) – Prof. Lembach * '' Where the Bullets Fly'' (1966) – Venstram * '' The Dirty Dozen'' (1967) – Card-Playing German Officer (uncredited) * ''

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'' (aka ''The Legend of Spider Forest'') (1971) – Huber

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Heinz, Gerard 1904 births 1972 deaths Male actors from Hamburg English male film actors English male stage actors English male television actors 20th-century English male actors German male television actors German male film actors German male stage actors 20th-century German male actors German emigrants to the United Kingdom