Hans-Christian Blech

Hans Christian Blech (20 February 19155 March 1993) was a German film, stage and television character actor who found success in both Germany and Hollywood.

Career

He served in the German Army and fought on the Eastern Front during World War II, where he may have acquired his facial scars. Another possible origin of his scars was a car accident on the Darmstadt Luisenplatz when Blech was 14 years old. After four years on the Russian Front, he remained in Soviet captivity until 1947.

He made his English film debut in the 1951 picture ''Decision Before Dawn''. In this and many of his other Hollywood films, he played a German soldier. He had a prominent role in the 1962 World War 2 blockbuster film, '' The Longest Day'', '' Morituri'' (1965), ''Battle of the Bulge'' (1965) and ''The Bridge at Remagen'' (1969).

Partial filmography

*''Blum Affair'' (1948), as Karlheinz Gabler
*''The Orplid Mystery'' (1950), as Martin Jarzombeck, Bräutigam
*''Decision Before Dawn'' (1951), as Sgt. Rudolf Barth aka Tiger
*''Sauerbruch – Das war mein Leben'' (1954), as Brauer
* ''Confession Under Four Eyes'' (1954), as Tscheche
*'' 08/15'' (1954), as Wachtmeister Platzek
*''The Phantom of the Big Tent'' (1954), as Naso, Clown mit Puppe
*''Children, Mother, and the General'' (1955), as Feldwebel mit den Orden
*' (1955), as Wachtmeister Platzek
*''Bandits of the Autobahn'' (1955), as Willi Kollanski
*' (1955), as Wachtmeister Platzek
*' (1956), as Heinze
*''Un homme se penche sur son passé'' (1958), as Archer
*' (1958), as Dr. Laue
*' (1960), as Oberarzt Dr. Neugebauer
*''The Inheritance of Bjorndal'' (1960), as Aslak, Gunvor's Husband
*''Enclosure'' (1961), as Karl
*'' The Longest Day'' (1962), as Major Werner Pluskat
*'' The Visit'' (1964), as Captain Dobrik
*'' Morituri'' (1965), as Donkeyman
*''Battle of the Bulge'' (1965), as Conrad
*''La Voleuse'' (1966), as Radek Kostrowicz
*''Marat/Sade'' (1967, TV film), as Jean-Paul Marat
*''The Bridge at Remagen'' (1969), as Capt. Carl Schmidt
*''Cardillac'' (1969), as Cardillac
*'' The Customer of the Off Season'' (1970), as Hotel Manager
*''The Scarlet Letter'' (1973), as Roger Chillingworth
*''Giordano Bruno'' (1973), as Sartori
*''Le Hasard et la Violence'' (1974) (uncredited)
*''La Chair de l'orchidée'' (1975), as Gyula Berekian
*''The Wrong Move'' (1975), as Laertes
*''Innocents with Dirty Hands'' (1975), as Judge
*' (1975), as Ritter
*'' The Clown'' (1976), as Derkum
*' (1976), as Frank
*''Grete Minde'' (1977), as Gigas
*' (1977), as Sellman
*''Knife in the Head'' (1978), as Anleitner
*''Winterspelt'' (1979), as Wenzel Hainstock
*' (1979, TV miniseries), as Theodor Chindler
*''Victoria'' (1979), as Tutor
*''See You in the Next War'' (1980), as Bitter
*' (1981), as Johnny
*' (1981, TV film), as Wilhelm Urack
*''The Magic Mountain'' (1982), as Hofrat Behrens
*''Solo Run'' (1983, TV film), as C.
*''Lenin in Zürich'' (1984, TV film), as Hermann Greulich
*''Colonel Redl'' (1985), as von Roden
*''Via Mala'' (1985, TV miniseries), as Maler Lauters
*' (1986, TV film), as Langenau
*''The Cry of the Owl'' (1987, TV film), as Dr. Knapp
*''The Play with Billions'' (1989, TV film), as Falk Schönwald
*''Mit den Clowns kamen die Tränen'' (1990, TV miniseries), as Alwin Westen
*''Magyar rekviem'' (1990), as Tanár úr
*' (1990), as Svoboda
*' (1990, TV film), as Erich Honecker
*' (1991), as Pfarrer Nothsack
*' (1992, TV film), as Richard

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1915 births
1993 deaths
20th-century German male actors
Male actors from Darmstadt
German Army personnel of World War II
German expatriate male actors in the United States
German male film actors
German male stage actors
German male television actors
German prisoners of war in World War II
Military personnel from Darmstadt
People from the Grand Duchy of Hesse
Male actors from Hesse

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