Heinz Drache (; 9 February 1923 – 3 April 2002) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1953 and 2002. He was born in

Essen Essen () is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and Dortmund, as well as ...

, Germany and died in Berlin, Germany of

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Selected filmography

* '' Once I Will Return'' (1953) – Bob Emerson * '' It Was Always So Nice With You'' (1954) – Komponist Peter Martens * '' Spy for Germany'' (1956) – Jim Newman * ' (1957) – Klaus Jäger * '' Endangered Girls'' (1958) – Heinz Sanders * ' (1958) – Wolf Siebert - Young Patron * '' The Street'' (1958) – Bob Schneider * '' The Rest Is Silence'' (1959) – Herbert von Pohl * '' The Woman by the Dark Window'' (1960) – Andreas Wegner * ' (1960) – Kurt * '' The Avenger'' (1960) – Michael Brixan * '' Town Without Pity'' (1961) – Maj. Steve Garrett (voice, uncredited) * ' (1962) (TV miniseries) – Kriminalinspektor Yates * '' The Door with Seven Locks'' (1962) – Inspektor Richard "Dick" Martin * ' (1962) – Inspector Kaufmann * ''

The Black Panther of Ratana ''The Black Panther of Ratana'' () is a 1963 West German-Italian adventure film directed by Jürgen Roland and starring Marianne Koch, Heinz Drache, and Horst Frank. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Berthel. It was shot loc ...

'' (1963) – Richard Paddberg * '' The Squeaker'' (1963) – Inspector Bill Elford * ''

The Indian Scarf ''The Indian Scarf'' () is a 1963 West German crime film directed by Alfred Vohrer. It was part of a very successful series of German films based on the writings of Edgar Wallace and adapted from the 1931 play ''The Case of the Frightened Lady' ...

'' (1963) – Frank Tanner * ' (1964) – Anthony Nash * '' Coffin from Hong Kong'' (1964) – Nelson Ryan * '' Der Hexer'' (1964) – James W. Wesby * ''

Coast of Skeletons ''Coast of Skeletons'' is a 1965 adventure film, directed by Robert Lynn and starring Richard Todd and Dale Robertson. It is a sequel to the 1963 film '' Death Drums Along the River'', and just as that film, it uses the characters from Edga ...

'' (1965) – Janny Von Koltze * '' Sandy the Seal'' (1965 released in 1969) – Jan Van Heerden * ''

Shots in Threequarter Time ''Shots in Threequarter Time'' (, ) is a 1965 crime film directed by Alfred Weidenmann. Plot The film begins in Paris. Carrying a metal suitcase, a man called Bérard flees from his pursuers. He boards a chairlift and, following instructions rece ...

'' (1965) – Pierre Gilbert * '' Neues vom Hexer'' (1965) – Inspector James W. Wesby * ' (1966) – Hoffmann * ''

Circus of Fear ''Circus of Fear'' ( / ''Mystery of the Silver Triangle''); also ''Scotland Yard auf heißer Spur'', also ''Circus of Terror''; US title ''Psycho-Circus'') is a 1966 Anglo-German international co-production thriller film directed by John Llewe ...

'' (1966) – Carl * '' The Brides of Fu Manchu'' (1966) – Franz Baumer * '' Casse-tête chinois pour le judoka'' (1967) * ''

The Hound of Blackwood Castle ''The Hound of Blackwood Castle'' (German: ''Der Hund von Blackwood Castle'') is a 1968 West German crime film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Heinz Drache, Karin Baal and Horst Tappert.Bergfelder p.153 Based on a story by Edgar Wallace, i ...

'' (1968) – Humphrey Connery * ''

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'' – Season 6, Episode 10: "Das dritte Opfer" (1979) – Martin Dorp

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* * 1923 births 2002 deaths German male film actors Male actors from Essen 20th-century German male actors {{Germany-film-actor-1920s-stub