Heinz Rühmann
German actor (1902-1994) · Germany · On the map · Actors · Died at 92
Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann was a German film actor who appeared in over 100 films between 1926 and 1993. He is one of the most famous and popular German actors of the 20th century, and is considered a German film legend.
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Wetten, dass..?Series, 19811978Max und MoritzSeries, Narrator1977
Auf los geht's losSeries1974
Am laufenden BandSeries1972Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward1967
Operation San PietroFilm, Erik Braun1966Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward1965
Ship of FoolsFilm, Lowenthal1962
Er kann's nicht lassenFilm, Father Brown1960
Der brave Soldat SchwejkFilm, Schwejk1959
Stars in der ManegeSeries1958
Der PaukerFilm, Dr. Hermann Seidel1957Berliner KunstpreisAward1956
Charley's AuntFilm, Dr. Otto Dernburg1954
Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb einsFilm, Pittes Breuer1951German Film AwardSeries1948
BambiSeries1947
Quax in AfrikaFilm, Otto 'Quax' Groschenbügel1943
Ich vertraue Dir meine Frau anFilm, Peter Trost1940StaatsschauspielerAward
Clothes Make the ManFilm, 1940Producer1937
Der MustergatteFilm, Writer1934
FrasquitaFilm, Hippolit1930
BurglarsFilm, Sérigny1902Born7 March 1902People around Heinz
Erich Pommer Produced The Three from the Filling Station (1930)
Kurt Hoffmann Directed Praetorius and Bachelor's Paradise
Wolfgang Liebeneiner Directed The Leghorn Hat and The Model Husband
Axel von Ambesser Directed The Good Soldier Schweik (1960)
Carl Boese Directed No Money Needed (1932)
Hans Leibelt Also in The Man in Search of His Murderer (1931)
Helmut Weiss Directed Die Feuerzangenbowle (1944)- Robert A. Stemmle Directed So ein Flegel and Heinz in the Moon
E. W. Emo Directed Der Himmel auf Erden (1935)- Hans Jacoby Wrote The Man Who Walked Through the Wall (1959)
- Kurt Ulrich Produced The Man Who Walked Through the Wall (1959)
Lutz Götz Heinz produced Die Feuerzangenbowle (1944)
Erich Ponto Heinz produced Die Feuerzangenbowle (1944)- Karin Himboldt Heinz produced Die Feuerzangenbowle (1944)
Helmut Käutner Directed The Captain from Köpenick (1956)
Leopold von Ledebur Heinz produced The Leghorn Hat (1939)
Alexa von Porembsky Heinz produced The Leghorn Hat (1939)
Paul Henckels Heinz produced Die Feuerzangenbowle (1944)
Hilde Sessak Heinz produced Die Feuerzangenbowle (1944)
Ladislao Vajda Directed It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)
Lina Carstens Also in The Angel and the Lyre (1944)
Carl Froelich Produced The Gasman (1941)- Rolf Thiele Directed Who Wants to Sleep? and Once a Greek
Bum Krüger Also in The Captain from Köpenick (1956)
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It Happened in Broad Daylight 1958
The Captain from Kopenick 1956
The Punch Bowl 1944
Faraway, So Close! 1993
Ship of Fools 1965
Filmography 40
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Television 15
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Rühmann is best known for playing the part of a comic ordinary citizen in film comedies such as Three from the Filling Station and The Punch Bowl. During his later years, he was also a respected character actor in films such as The Captain from Köpenick and It Happened in Broad Daylight. His only English-speaking movie was the 1965 Ship of Fools.
