Heinz Rühmann

Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann (March 7, 1902 – October 3, 1994) was a popular German film actor. Rühmann was born in Essen, Westphalia. His role in the 1930 movie Die Drei von der Tankstelle (Those Three from the Gas Station) led him to film stardom. He remained highly popular as a comedic actor (and sometime singer) throughout the 1930s and early 1940s. He remained in Germany and continued to work during the Nazi period, as did his friend and colleague, Hans Albers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Heinz Rühmann, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1902-03-07 · Essen, Germany
- Died
- 1994-10-03
Known for
- Faraway, So Close! (1993) — Konrad
- It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958) — Oberleutnant Matthäi
- The Punch Bowl (1944) — Dr. Johannes Pfeiffer/Hans Pfeiffer
- Ship of Fools (1965) — Lowenthal
- The Captain from Kopenick (1956) — Wilhelm Voigt
- The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (1937) — Dr. John H. Watson / Macky McPherson
- The Black Sheep (1960) — Pater Brown
- Hitler's Hollywood (2017) — Various Roles (archive footage)
- Er kann's nicht lassen (1962) — Father Brown
- Wetten, dass..? (1981) — Self
- The Three from the Filling Station (1930) — Hans
- Der brave Soldat Schwejk (1960) — Schwejk
- If the Father and the Son (1955) — Teddy Lemke
- Operation San Pietro (1967) — Erik Braun
- Quax, der Bruchpilot (1941) — Otto Groschenbügel
- Your Money or Your Life (1966) — Henry Schmidt