Gerard Heinz

Gerard Heinz
Gerard Heinz
	Heinz in an episode of One Step Beyond (1961)
Born	2 January 1904; Hamburg, German Empire
Died	20 November 1972 (aged 68); London, United Kingdom
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1942–1972 (film & TV)

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

Heinz was born in Hamburg, Germany and later moved to Britain, 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 Terence Rattigan's Flare Path, he played Count Skriczevinsky, a Polish pilot serving with the RAF in World War II.^[1]

A relationship with Joan Rodker, daughter of the modernist poet John Rodker, resulted in the birth of a son, Ernest, in Odessa in 1937.^[2] 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.^[3] They also performed together in the TV series The Sullavan Brothers,^[4] and in the ITC crime drama series The Four Just Men,^[5] 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 (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
His Excellency (1952) – Prime Minister
Private Information (1952) – Alex Hartmann
Top Secret (1952) – Russian Director of Plant
Desperate Moment (1953) – German Prison Doctor
The Cruel Sea (1953) – Polish Captain
The Prisoner (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
Offbeat (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)
Operation Crossbow (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)
Venom (aka The Legend of Spider Forest) (1971) – Huber

References

^ Rattigan, Terence (2001). The Collected Plays of Terence Rattigan, Volume One, The Early Plays 1936–1952, p. 80. The Paper Tiger. ISBN 978-1-889439-27-3.
^ Clancy Sigal Obituary: Joan Rodker, The Guardian, 9 February 2011
^ "The Cheaters". Retrieved 21 June 2013.
^ "The Sullavan Brothers". IMDb. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
^ "The Four Just Men". Retrieved 21 June 2013.