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Hans Christian Blech
Hans Christian Blech
	Hans Christian Blech (1986)
Born	20 February 1915; Darmstadt, German Empire
Died	5 March 1993 (aged 78); Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Resting place	Old Cemetery, Darmstadt
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1948–1992
Spouse	Erni Wilhelmi (m. 1952)

Hans Christian Blech (20 February 1915 – 5 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.^{[citation needed]} Another possible origin of his scars was a car accident on the Darmstadt Luisenplatz when Blech was 14 years old.^{[citation needed]} 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
08/15 – Part 2 [de] (1955), as Wachtmeister Platzek
Bandits of the Autobahn (1955), as Willi Kollanski
08/15 at Home [de] (1955), as Wachtmeister Platzek
Weil du arm bist, mußt du früher sterben [de] (1956), as Heinze
Un homme se penche sur son passé (1958), as Archer
Solange das Herz schlägt [de] (1958), as Dr. Laue
Ich schwöre und gelobe [de] (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
Il faut vivre dangereusement [fr] (1975), as Ritter
The Clown (1976), as Derkum
Bait [de] (1976), as Frank
Grete Minde (1977), as Gigas
Maiden's War [de] (1977), as Sellman
Knife in the Head (1978), as Anleitner
Winterspelt (1979), as Wenzel Hainstock
Theodor Chindler [de] (1979, TV miniseries), as Theodor Chindler
Victoria (1979), as Tutor
See You in the Next War (1980), as Bitter
Looping [de] (1981), as Johnny
Collin [de] (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
Please, Let the Flowers Live [de] (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
The Eighth Day [de] (1990), as Svoboda
Wer zu spät kommt – Das Politbüro erlebt die deutsche Revolution [de] (1990, TV film), as Erich Honecker
Begräbnis einer Gräfin [de] (1991), as Pfarrer Nothsack
Das große Fest [de] (1992, TV film), as Richard