Hans Christian Blech

Hans Christian Blech
Blech with Lotte Berger in Twelfth Night
Born	(1915-02-20)20 February 1915 Darmstadt, German Empire
Died	5 March 1993(1993-03-05) (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.

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. He served in the German Army and fought on the Eastern Front in World War II, where he may have acquired his facial scars. Another possible origin of his scars was a car accident on the Darmstadt Luisenplatz when Blech was 14 years old.

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
• Geständnis unter vier Augen (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 Zweiter Teil (1955), as Wachtmeister Platzek
• Bandits of the Autobahn (1955), as Willi Kollanski
• 08/15 - In der Heimat (1955), as Wachtmeister Platzek
• Weil du arm bist, mußt du früher sterben (1956), as Heinze
• Un homme se penche sur son passé (1958), as Archer
• Solange das Herz schlägt (1958), as Dr. Laue
• Ich schwöre und gelobe (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
• 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 (1975), as Ritter
• The Clown (1976), as Derkum
• Zerschossene Träume (1976), as Frank
• Grete Minde (1977), as Gigas
• Der Mädchenkrieg (1977), as Sellman
• Knife in the Head (1978), as Anleitner
• Winterspelt (1979), as Wenzel Hainstock
• Victoria (1979), as Tutor
• See You in the Next War (1980), as Bitter
• Looping (1981), as Johnny
• Collin (1981 TV film), as Wilhelm Urack
• The Magic Mountain (1982), as Hofrat Behrens
• Colonel Redl (1985), as von Roden
• Bitte laßt die Blumen leben (1986 TV film), as Langenau
• Magyar rekviem (1990), as Tanár úr
• Der achte Tag (1990), as Svoboda
• Begräbnis einer Gräfin (1991), as Pfarrer Nothsack

Television miniseries

• Theodor Chindler (1979), as Theodor Chindler
• Via Mala (1985), as Maler Lauters

External links

• Hans Christian Blech at IMDb
• Hans Christian Blech at AllMovie