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 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 (Affaire Blum) (1948) - Karlheinz Gabler
• The Orplid Mystery (1950) - Martin Jarzombeck, Bräutigam
• Decision Before Dawn (1951) - Sgt. Rudolf Barth aka Tiger
• Sauerbruch – Das war mein Leben (1954) - Brauer
• Phantom des großen Zeltes (1954) - Tscheche
• 08/15 (1954) - Wachtmeister Platzek
• Phantom des großen Zeltes (1954) - Naso, Clown mit Puppe
• Children, Mother, and the General (Kinder, Mütter und ein General) (1955) - Feldwebel mit den Orden
• 08/15 Zweiter Teil (195) - Wachtmeister Platzek
• Banditen der Autobahn (1955) - Willi Kollanski
• 08/15 - In der Heimat (1955) - Wachtmeister Platzek
• Weil du arm bist, mußt du früher sterben (1956) - Heinze
• Un homme se penche sur son passé (1958) - Archer
• The Inheritance of Bjorndal (1958) - Dr. Laue
• Ich schwöre und gelobe (1960) - Oberarzt Dr. Neugebauer
• The Inheritance of Bjorndal (1960) - Aslak, Gunvor's Husband
• Enclosure (L'enclos) (1961) - Karl
• The Longest Day (1962) - Major Werner Pluskat
• The Visit (1964) - Captain Dobrik
• Morituri (1965) - Donkeyman
• Battle of the Bulge (1965) - Conrad
• La Voleuse (1966) - Radek Kostrowicz
• The Bridge at Remagen (1969) - Capt. Carl Schmidt
• Cardillac (1969) - Cardillac
• The Customer of the Off Season (Ore'ach B'Onah Metah) (1970) - Hotel Manager
• The Scarlet Letter (Der Scharlachrote Buchstabe) (1973) - Roger Chillingworth
• Giordano Bruno (1973) - Sartori
• Le Hasard et la Violence (1974)
• La Chair de l'orchidée (1975) - Gyula Berekian
• The Wrong Move (Falsche Bewegung) (1975) - Laertes
• Innocents with Dirty Hands (Les Innocents aux mains sales) (1975) - Le juge / Judge
• Il faut vivre dangereusement (1975) - Ritter
• The Clown (Ansichten eines Clowns) (1976) - Derkum
• Zerschossene Träume (1976) - Frank
• Grete Minde (1977) - Gigas
• Der Mädchenkrieg (1977) - Sellman
• Knife in the Head (Messer im Kopf) (1978) - Anleitner
• Winterspelt (1979) - Wenzel Hainstock
• Victoria (1979) - Tutor
• Theodor Chindler (TV miniseries) (1979) - Theodor Chindler
• See You in the Next War (Nasvidenje v naslednji vojni) (1980) - Bitter
• Looping (1981) - Johnny
• Collin (TV film, 1981) - Wilhelm Urack
• The Magic Mountain (Der Zauberberg) (1982) - Hofrat Behrens
• Colonel Redl (1985) - von Roden
• Via Mala (TV miniseries, 1985) - Maler Lauters
• Bitte laßt die Blumen leben (1986) - Langenau
• Magyar rekviem (1990) - Tanár úr
• Der achte Tag (1990) - Svoboda
• Begräbnis einer Gräfin (1991)

External links

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