
Heinz Rühmann
Known for Acting · 132 credits
- Born
- 1902-03-07
- Died
- 1994-10-03
- Place of birth
- Essen, Germany
Biography
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (15)

Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self

Bambi
1948
as Self
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
German Film Award
1951
as Self
Was bin ich?
1955
as Self
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
as Self

Stars in the Ring
1959
as Self
Der große Preis
1974
as Self

Auf los geht's los
1977
as Self
Showgeschichten
1986
as Self

Music & Guests
1976
as Self

Am laufenden Band
1974
as Self - Guest
Kein schöner Land
1993
as Self
Herzlichst, Heinz Rühmann
1990
as Self
Max und Moritz
1978
as Narrator
Movies (117)

Ship of Fools
1965
as Lowenthal

Faraway, So Close!
1993
as Konrad

A Waltz for You
1934
as Benjamin Cortes

The Punch Bowl
1944
as Dr. Johannes Pfeiffer/Hans Pfeiffer

Allotria
1936
as David

Clothes Make the Man
1940
as Schneidergeselle Wenzel

It Happened in Broad Daylight
1958
as Oberleutnant Matthäi

Bombs Over Monte Carlo
1931
as Erster Offizier Peter

The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes
1937
as Dr. John H. Watson / Macky McPherson

If the Father and the Son
1955
as Teddy Lemke

Er kann's nicht lassen
1962
as Father Brown

The Captain from Kopenick
1956
as Wilhelm Voigt

Operation San Pietro
1967
as Erik Braun

We Need No Money
1931
as Heinz Schmidt

Burglars
1930
as Sérigny

Es gibt noch Haselnußsträucher
1983
as Perret-Latour

The Man in Search of His Murderer
1931
as Hans Herfort

Mein Schulfreund
1960
as Ludwig Fuchs

The Man Who Walked Through the Wall
1959
as Herr Buchsbaum

Der brave Soldat Schwejk
1960
as Schwejk

Not Afraid of Big Animals
1953
as Emil Keller

Your Money or Your Life
1966
as Henry Schmidt

Hitler's Hollywood
2017
as Various Roles (archive footage)

Three Bluejackets and a Blonde
1933
as Kadett Heini Jäger

Things Are Getting Better Already
1932
as Fred Holmes

Intermediate Landing in Paris
1955
as Albert Petit

Summa Summarum - Sondersendung zu Heinz Rühmanns 75. Geburtstag
1977

Das Liebeskarussell
1965
as Professor Hellberg

Heimkehr ins Glück
1933
as Amadori

Vorsicht Mister Dodd
1964
as Dr. Lancelot Dodd / Dr. Ivor Marmion

Der eiserne Gustav
1958
as Gustav Hartmann

Enter Inspector Maigret
1966
as Kommissar Maigret

Quax, der Bruchpilot
1941
as Otto Groschenbügel
Aller guten Dinge sind drei. Serenade für Spieldose, Cello und Orgel
1980
as Friebe, Eberts, Weber

Dr. med. Hiob Prätorius
1965
as Dr. Hiob Prätorius

The Pride of Company Three
1932
as Gustav Diestelbeck

Charley's Aunt
1956
as Dr. Otto Dernburg

Ein Zug nach Manhattan
1981
as Kantor Leon Sternberger
If We All Were Angels
1936
as Christian Kempenich

Sag’s dem Weihnachtsmann
1969
as Leslie Darwin

Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb eins
1954
as Pittes Breuer
Wer wagt – gewinnt
1935
as Paul Normann

13 Chairs
1938
as Friseur Felix Rabe

Das chinesische Wunder
1977
as Poliakoff

Who was Hitler
2017
as Self (archive footage)

Der Pauker
1958
as Dr. Hermann Seidel

The Three from the Filling Station
1930
as Hans

Die Umwege des schönen Karl
1938
as Karl Kramer - Kellner

Oh Jonathan – oh Jonathan!
1973
as Konsul Jonathan Reynold

The Black Sheep
1960
as Pater Brown

Request Concert
1940
as Himself

Grand Hotel
1959
as Carl Kringelein

Scrounged Meals
1977
as Alfred Eisenhardt

The Judge and the Sinner
1960
as Dr. Ferdinand Bluhme

Meine Tochter und ich
1963
as Dr. Robert Stegemann

Max der Taschendieb
1962
as Max Schilling

The Upright Sinner
1931
as Karl Wittek

The Liar
1961
as Sebastian Schumann

Hauptsache glücklich!
1941
as Axel Roth

Frasquita
1934
as Hippolit

Der Herr vom andern Stern
1948
as Der Herr vom andern Stern

Another Opera
1979
as Golfer
Das Mädchen mit den fünf Nullen
1927

Mailman Mueller
1953
as Titus Müller

Der Mustergatte
1937
as Billy Bartlett

The Grand Duke's Finances
1934
as Pelotard

Der Kapitän
1971
as Kapitän Wilhelm Ebbs

Balthasar im Stau
1979
as Taxifahrer

Eva, the Factory Girl
1935
as Willibald Riegele

The Man Who is Talked About
1937
as Toni Mathis

The Only Girl
1933
as Didier

Fronttheater
1942
as Selbst

Heaven on Earth
1935
as Peter Hilpert

Ich vertraue Dir meine Frau an
1943
as Peter Trost

Heinz in the Moon
1934
as Aristides Nessel

Quax in Afrika
1947
as Otto 'Quax' Groschenbügel

Die Ente klingelt um halb acht
1968
as Dr. Alexander

Das Geheimnis der roten Katze
1949
as André

Der Tod eines Handlungsreisenden
1968
as Willy Loman

Pipin, der Kurze
1934
as August Pipin

Der Außenseiter
1935
as Peter Bang

The Leghorn Hat
1939
as Theo Farina

Ich mach Dich glücklich
1949
as Peter Krüger

Der Gasmann
1941
as Hermann Knittel

Humor ist eine ernste Sache - Der Filmregisseur Kurt Hoffmann
1985
as Self

Nanu, Sie kennen Korff noch nicht?
1938
as Niels Korff

Five Millions Seek an Heir
1938
as Peter Pett / Patrick Pett

Vater sein dagegen sehr
1957
as Lutz Ventura

Wer zuletzt küßt...
1936
as Franz Angerer

Endspurt
1970
as Sam Kinsale mit 80 Jahren

Der Pfandleiher
1971
as Hilary

Hocuspocus
1966
as Peer Bille

Not an Evening like any Other
1976
as Roeder, Antiquitätenhändler

That Can Happen to Anyone
1952
as Hugo Brinkmeyer

Hurra, ich bin Papa
1939
as Peter Ohlsen, Student

Paradies der Junggesellen
1939
as Hugo Bartels
Treffpunkt Herz
1975
as Gast

There Is Only One Love
1933
as Ballettmeister Eddy Blattner

Lumpacivagabundus
1936
as Schneidergeselle Zwirn

So ein Flegel
1934
as Dr. Hans Pfeiffer/ Erich Pfeiffer

Das Sonntagskind
1956
as Anton Wibbel

Kleiner Mann ganz groß
1994
as Self

Once a Greek
1966
as Archilochos
Strich durch die Rechnung
1932
as Willy Streblow - Rennfahrer
Diener und andere Herren
1978
as Kirchendiener / Butler / Edward / Ehemann

The House in Montevideo
1963
as Prof. Dr. Traugott Hermann Nägler

Laughing Heirs
1933
as Peter Frank

Der Hausmeister
1973
as Davies

Das deutsche Mutterherz
1926
Mein Freund Harvey
1970
as Elwood Dowd

Der Mann, der nicht nein sagen konnte
1958
as Thomas Träumer

Die schönsten Geschichten mit Heinz Rühmann
1994
as Varius Characters

My Wife, the Adventuress
1931
as Peter Bergmann

Heinz Rühmann - Schauspieler, Flieger, Mensch
1982
as himself

Schäm' dich, Brigitte!
1952
as Dr. Felix Schneider
Herzlichen Glückwunsch! Heinz Rühmann zum 90. Geburtstag
1992
as Self
Max und Moritz
1978
as Narrator
About 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… With 132 credits spanning from 1926 to 2017, Heinz Rühmann has appeared in 117 films and 15 TV shows.
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Most Popular Heinz Rühmann Movies
- Ship of Fools (1965) — as Lowenthal
- Faraway, So Close! (1993) — as Konrad
- A Waltz for You (1934) — as Benjamin Cortes
- The Punch Bowl (1944) — as Dr. Johannes Pfeiffer/Hans Pfeiffer
- Allotria (1936) — as David
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