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.

Hans Christian Blech
Hans Christian Blech (1986)
Born(1915-02-20)20 February 1915
Died5 March 1993(1993-03-05) (aged 78)
Resting placeOld Cemetery, Darmstadt[1]
OccupationActor
Years active1948–1992
Spouse
Erni Wilhelmi
(m. 1952)

Career

edit

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

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "Hans Christian Blech in Morituri (1965)".
edit