Günter Meisner

Actor Apr 18 (died age 68) Bremen, Germany 1957–1994 (37 year career)

6.2 avg rating

Biography

Günter Meisner (18 April 1926 – 5 December 1994) was a German TV and film character actor. He is remembered for his several cinematic portrayals of Adolf Hitler and for his role as Mr. Slugworth in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. He was fluent in four languages and appeared in many English-language, German-language and French-language films.

Known For

Film

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Mr. Slugworth

Film

The Tin Drum

Gestapo Agent

Film

Ace of Aces

Adolf Hitler / Angela Hitler

Film

The Boys from Brazil

Farnbach

Film

Is Paris Burning?

SS Commander in Pantin

Film

Faraway, So Close!

Forger

Film

The Bridge at Remagen

SS Officer

Film

The Odessa File

General Greifer

Filmography

Acting (101)

Movies (85)

Eine Mutter kämpft um ihren Sohn

1994

as Wegener

Faraway, So Close!

as Forger

Ruby Cairo

as Herr Bruchner

Te Rua

as Professor Biederstedt

Leporella

The Little People

as Schneider

The Man Inside

as Richter

The Saint: The Big Bang

1990

as Kuhler

4.0

Central Station

1990

as El Amigo de Alex

Moon Child

as Abuelo militar

Bride of the Orient

as Priest Barmettler

The Case of Mr. Spalt

as Bobby Steinbeck

Magdalene

as Prior

Roselyne and the Lions

as Klint

Close Up

Gestatten, Bestatter

as Herr Abendroth

In a Glass Cage

1986

as Klaus

6.8

Das Geheimnis von Lismore Castle

1986

as Sir Ralph Whitecombe

Drei gegen drei

1985

as Professor Holl

4.2

Der Mord mit der Schere

1984

Under the Volcano

1984

as Herr Krausberg (German Attaché) (uncredited)

6.5

Plem, Plem – Die Schule brennt

1983

as History teacher Borwald

6.5

Ace of Aces

1982

as Adolf Hitler / Angela Hitler

Night Crossing

as Major Koerner

The Man on the Wall

as Dr. Steiner

Zwei Tote im Sender und Don Carlos im PoGl

1982

as Maskenbildner

Das waren noch Zeiten - Kleine Geschichten von Kalke & Söhne

1981

as Herr Klein

The American Success Company

as Maitre 'd

Gibbi West Germany

as Patient

Meister Timpe

as Herr Rahm

Die Paulskirche

The Tin Drum

as Gestapo Agent

Avalanche Express

as Rudi Muehler

Breakthrough

as SS Officer

Ticket of No Return

as Direktor Willi

Wie Rauch und Staub

The Boys from Brazil

as Farnbach

Als Hitler das rosa Kaninchen stahl

1978

as Berg

Ein Mord am Lietzensee

1978

as Mölling

Heinrich

The Brothers

as Pfarrer

The Serpent's Egg

as Convict

Voyage of the Damned

as Robert Hoffman

A Happy Family Life

as Hektiker

Flesh of the Orchid

as Advokat

Inside Out

as Schmidt

Depressionen

as Dr. Müller

Borsalino and Co.

as Doctor

The Odessa File

as General Greifer

Between Wars

as Karl Schneider

The Brutalization of Franz Blum

1974

as Borsig

5.2

The Battle of Sutjeska

1973

as German General

6.4

Werwölfe

1973

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

1971

as Mr. Slugworth

7.5

Ludwig L

1971

as Der Betrunkene

Schlagzeilen über einen Mord

1970

as Taxifahrer #3

Hauser's Memory

1970

as Koroweiw

6.2

The Bridge at Remagen

1969

as SS Officer

6.8

Das Haus mit den sieben Stockwerken

1968

as Krankenpfleger

Lobby Doll und die Sitzstangenaffäre

1967

The College Girl Murders

1967

as Greaves

6.6

Großer Ring mit Außenschleife

1966

as Fotograf

10.0

Is Paris Burning?

1966

as SS Commander in Pantin

7.2

Funeral in Berlin

1966

as Kreutzman

6.4

The Quiller Memorandum

1966

as Hassler

5.8

One Day: A Report from a German Concentration Camp 1939

1965

6.0

Das Martyrium des Peter OHey

1964

as Der Wissenschaftler

Schaufensterpuppen

1964

as Herr Schneider

The Foggy Night Murderer

1964

as Kriminalassistent Behrend

6.5

The Black Cobra

1963

as Wunderlich ('Mr. Green')

8.0

Die Wölfe

1963

as Buquet

Der Kronanwalt

1962

as Mr. White

The Counterfeit Traitor

1962

as Priest (uncredited)

6.4

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

1962

as Henry - Kurzschluß (uncredited)

Operation Caviar

as Redner

Ein wahrer Held

as Shawn Keogh

The Miracle of Father Malachia

as Prediger

Question 7

as Schmidt

Abendstunde im Spätherbst

1960

as Sekretär

Babette Goes to War

1959

as First Gestapo officer

Ship of the Dead

as Paul

The Black Chapel

as 1. Killer

Notes from a Gynecologist's Diary

1959

as Dr. Rott - Oberarzt

Der König ist tot

1959

as Dick Henderson

Kopf oder Zahl

1957

as Kid

Television (16)

Zwei alte Hasen

as Nachtwächter

Praxis Bülowbogen

as Berti

Hals über Kopf

as Sir Reginald Mackintosh

Großstadtrevier

Liebling Kreuzberg

as Staatsanwalt

The Winds of War

as Adolf Hitler

Silas

as Fabian Fedder

I.O.B. Spezialauftrag

1980

as Hanno Griesser

Ein Mann kam im August

1977

as Oberinspektor Krieg

Direktion City

1976

as Herr Zilkowski

3.0

Jo Gaillard

1975

as Hessling

Lokaltermin

1973

as Schauspieler Lorbeer

Das Jahrhundert der Chirurgen

1972

as Jackson

Scene of the Crime

as Bulldozer-Fahrer

Das Kriminalmuseum

as Tankwart

Das Fernsehgericht tagt

1961

as Berthold Zeller