Heinz Rühmann

ActorDirectorProducerWriter Mar 7 (died age 92) Essen, Germany 1926–2017 (91 year career)

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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. Description above from …

Known For

Film

It Happened in Broad Daylight

Oberleutnant Matthäi

Film

The Punch Bowl

Dr. Johannes Pfeiffer/Hans Pfeiffer

Film

Faraway, So Close!

Konrad

Film

Ship of Fools

Lowenthal

Film

The Captain from Kopenick

Wilhelm Voigt

Film

The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes

Dr. John H. Watson / Macky McPherson

Film

The Black Sheep

Pater Brown

Film

Hitler's Hollywood

Various Roles (archive footage)

Filmography

Acting (131)

Movies (116)

Hitler's Hollywood

2017

as Various Roles (archive footage)

6.4

Who was Hitler

2017

as Self (archive footage)

5.7

Kleiner Mann ganz groß

1994

as Self

Die schönsten Geschichten mit Heinz Rühmann

1994

as Varius Characters

Faraway, So Close!

1993

as Konrad

6.9

Herzlichen Glückwunsch! Heinz Rühmann zum 90. Geburtstag

1992

as Self

Humor ist eine ernste Sache - Der Filmregisseur Kurt Hoffmann

1985

as Self

Es gibt noch Haselnußsträucher

1983

as Perret-Latour

10.0

Heinz Rühmann - Schauspieler, Flieger, Mensch

1982

as himself

Ein Zug nach Manhattan

1981

as Kantor Leon Sternberger

Aller guten Dinge sind drei. Serenade für Spieldose, Cello und Orgel

1980

as Friebe, Eberts, Weber

Balthasar im Stau

1979

as Taxifahrer

Another Opera

1979

as Golfer

Diener und andere Herren

1978

as Kirchendiener / Butler / Edward / Ehemann

Max und Moritz

1978

as Narrator

Summa Summarum - Sondersendung zu Heinz Rühmanns 75. Geburtstag

1977

10.0

Das chinesische Wunder

1977

as Poliakoff

Scrounged Meals

1977

as Alfred Eisenhardt

4.0

Not an Evening like any Other

1976

as Roeder, Antiquitätenhändler

7.0

Treffpunkt Herz

1975

as Gast

Der Hausmeister

1973

as Davies

5.0

Oh Jonathan – oh Jonathan!

1973

as Konsul Jonathan Reynold

Der Pfandleiher

as Hilary

Der Kapitän

as Kapitän Wilhelm Ebbs

2.0

Mein Freund Harvey

1970

as Elwood Dowd

Endspurt

1970

as Sam Kinsale mit 80 Jahren

Sag’s dem Weihnachtsmann

1969

as Leslie Darwin

Der Tod eines Handlungsreisenden

1968

as Willy Loman

Die Ente klingelt um halb acht

as Dr. Alexander

Operation San Pietro

as Erik Braun

Once a Greek

as Archilochos

Your Money or Your Life

1966

as Henry Schmidt

5.9

Enter Inspector Maigret

as Kommissar Maigret

Hocuspocus

as Peer Bille

Ship of Fools

as Lowenthal

Dr. med. Hiob Prätorius

1965

as Dr. Hiob Prätorius

3.9

Das Liebeskarussell

1965

as Professor Hellberg

1.0

Vorsicht Mister Dodd

1964

as Dr. Lancelot Dodd / Dr. Ivor Marmion

The House in Montevideo

1963

as Prof. Dr. Traugott Hermann Nägler

6.6

Meine Tochter und ich

1963

as Dr. Robert Stegemann

6.0

Er kann's nicht lassen

as Father Brown

Max der Taschendieb

as Max Schilling

The Liar

as Sebastian Schumann

Mein Schulfreund

as Ludwig Fuchs

The Black Sheep

as Pater Brown

Der brave Soldat Schwejk

1960

as Schwejk

6.4

The Judge and the Sinner

1960

as Dr. Ferdinand Bluhme

5.2

The Man Who Walked Through the Wall

as Herr Buchsbaum

Grand Hotel

as Carl Kringelein

It Happened in Broad Daylight

1958

as Oberleutnant Matthäi

7.4

Der Pauker

1958

as Dr. Hermann Seidel

6.5

Der eiserne Gustav

1958

as Gustav Hartmann

8.3

Der Mann, der nicht nein sagen konnte

1958

as Thomas Träumer

Vater sein dagegen sehr

as Lutz Ventura

Charley's Aunt

as Dr. Otto Dernburg

The Captain from Kopenick

as Wilhelm Voigt

Das Sonntagskind

as Anton Wibbel

Intermediate Landing in Paris

1955

as Albert Petit

4.0

If the Father and the Son

1955

as Teddy Lemke

6.2

On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight

1954

as Pittes Breuer

6.7

Not Afraid of Big Animals

as Emil Keller

Mailman Mueller

as Titus Müller

Schäm' dich, Brigitte!

1952

as Dr. Felix Schneider

7.3

That Can Happen to Anyone

1952

as Hugo Brinkmeyer

7.0

Ich mach Dich glücklich

1949

as Peter Krüger

7.0

Das Geheimnis der roten Katze

1949

as André

5.0

Der Herr vom andern Stern

1948

as Der Herr vom andern Stern

7.0

Quax in Afrika

1947

as Otto 'Quax' Groschenbügel

5.0

The Punch Bowl

1944

as Dr. Johannes Pfeiffer/Hans Pfeiffer

7.2

Ich vertraue Dir meine Frau an

as Peter Trost

Der Gasmann

as Hermann Knittel

Quax, der Bruchpilot

as Otto Groschenbügel

5.5

Hauptsache glücklich!

as Axel Roth

Request Concert

as Himself

Clothes Make the Man

as Schneidergeselle Wenzel

The Leghorn Hat

as Theo Farina

Hurra, ich bin Papa

as Peter Ohlsen, Student

Paradies der Junggesellen

1939

as Hugo Bartels

5.7

Die Umwege des schönen Karl

1938

as Karl Kramer - Kellner

7.0

13 Chairs

1938

as Friseur Felix Rabe

6.3

Nanu, Sie kennen Korff noch nicht?

1938

as Niels Korff

7.0

Five Millions Seek an Heir

1938

as Peter Pett / Patrick Pett

3.5

Der Mustergatte

1937

as Billy Bartlett

6.3

The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes

1937

as Dr. John H. Watson / Macky McPherson

7.2

The Man Who is Talked About

1937

as Toni Mathis

6.2

Lumpacivagabundus

1936

as Schneidergeselle Zwirn

Tomfoolery

as David

Wer zuletzt küßt...

as Franz Angerer

If We All Were Angels

1936

as Christian Kempenich

5.0

Der Außenseiter

1935

as Peter Bang

Heaven on Earth

1935

as Peter Hilpert

6.2

Eva, the Factory Girl

1935

as Willibald Riegele

5.0

Wer wagt – gewinnt

1935

as Paul Normann

Die Finanzen des Großherzogs

as Pelotard

A Waltz for You

as Benjamin Cortes

Heinz in the Moon

as Aristides Nessel

So ein Flegel

as Dr. Hans Pfeiffer/ Erich Pfeiffer

Pipin, der Kurze

as August Pipin

Frasquita

as Hippolit

Three Bluejackets and a Blonde

1933

as Kadett Heini Jäger

Laughing Heirs

as Peter Frank

Heimkehr ins Glück

as Amadori

There Is Only One Love

1933

as Ballettmeister Eddy Blattner

The Only Girl

1933

as Didier

6.0

Things Are Getting Better Already

1932

as Fred Holmes

The Pride of Company Three

1932

as Gustav Diestelbeck

7.0

Strich durch die Rechnung

1932

as Willy Streblow - Rennfahrer

Bombs Over Monte Carlo

1931

as Erster Offizier Peter

We Need No Money

as Heinz Schmidt

The Upright Sinner

as Karl Wittek

My Wife, the Adventuress

1931

as Peter Bergmann

The Man in Search of His Murderer

1931

as Hans Herfort

6.6

The Three from the Filling Station

as Hans

Burglars

as Sérigny

Das Mädchen mit den fünf Nullen

1927

6.1

Das deutsche Mutterherz

1926

Television (15)

Kein schöner Land

1993

as Self

Herzlichst, Heinz Rühmann

1990

as Self

Showgeschichten

1986

as Self

Goldene Kamera

as Self

Wetten, dass..?

as Self

Bavarian Film Awards

as Self

Max und Moritz

1978

as Narrator

Auf los geht's los

1977

as Self

Music & Guests

1976

as Self

Der große Preis

as Self

Am laufenden Band

as Self - Guest

Stars in the Ring

as Self

Was bin ich?

as Self

German Film Award

as Self

Bambi

as Self

Crew (18)

Movies (18)

Mailman Mueller

1953

Director

5.5

City of Violence

1951

Producer

Ich mach Dich glücklich

1949

Producer

7.0

Das Geheimnis der roten Katze

Producer

Martina

Producer

The Berliner

Producer

Der Herr vom andern Stern

1948

Producer

7.0

Die kupferne Hochzeit

1948

Director

10.0

Die kupferne Hochzeit

1948

Producer

10.0

The Angel and the Lyre

Director

The Punch Bowl

Producer

Sophienlund

Director

Lauter Liebe

Director

Clothes Make the Man

Producer

The Leghorn Hat

Executive Producer

Many Lies

Director

Der Mustergatte

Writer

Geburtstagsfilm für Joseph Goebbels

Director