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German actor (1931–2007) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hansjörg Felmy (born Hans-Jörg Hellmuth Felmy; 31 January 1931 – 24 August 2007) was a German actor.[2]
Hansjörg Felmy | |
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Born | Hans-Jörg Hellmuth Felmy 31 January 1931 Berlin, Germany |
Died | 24 August 2007 76) | (aged
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1957–1995 |
Family | Hellmuth Felmy (father) |
He appeared in 50 films and television shows between 1957 and 1995. Films like Der Stern von Afrika and Wir Wunderkinder made him a well-known actor in the late 1950s. He starred in the film The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi (1961), which was entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival.[3] In the popular German television crime series Tatort he played police investigator Heinz Haferkamp from 1974 to 1980. In an international film appearance, he played the Stasi officer Heinrich Gerhard in Alfred Hitchcock's Torn Curtain (1966) who hunts the leading characters played by Julie Andrews and Paul Newman.
In his last years he suffered from osteoporosis. He died in Eching near Munich. Felmy was the son of the German airforce general Hellmuth Felmy (1885 - 1965).
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