Heinz Rühmann
Biography
Heinrich Wilhelm Heinz Rühmann was a popular German film actor, director, and producer born in Essen, Germany, on March 7, 1902. He died on October 3, 1994. His role in the 1930 movie Die Drei von der Tankstelle 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. Known for having 141 known credits in acting, Rühmann is recognized as one of the most significant German actors of the twentieth century.
Career overview
Heinrich Wilhelm Heinz Ruhmann was born on March 7, 1902, in Essen, Germany, and died on October 3, 1994. He was a popular German film actor, director, and producer who became one of the most prominent German actors of the twentieth century.
His role in the 1930 movie Die Drei von der Tankstelle, which translates in English to 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. Over the course of his career, Ruhmann amassed 141 known acting credits on the Movie Database.
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- Who was Hitler (2017) as Self (archive footage)
- Hitler's Hollywood (2017) as Various Roles (archive footage)
- Kleiner Mann ganz groß (1994) as Self
- Die schönsten Geschichten mit Heinz Rühmann (1994) as Varius Characters
- Kein schöner Land (1993) as Self
- Faraway, So Close! (1993) as Konrad
- Herzlichen Glückwunsch! Heinz Rühmann zum 90. Geburtstag (1992) as Self
- Herzlichst, Heinz Rühmann (1990) as Self
- Showgeschichten (1986) as Self
- Humor ist eine ernste Sache - Der Filmregisseur Kurt Hoffmann (1985) as Self
- Goldene Kamera (1984) as Self
- Es gibt noch Haselnußsträucher (1983) as Perret-Latour
- Heinz Rühmann - Schauspieler, Flieger, Mensch (1982) as himself
- Wetten, dass..? (1981) as Self
- 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
- Bavarian Film Awards (1979) as Self
- 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
- Max und Moritz (1978) as Narrator
- Auf los geht's los (1977) as Self
- Summa Summarum - Sondersendung zu Heinz Rühmanns 75. Geburtstag (1977)
- Scrounged Meals (1977) as Alfred Eisenhardt
- Das chinesische Wunder (1977) as Poliakoff
- Music & Guests (1976) as Self
- Not an Evening like any Other (1976) as Roeder, Antiquitätenhändler
- Treffpunkt Herz (1975) as Gast
- Der große Preis (1974) as Self
- Am laufenden Band (1974) as Self - Guest
- Oh Jonathan – oh Jonathan! (1973) as Konsul Jonathan Reynold
- Der Hausmeister (1973) as Davies
- Der Kapitän (1971) as Kapitän Wilhelm Ebbs
- Der Pfandleiher (1971) as Hilary
- Endspurt (1970) as Sam Kinsale mit 80 Jahren
- Mein Freund Harvey (1970) as Elwood Dowd
- Sag’s dem Weihnachtsmann (1969) as Leslie Darwin
- Der Tod eines Handlungsreisenden (1968) as Willy Loman
- Die Ente klingelt um halb acht (1968) as Dr. Alexander
- Operation San Pietro (1967) as Erik Braun
- Enter Inspector Maigret (1966) as Kommissar Maigret
- Your Money or Your Life (1966) as Henry Schmidt
- Once a Greek (1966) as Archilochos
- Hocuspocus (1966) as Peer Bille
- Ship of Fools (1965) as Lowenthal
- Dr. med. Hiob Prätorius (1965) as Dr. Hiob Prätorius
- Das Liebeskarussell (1965) as Professor Hellberg
- Vorsicht Mister Dodd (1964) as Dr. Lancelot Dodd / Dr. Ivor Marmion
- The House in Montevideo (1963) as Prof. Dr. Traugott Hermann Nägler
- Meine Tochter und ich (1963) as Dr. Robert Stegemann
- Er kann's nicht lassen (1962) as Father Brown
- Max der Taschendieb (1962) as Max Schilling
- The Liar (1961) as Sebastian Schumann
- Mein Schulfreund (1960) as Ludwig Fuchs
- The Black Sheep (1960) as Pater Brown
- Der brave Soldat Schwejk (1960) as Schwejk
- The Judge and the Sinner (1960) as Dr. Ferdinand Bluhme
- Stars in the Ring (1959) as Self
- The Man Who Walked Through the Wall (1959) as Herr Buchsbaum
- Grand Hotel (1959) as Carl Kringelein
- It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958) as Oberleutnant Matthäi
- Der eiserne Gustav (1958) as Gustav Hartmann
- Der Pauker (1958) as Dr. Hermann Seidel
- Der Mann, der nicht nein sagen konnte (1958) as Thomas Träumer
- Vater sein dagegen sehr (1957) as Lutz Ventura
- The Captain from Kopenick (1956) as Wilhelm Voigt
- Charley's Aunt (1956) as Dr. Otto Dernburg
- Das Sonntagskind (1956) as Anton Wibbel
- Was bin ich? (1955) as Self
- If the Father and the Son (1955) as Teddy Lemke
- Intermediate Landing in Paris (1955) as Albert Petit
- Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb eins (1954) as Pittes Breuer
- Mailman Mueller (1953) as Titus Müller
- Mailman Mueller (1953) Director
- Not Afraid of Big Animals (1953) as Emil Keller
- That Can Happen to Anyone (1952) as Hugo Brinkmeyer
- Schäm' dich, Brigitte! (1952) as Dr. Felix Schneider
- German Film Award (1951) as Self
- City of Violence (1951) Producer
- Ich mach Dich glücklich (1949) as Peter Krüger
- Ich mach Dich glücklich (1949) Producer
- Das Geheimnis der roten Katze (1949) as André
- Das Geheimnis der roten Katze (1949) Producer
- Martina (1949) Producer
- Bambi (1948) as Self
- The Berliner (1948) Producer
- Der Herr vom andern Stern (1948) as Der Herr vom andern Stern
- Der Herr vom andern Stern (1948) Producer
- Die kupferne Hochzeit (1948) Producer
- Die kupferne Hochzeit (1948) Director
- Quax in Afrika (1947) as Otto 'Quax' Groschenbügel
- The Punch Bowl (1944) as Dr. Johannes Pfeiffer/Hans Pfeiffer
- The Punch Bowl (1944) Producer
- The Angel and the Lyre (1944) Director
- Sophienlund (1943) Director
- Ich vertraue Dir meine Frau an (1943) as Peter Trost
- Fronttheater (1942) as Selbst
- Quax, der Bruchpilot (1941) as Otto Groschenbügel
- Happiness Is the Main Thing (1941) as Axel Roth
- Der Gasmann (1941) as Hermann Knittel
- Clothes Make the Man (1940) as Schneidergeselle Wenzel
- Clothes Make the Man (1940) Producer
- Request Concert (1940) as Himself
- Lauter Liebe (1940) Director
- The Leghorn Hat (1939) as Theo Farina
- The Leghorn Hat (1939) Executive Producer
- Hurra, ich bin Papa (1939) as Peter Ohlsen, Student
- Paradies der Junggesellen (1939) as Hugo Bartels
- 13 Chairs (1938) as Friseur Felix Rabe
- Many Lies (1938) Director
- Die Umwege des schönen Karl (1938) as Karl Kramer - Kellner
- Five Millions Seek an Heir (1938) as Peter Pett / Patrick Pett
- Nanu, Sie kennen Korff noch nicht? (1938) as Niels Korff
- Der Mustergatte (1937) as Billy Bartlett
- Der Mustergatte (1937) Writer
- The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (1937) as Dr. John H. Watson / Macky McPherson
- The Man Who is Talked About (1937) as Toni Mathis
- Wer zuletzt küßt... (1936) as Franz Angerer
- Allotria (1936) as David
- If We All Were Angels (1936) as Christian Kempenich
- Lumpacivagabundus (1936) as Schneidergeselle Zwirn
- Wer wagt – gewinnt (1935) as Paul Normann
- Heaven on Earth (1935) as Peter Hilpert
- Der Außenseiter (1935) as Peter Bang
- Eva, the Factory Girl (1935) as Willibald Riegele
- Frasquita (1934) as Hippolit
- A Waltz for You (1934) as Benjamin Cortes
- The Grand Duke's Finances (1934) as Pelotard
- Pipin, der Kurze (1934) as August Pipin
- So ein Flegel (1934) as Dr. Hans Pfeiffer/ Erich Pfeiffer
- Heinz in the Moon (1934) as Aristides Nessel
- Heimkehr ins Glück (1933) as Amadori
- Laughing Heirs (1933) as Peter Frank
- The Only Girl (1933) as Didier
- Three Bluejackets and a Blonde (1933) as Kadett Heini Jäger
- There Is Only One Love (1933) as Ballettmeister Eddy Blattner
- Things Are Getting Better Already (1932) as Fred Holmes
- The Pride of Company Three (1932) as Gustav Diestelbeck
- Strich durch die Rechnung (1932) as Willy Streblow - Rennfahrer
- My Wife, the Adventuress (1931) as Peter Bergmann
- The Upright Sinner (1931) as Karl Wittek
- Bombs Over Monte Carlo (1931) as Erster Offizier Peter
- The Man in Search of His Murderer (1931) as Hans Herfort
- We Need No Money (1931) as Heinz Schmidt
- Burglars (1930) as Sérigny
- The Three from the Filling Station (1930) as Hans
- Das Mädchen mit den fünf Nullen (1927)
- Das deutsche Mutterherz (1926)
- Geburtstagsfilm für Joseph Goebbels Director