Jan Hendriks
Biography
Jan Hendriks (born Heinz Joachim Hinz, December 6, 1928, Berlin – died likely December 13, 1991, Berlin) was a German actor and voice actor.
After studying acting at the Hebbel Theatre school in Berlin, he began his career on stage before making his film debut in Robert A. Stemmle’s Sündige Grenze (1951), for which he became the first winner of the German Film Award for Best New Actor. He went on to appear in more than 90 film and television productions, including several Edgar Wallace films.
Hendriks was widely known to television audiences for his role as Inspector Martin Brenner in the crime series Der Alte (1977–1986). He also worked as a voice actor, dubbing performers such as Humphrey Bogart and Anthony Quinn.
He died in Berlin in December 1991.
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Full filmography
- The Old Fox (1977) as Martin Brenner
- Derrick (1974) as Dreyer
- Derrick (1974) as Schlott
- Derrick (1974) as Barkeeper
- German Film Award (1951) as Self
- The Commissioner (1969) as Hansi Schreiber
- The Commissioner (1969) as Wasneck
- The Commissioner (1969) as Herr Kleine
- The Commissioner (1969) as Albert Korte
- Zum blauen Bock (1957) as Self
- Das Kriminalmuseum (1963) as Gerd Bräuning
- Stahlnetz (1958) as Otto Hecht
- St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken (1979) as Gerd Steiner
- Dem Täter auf der Spur (1967) as Roger
- Polizeifunk ruft (1966) as Werner
- Drüben bei Lehmanns (1970) as Anwalt Werner
- Der Kurier der Kaiserin (1970) as Francesco Bartolozzi
- Jörg Preda berichtet (1966) as Direktor Borsody
- Richelieu (1977) as Butler
- Cliff Dexter (1966)
- Death Runs After Them (1967) as Dan Low
- Slim Callaghan greift ein (1964) as Gustav Malinke
- Arms and the Man (1958) as Leutnant Sergius Slivitzna
- The Green Devils of Monte Cassino (1958) as Fausto