Hans Christian Blech

Hans Christian Blech (20 February 1915 – 5 March 1993) was a German film, stage and television character actor who found success in both Germany and Hollywood.

He made his English film debut in the 1951 picture Decision Before Dawn. In this and many of his other Hollywood films, he played a German soldier. He had a prominent role in the 1962 World War 2 blockbuster film, The Longest Day. He served in the Germany Army and fought on the Eastern Front in World War II, where he may have acquired his facial scars. Another possible origin of his scars was a car accident on the Darmstadt Luisenplatz when Blech was 14 years old.

Partial filmography

 * Blum Affair (1948), as Karlheinz Gabler
 * The Orplid Mystery (1950), as Martin Jarzombeck, Bräutigam
 * Decision Before Dawn (1951), as Sgt. Rudolf Barth aka Tiger
 * Sauerbruch – Das war mein Leben (1954), as Brauer
 * Geständnis unter vier Augen (1954), as Tscheche
 * 08/15 (1954), as Wachtmeister Platzek
 * The Phantom of the Big Tent (1954), as Naso, Clown mit Puppe
 * Children, Mother, and the General (1955), as Feldwebel mit den Orden
 *  (1955), as Wachtmeister Platzek
 * Bandits of the Autobahn (1955), as Willi Kollanski
 *  (1955), as Wachtmeister Platzek
 *  (1956), as Heinze
 * Un homme se penche sur son passé (1958), as Archer
 * Solange das Herz schlägt (1958), as Dr. Laue
 * Ich schwöre und gelobe (1960), as Oberarzt Dr. Neugebauer
 * The Inheritance of Bjorndal (1960), as Aslak, Gunvor's Husband
 * Enclosure (1961), as Karl
 * The Longest Day (1962), as Major Werner Pluskat
 * The Visit (1964), as Captain Dobrik
 * Morituri (1965), as Donkeyman
 * Battle of the Bulge (1965), as Conrad
 * La Voleuse (1966), as Radek Kostrowicz
 * The Bridge at Remagen (1969), as Capt. Carl Schmidt
 * Cardillac (1969), as Cardillac
 * The Customer of the Off Season (1970), as Hotel Manager
 * The Scarlet Letter (1973), as Roger Chillingworth
 * Giordano Bruno (1973), as Sartori
 * Le Hasard et la Violence (1974) - uncredited
 * La Chair de l'orchidée (1975), as Gyula Berekian
 * The Wrong Move (1975), as Laertes
 * Innocents with Dirty Hands (1975), as Judge
 *  (1975), as Ritter
 * The Clown (1976), as Derkum
 *  (1976), as Frank
 * Grete Minde (1977), as Gigas
 *  (1977), as Sellman
 * Knife in the Head (1978), as Anleitner
 * Winterspelt (1979), as Wenzel Hainstock
 * Victoria (1979), as Tutor
 * See You in the Next War (1980), as Bitter
 * Looping (1981), as Johnny
 * Collin (1981 TV film), as Wilhelm Urack
 * The Magic Mountain (1982), as Hofrat Behrens
 * Colonel Redl (1985), as von Roden
 *  (1986 TV film), as Langenau
 * Magyar rekviem (1990), as Tanár úr
 * Der achte Tag (1990), as Svoboda
 * Begräbnis einer Gräfin (1991)

Television miniseries

 * Theodor Chindler (1979), as Theodor Chindler
 * Via Mala (1985), as Maler Lauters