Gerard Heinz


Gerard Heinz was a German actor.
Heinz was born in Hamburg, Germany and later moved to Britain, where he changed his name and became a British citizen. He appeared in almost 60 films, and a number of stage productions. In the original 1942 production of Terence Rattigan's Flare Path, he played Count Skriczevinsky, a Polish pilot serving with the RAF in World War II.
A relationship with Joan Rodker, daughter of the modernist poet John Rodker, resulted in the birth of a son, Ernest, in Odessa in 1937. After their separation, Heinz married the actress Mary Kenton. They played respectively Mr. and Mrs. Serafin in the 1961 episode "Washday S.O.S." of the TV series The Cheaters. They also performed together in the TV series The Sullavan Brothers, and in the ITC crime drama series The Four Just Men, and a number of other films.

Filmography

Thunder Rock – Hans Harma Went the Day Well? – Schmidt English Without Tears – Polish Officer Caravan – Don CarlosFrieda – Polish PriestThe First Gentleman – Dr. StockmarBroken Journey – Joseph RomerThe Fallen Idol – AmbassadorSleeping Car to Trieste – AmbassadorPortrait from Life – HeineThat Dangerous Age – Dr. ThorvaldThe Bad Lord Byron – Austrian OfficerThe Lost People – ProfessorState Secret – Tomasi BendelThe Clouded Yellow – Dr. Karl CesareTraveller's Joy – HelstromWhite Corridors – Dr. MacuzekHis Excellency – Prime MinisterPrivate Information – Alex HartmannTop Secret – Russian Director of PlantDesperate Moment – German Prison DoctorThe Cruel Sea – Polish Captain The Prisoner – The DoctorYou Pay Your Money – Dr. BurgerSeven Thunders – Von KronitzThe Mark of the Hawk – Governor GeneralThe Man Inside – Robert StoneThe House of the Seven Hawks – Inspector SluiterI Aim at the Stars – Professor OberthOffbeat – JakeHighway to Battle – ConstantinThe Guns of Navarone – German Surgeon Operation Snatch – Col. WaldockMystery Submarine – German Admiral