Hans Nielsen (actor)

Hans Albert Nielsen was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1937 and 1965.

Biography

Hans Antonio Nielsen Capicenio was born in Hamburg, Germany. He first got an education in business, but afterward, began taking private acting lessons from Albrecht Schoenhals and Erich Ziegel. He made his stage debut in Hamburg in 1932, after which he worked in Augsburg, Kiel, Leipzig, Berlin, Munich and Düsseldorf. Many actors and performing artists fled Nazi Germany, but Nielsen remained. He made his film debut in 1937 in Daphne and the Diplomat, followed by German movies, such as Heimat, Friedrich Schiller – The Triumph of a Genius and The Great King.
After World War II, Nielsen performed in a Kabarett group, Die Außenseiter and played in revues by cabaret artist Günter Neumann. He resumed his successful film acting career in 1947, appearing in In Those Days, a drama by Helmut Käutner. He often played roles that were good-natured, likeable and elegant, such as the presiding judge in the 1953 satire Hocuspocus with Curt Goetz; the criminal defense attorney in Confess, Doctor Corda; a police inspector with Christopher Lee in Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace; the police chief in Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse and a judge in The Juvenile Judge, with Heinz Rühmann. He also worked with Curd Jürgens and Lilo Pulver in a film version of Conrad Ferdinand Meyer's Gustav Adolf's Page. He also appeared in a few Karl May films and in Edgar Wallace's The Indian Scarf, Das Phantom von Soho and The Door with Seven Locks. His only Hollywood film was Town Without Pity with Kirk Douglas.
In addition to his own film roles, in 1948, Nielsen began working as a voice actor, dubbing films into German, including Fred Astaire ; Gary Cooper ; Errol Flynn ; Cary Grant ; Rex Harrison ; Phil Silvers ; David Niven, Tyrone Power ; James Stewart ; Robert Taylor '', Spencer Tracy ; Orson Welles and Trevor Howard.

Selected filmography

Daphne and the Diplomat – Achim HellTango Notturno – Billy Sefton – FliegeroffizierThe Mystery of Betty Bonn – Jack Winsloe – SchriftstellerHeimat – Max von WendlowskyRed Orchids – Antonio – Marias BruderFreight from Baltimore – Kurt EngströmThe Green Hell – Kapitän MurrayA Prussian Love Story – Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm – sein SohnUproar in Damascus – Hauptmann SchulzFasching – MartinDein Leben gehört mir Alarm at Station III – Hauptmann KarstenMein Mann darf es nicht wissen – Willi UlbrichTrenck, der Pandur – LaudonFalstaff in Vienna – Otto NicolaiFriedrich Schiller – The Triumph of a Genius – Student ScharffensteinIch klage an – Dr. HöferThe Great King – NiehoffDie Nacht in Venedig – Dr. Nikolaus Roll, genannt Niki, KaufmannTitanic – 1st Officer PetersenI'll Carry You in My Arms – Dr. Hermnann HartungLeichtes Blut – Professor FaberUm neun kommt Harald – Lawyer Dr. TromsaMusic in Salzburg – Dr. Franz MädlerDer Engel mit dem Saitenspiel – Bernhard ZollerDr. phil. Doederlein Der Scheiterhaufen In Those Days – Wolfgang Grunelius / 2. GeschichteKing of Hearts – König Peter PetroniChemistry and Love – Dr. AllandUnser Mittwochabend – GeorgDie kupferne Hochzeit – OttoDas kleine Hofkonzert – Leutnant Walter von ArneckHeimliches Rendezvous – SchulratKeepers of the Night – Pfarrer Johannes HegerFive Suspects – Kriminalrat ThomsenCrown Jewels – WillroyDie Tat des Anderen – Schriftsteller MönkDas späte Mädchen – Dr. Hans AhlgrimmAll Clues Lead to Berlin – Kriminalrat Dr. WangenThe Blue Hour – PaulHocuspocus – GerichtspräsidentThe Divorcée – LucasSecretly Still and Quiet – Harry VondenhoffDie heilige Lüge The First Kiss – EscherMarriage Impostor – Dr. Peter KrügerGeliebtes Fräulein Doktor – Direktor Dr. FrankeStopover in Orly – Eugène BoreauMy Children and I – Wilhelm RoeckerRoman einer Siebzehnjährigen – Eduard SchenkDevil in Silk – Dr. ZachariasDie wilde Auguste – Direktor RolandVergiß wenn Du kannst – Kunstmaler Bastian WeghartBefore Sundown – Dr. Steynitz, SanitätsratHochzeit auf Immenhof – PankrazMy Brother Joshua – Der PfarrerKleines Zelt und große Liebe – Karins VaterA Heart Returns Home – Martin ThomasDie liebe Familie – Karl LangMade in Germany Queen Louise – HardenbergGlücksritter – Dr. DreherTolle Nacht – Mr. VanderbiltAnders als du und ich – Max MertensVon allen geliebt – Dr. Johannes FürstAt the Green Cockatoo by Night – Eduard Reichmann, Onkel' – Helmut JägerZwei Matrosen auf der Alm Two Hearts in May – Direktor LeisemannHeart Without Mercy – Dr. WaagemannConfess, Doctor Corda – Lawyer Dr. NagelSchmutziger Engel – Direktor SchorlemmerMan in the River – Egon IversenThe Girl from the Marsh Croft – Amtmann LindgrenThat Won't Keep a Sailor Down – Pastor Paulsen

' – Otto VogelsangI'll Carry You in My Arms – Dr. Compagnuolo' – The Scarlet Baroness – Professor ReimerCourt Martial – Dr. Wilhelmi, Defense LawyerVerbrechen nach Schulschluß – Landgerichtsdirektor Dr. SenftenbergThe Forests Sing Forever – Major BarreThe Blue Sea and You – Direktor HeidebrinkLove Now, Pay Later – Bernbeil, ein IndustriellerHeimat – Deine Lieder – Pauls VaterBei der blonden Kathrein – Der baronAdorable Arabella – Vater HagemannThe Juvenile Judge – District Court President Dr. Otto SchmittlerMistress of the World – Colonel DaggetI Learned That in Paris – Professor GiseliusDie zornigen jungen Männer – PfluegerFreddy and the Melody of the Night – Direktor WendlandtThe Inheritance of Bjorndal – Major a.D. BarreMal drunter – mal drüber – Herr Kronsdorf
' – PappiGustav Adolf's Page – Bürgermeister LeublfingTown Without Pity – Karl SteinhofYou Must Be Blonde on Capri – Bernard WagnerBarbara – Mikkelsen' – Narrator
' – GerichtspräsidentEheinstitut Aurora – Dr. Burgmüller, AnwaltThe Door with Seven Locks – Mr. HavelocDoctor Sibelius – Dr. ReinhardtSo toll wie anno dazumal – Brenders – Chefportier JennerThe Brain – ImmermanSherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace – Inspector CooperHis Best Friend – Direktor ImhoffOnly a Woman – Dr. Katz, NervenarztDr – Dr. RajserStorm Over Ceylon – Professor FerlachThe Strangler of Blackmoor Castle – TavishThe Indian Scarf – Mr. TillingScotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse – Chef von Scotland YardDie Nacht am See The Phantom of Soho – Lord Harald MalhausDestination Death – Major a. D. Friedrich HackländerOld Shatterhand – Gen. Taylor Ein Frauenarzt klagt an – Dr. KrausThe Monster of London City – DorneBullets Don't Argue – Rev. AlvarezThe Seventh Victim – Reverend Turner100 Horsemen – Alfonso Ordoñez, alcaldeThe Treasure of the Aztecs – Don Pedro ArbellezHotel der toten Gäste – Inspector Forbesa
The Pyramid of the Sun God – Don Pedro ArbellezFive Thousand Dollars on One Ace – Juez KeystoneThe Hell of Manitoba – Mayor