Michael Ande
Michael Ande is a German actor, best known for his role as Gerd Heymann in the German crime-drama television series Der Alte, which he played between 1977 and 2016.
He was a well-known German child star during the 1950s, playing a variety of roles, including choir boys. One film he acted in was Der schönste Tag meines Lebens, in which he played a chorister in the Vienna Boys' Choir. Michael also played in two German films about the Trapp family: The Trapp Family and The Trapp Family in America. These films were made some years before the 1965 U.S. film musical version of the Trapp films, The Sound of Music, was made. Michael played the role of Werner in the Trapp films. Ande, like many child actors, had difficulty continuing his career as an adult actor. He had problems being accepted as adult actor as he had such a youthful-looking face.
He gained much attention for the role of Jim Hawkins on television in Treasure Island, based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, which was broadcast on Christmas 1966 for the first time.
Ande continued to act and appear on German television well into his seventies.
Selected filmography
Marianne of My Youth - Klein-FelixI Know What I'm Living For - PitReaching for the Stars - PeppinoHoliday in Tyrol - Rosmarin von Stetten / Thymian RetzerDie Stimme der Sehnsucht - Ein FischerjungeThe Trapp Family - Werner von TrappDas Hirtenlied vom Kaisertal - Hansl, HüterbubDie Prinzessin von St. Wolfgang - Franzl, Josis BruderDer schönste Tag meines Lebens - ToniScandal in Bad Ischl - Prinz FranzEl Hakim - Ibrahim als KindThe Doctor of Stalingrad - Sergej, Worotilows SohnThe Trapp Family in America - Werner von TrappDon Vesuvio und das Haus der Strolche Majestät auf Abwegen - Maximilian IIIWhen the Bells Sound Clearly - Michael - Dick TiptonPeter Pan Die Grotte - Alexis - KüchenjungeCondemned to Sin - Albert, Starostas SohnHava, der Igel - Mendel MandelblüthDie Schatzinsel - Jim HawkinsDer Paradiesgarten Der schwarze Graf - JonathanDas provisorische Leben - Andreas OttDie Utopie des Damenschneiders Wilhelm Weitling Fuchs und Co - Richard FuchsFußballtrainer Wulff - Heinz KudrowskiScheibenschießen - BertDie Powenzbande - Kaspar PowenzDerrick - Gerd Heymann / Heinz Lissner / Richard KernDer Alte - Polizeiinspektor Gerd HeymannPolizeiinspektion 1 Liebe Melanie - Martin ReichEichbergers besondere Fälle, TVZur Freiheit - PennerCafé Meineid - Herzliches Beileid Zurück auf Los! - Pkw-Fahrer