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Günter Meisner(1926-1994)

  • Actor
  • Director
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Günter Meisner in Voyage of the Damned (1976)
A former nazi child-killer is confined in an iron lung inside an old mansion after a suicide attempt. His wife hires him a full-time carer, a mysterious young man who is driven slowly mad by the old man's disturbing past.
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In a Glass Cage (1986)
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Günter Meisner was born on 18 April 1926 in Bremen, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), The Boys from Brazil (1978) and In a Glass Cage (1986). He was married to Gisela Albrecht Meisner. He died on 5 December 1994 in Berlin, Germany.
BornApril 18, 1926
DiedDecember 5, 1994(68)
BornApril 18, 1926
DiedDecember 5, 1994(68)
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Known for

Gene Wilder, Paris Themmen, Jack Albertson, Rudy Borgstaller, George Claydon, Julie Dawn Cole, Malcolm Dixon, Walker Edmiston, Günter Meisner, Denise Nickerson, and Peter Ostrum in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
7.8
  • Mr. Slugworth(as Gunter Meisner)
  • 1971
The Boys from Brazil (1978)
The Boys from Brazil
7.0
  • Farnbach
  • 1978
David Sust in In a Glass Cage (1986)
In a Glass Cage
6.7
  • Klaus(as Gunter Meisner)
  • 1986
Robert Mitchum, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Houseman, David Dukes, and Ali MacGraw in The Winds of War (1983)
The Winds of War
8.1
TV Mini Series
  • Adolf Hitler

Credits

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Actor

  • Praxis Bülowbogen (1987)
    Praxis Bülowbogen
    6.1
    TV Series
    • Berti
    • 1994–1995
  • Howalds Fall (1990)
    Tatort
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Wiedgräfe
    • Bulldozer-Fahrer
    • Viebich
    • 1975–1995
  • Zwei alte Hasen (1994)
    Zwei alte Hasen
    5.8
    TV Series
    • Nachtwächter
    • 1995
  • Eine Mutter kämpft um ihren Sohn (1994)
    Eine Mutter kämpft um ihren Sohn
    6.4
    TV Movie
    • Wegener
    • 1994
  • Air Albatros (1994)
    Air Albatros
    TV Series
    • Lauffendingk Sr.
    • 1994–1996
  • Richard Berry, Bernard Ballet, François Berléand, Inês de Medeiros, and Hanns Zischler in The Violin Player (1994)
    The Violin Player
    7.4
    • 1994
  • Die Stadtindianer (1994)
    Die Stadtindianer
    5.4
    TV Series
    • Otto Melcher
    • 1994
  • Großstadtrevier (1986)
    Großstadtrevier
    6.2
    TV Series
    • 1994
  • Harald Juhnke and Anita Kupsch in Harry & Sunny (1993)
    Harry & Sunny
    3.8
    TV Series
    • Kneipenwirt
    • 1993
  • Werner Kalb in Posthuman (1993)
    Posthuman
    3.4
    Short
    • Doctor
    • 1993
  • Faraway, So Close! (1993)
    Faraway, So Close!
    7.2
    • Fälscher
    • 1993
  • Morte a contratto
    6.8
    TV Movie
    • Avvocato Sartori
    • 1993
  • Andie MacDowell and Liam Neeson in Deception (1992)
    Deception
    5.0
    • Herr Bruchner
    • 1992
  • Leporella
    TV Movie
    • 1991
  • Te Rua (1991)
    Te Rua
    7.1
    • Professor Biederstedt
    • 1991

Director

  • Don't Look for Me at Places Where I Can't Be Found
    • Director
    • 1970
  • Auf der Lesebühne der Literarischen Illustrierten
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1967

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Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Guenter Meisner
  • Height
    • 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
  • Born
    • April 18, 1926
    • Bremen, Germany
  • Died
    • December 5, 1994
    • Berlin, Germany(heart failure)
  • Spouse
    • Gisela Albrecht Meisner? - December 5, 1994 (his death)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Best remembered as Mr. Slugworth in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971).
  • Trademark
    cadaverous face with high, prominent cheekbones
  • Nickname
    • Gunter Meisner

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