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Hans Nielsen(1911-1965)

  • Actor
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Hans Nielsen was born on 30 November 1911 in Hamburg, Germany. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Titanic (1943), Singin' in the Rain (1952) and Citizen Kane (1941). He was married to Anna Katharina Elisabeth Novian and Annemarie Giersch. He died on 11 October 1965 in West Berlin, West Germany.
BornNovember 30, 1911
DiedOctober 11, 1965(53)
BornNovember 30, 1911
DiedOctober 11, 1965(53)
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Known for

Titanic (1943)
Titanic
6.1
  • 1st Officer Petersen
  • 1943
Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O'Connor in Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Singin' in the Rain
8.3
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing(German)
  • 1952
Orson Welles, Dorothy Comingore, and Ruth Warrick in Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane
8.2
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing(German)
  • 1941
Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga in Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)
Joker: Folie à Deux
5.2
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing(German)
  • 2024

Credits

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Actor

  • Exil
    9.7
    TV Movie
    • General
    • 1965
  • Lex Barker, Pierre Brice, and Hans-Georg Kredewahn in Place Called Glory City (1965)
    Place Called Glory City
    5.3
    • Jeff
    • 1965
  • Tatort
    7.4
    TV Movie
    • Bürgermeister
    • 1965
  • Hans-Georg Kredewahn in Pyramid of the Sun God (1965)
    Pyramid of the Sun God
    5.2
    • Don Pedro Arbellez
    • 1965
  • Five Thousand Dollars on One Ace (1965)
    Five Thousand Dollars on One Ace
    5.1
    • Juez Keystone
    • 1965
  • Hotel der toten Gäste (1965)
    Hotel der toten Gäste
    5.3
    • Inspector Forbesa
    • 1965
  • Lex Barker in Treasure of the Aztecs (1965)
    Treasure of the Aztecs
    5.3
    • Don Pedro Arbellez
    • 1965
  • Verhör am Nachmittag (1965)
    Verhör am Nachmittag
    8.0
    TV Movie
    • Kriminalrat Ücker
    • 1965
  • Krimi-Quiz - Amateure als Kriminalisten
    TV Series
    • Mr. Brown
    • 1965
  • I cento cavalieri (1964)
    I cento cavalieri
    6.2
    • Alfonso Ordoñez, alcalde
    • 1964
  • Die Verschwörung des Fiesco zu Genua
    TV Movie
    • Verrina
    • 1964
  • The Racetrack Murders (1964)
    The Racetrack Murders
    6.0
    • Reverend Turner
    • 1964
  • Rod Cameron in Bullets Don't Argue (1964)
    Bullets Don't Argue
    5.8
    • Rev. Alvarez
    • 1964
  • The Monster of London City (1964)
    The Monster of London City
    5.9
    • Inspector Dorne
    • 1964
  • Dieter Borsche and Anita Höfer in Ein Frauenarzt klagt an (1964)
    Ein Frauenarzt klagt an
    8.8
    • Dr. Kraus
    • 1964

Voice Actor - Dubbing

  • Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga in Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)
    Joker: Folie à Deux
    5.2
    • Jeffrey Cordova [Ausschnitt aus 'Vorhang auf!'] (German)
    • 2024
  • Lex Barker in Old Shatterhand (1964)
    Old Shatterhand
    6.1
    • Gen. Taylor (German)
    • 1964
  • Caesar the Conqueror (1962)
    Caesar the Conqueror
    4.7
    • Cicero (German, 1962 BRD)
    • 1962
  • Danger Flight 931 (1955)
    Danger Flight 931
    5.6
    • Eugène Boreau (German)
    • 1955
  • Georges Marchal in The Three Musketeers (1953)
    The Three Musketeers
    6.0
    • Commentant le film par la voix de (German)
    • 1953
  • Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O'Connor in Singin' in the Rain (1952)
    Singin' in the Rain
    8.3
    • R. F. Simpson (German)
    • 1952
  • Vsevolod Aksyonov, Mikhail Astangov, and Mikhail Nazvanov in Russkiy vopros (1948)
    Russkiy vopros
    6.0
    • Smith (German)
    • 1948
  • Orson Welles, Dorothy Comingore, and Ruth Warrick in Citizen Kane (1941)
    Citizen Kane
    8.2
    • Charles Foster Kane (German)
    • 1941
  • Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell in The Mark of Zorro (1940)
    The Mark of Zorro
    7.5
    • Don Diego Vega / Zorro (German)
    • 1940

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Musik in Salzburg (1944)
    Musik in Salzburg
    • assistant director
    • 1944

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Personal details

  • Born
    • November 30, 1911
    • Hamburg, Germany
  • Died
    • October 11, 1965
    • West Berlin, West Germany(leukemia)
  • Spouses
      Anna Katharina Elisabeth Novian1937 - ? (1 child)
  • Other works
    Dubbing voice of Arthur O'Connell in the post-synchronized version of Joshua Logan's Picnic (1955) (Picknick).
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    • 1 Print Biography

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    Prolific German character actor, trained by Albrecht Schoenhals. On stage in Hamburg from 1932, in films from 1937. Usually played fair-minded authority figures or debonair men-of-the-world. Post-war, he was much in demand as a voice over artist for stars like David Niven, Cary Grant and Errol Flynn.

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