Biography

Heinz von Cleve was born on June 27, 1897 in Schwedt an der Oder, Brandenburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Viktoria (1935), Waltz War (1933) and Das Halstuch (1962). He was married to Ellen Petz, Lieselotte Köster, Augustina Richter and Henriette Hammerschlag. He died on October 9, 1984 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany.

During wartime he did not longer appear in movies. After the war he continued his career as a theater actor and he only took part rarely in postwar movies.

Together with the actor Heinrich George whom he much admired he shot several movies and they went on tour with the play "Der Richter von Zalamea".

Besides his activity as an actor he was also a synchron speaker and took part in radio plays.

The actor Heinz von Cleve began his career as a stage actor in smaller cities before he came to Berlin at the beginning of the 30's. There he first continued his stage career, from 1933 he also took part in several movies.