Jan Hendriks
Known for ActingBorn 1928-12-06 — died 1991-12-13Berlin, Germany
Jan Hendriks (born Heinz Joachim Hinz, December 6, 1928, Berlin – died likely December 13, 1991, Berlin) was a German actor and voice actor.
After studying acting at the Hebbel Theatre school in Berlin, he began his career on stage before making his film debut in Robert A. Stemmle’s Sündige Grenze (1951), for which he became the first winner of the German Film Award for Best New Actor. He went on to appear in more than 90 film and television productions, including several Edgar Wallace films.
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Hendriks was widely known to television audiences for his role as Inspector Martin Brenner in the crime series Der Alte (1977–1986). He also worked as a voice actor, dubbing performers such as Humphrey Bogart and Anthony Quinn.
He died in Berlin in December 1991.
Known for
Brainwashed
1960 · as First Officer
Arms and the Man
1958 · as Leutnant Sergius Slivitzna
The Inn on the River
1962 · as Roger Lane
The College Girl Murders
1967 · as Brent
The High Life
1960 · as Neffe
The Green Devils of Monte Cassino
1958 · as Fausto
Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West
1964 · as Monroe
Der große Zapfenstreich
1952 · as Leutnant Christian von Lauffen
Mal drunter – mal drüber
1960 · as Manfred
Königin der Arena
1952 · as Tonio
The Devil's Daffodil
1961 · as Charles
Duel at Sundown
1965 · as Lord
The Door with Seven Locks
1962 · as Tom Cawler
Colombe
1958 · as Armand Alexandre
Appointment in Beirut
1968 · as direttore Play Boy
The Man with the Glass Eye
1969 · as Rubiro
Hochzeitsglocken
1954 · as Philipp Harding
Das Geheimnis der Mary Celeste
1972 · as Edward W. Head