Jan Hendriks
Known for Acting
Biography
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. 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.
Filmography
Brainwashed
1960
as First Officer
Arms and the Man
1958
as Leutnant Sergius Slivitzna
The Devil's Daffodil
1961
as Charles
The High Life
1960
as Neffe
Castle of the Creeping Flesh
1968
as Georg v. Kassell
The Man with the Glass Eye
1969
as Rubiro
Colombe
1958
as Armand Alexandre
Appointment in Beirut
1968
as direttore Play Boy
Der Bauerndoktor von Bayrischzell
1957
as Stephan Doppelsieder
The College Girl Murders
1967
as Brent
Paradies der Matrosen
1959
as Henry F. Jones
The Squeaker
1963
as Mr. Leslie
Hochzeitsglocken
1954
as Philipp Harding
She Walks by Night
1959
as Heinz Pohlmann, ein Freund
The Inn on the River
1962
as Roger Lane
Tolles Geld
1964
as Glumow
Das lange Weihnachtsmahl
1962
as Charles
Bobby Dodd intervenes
1959
as Sydows Geschäftsfreund
Alibi
1955
as Berthold
Duel at Sundown
1965
as Lord