Horst Janson (actor)

Horst Janson

Janson (unknown date)
Born (1935-10-04) 4 October 1935
Mainz-Kastel, Germany
Occupation Actor
Years active 1958-present
Spouse(s) Monika Lundi (1973-1976) (divorced)
Helgardt Hella Ruthardt (1982-present) 2 children
Children Sarah-Jane (b. 1984)
Laura-Marie (b. 1986)
Website http://www.horst-janson.de/

Horst Janson (born 4 October 1935) is a German film and television actor.[1]

Early life

He was born in Mainz-Kastel, Germany.

Career

Horst Janson is one of Germany's most popular actors. His career started very early with the film Buddenbrooks in 1959. He also featured in Helmut Käutner’s A Glass of Water 1960 (Das Glas Wasser original title), where he played alongside Gustaf Gründgens, Hilde Krahl, Lieselotte Pulver and Sabine Sinjen. He also appeared in films such as Ruf der Wildgänse 1961 (The Cry of the Wild Geese), Das Riesenrad 1961, and Robert Siodmak’s Escape from East Berlin 1962.

Among his English-language films are the cult classic Hammer Film production Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter and Murphy's War 1971 (with Peter O'Toole and Philippe Noiret). He has appeared in many other feature films, including spaghetti westerns with Franco Nero, Eli Wallach and other international productions with Roger Moore, Tony Curtis, Anthony Perkins, Charles Bronson and Robert Wagner.

Television discovered him early. He became popular to a wider audience on the hit show Der Bastian (1973), although he was 37 years old at that time. Janson has appeared in numerous other works for both film and television. Some of the TV series he worked on: Salto Mortale 1969, Sesamstraße 1973 – German version of Sesame Street, Zwei Halbe sind noch lange kein Ganzes 1993, Zwei Schlitzohren in Antalya 1991.

He also appeared in many German, French, Spanish, Italian and English-language TV movies including Höllenfahrten 1998 (Hell Ride), Der Bunker 1992, Rose et Marguerite 1997, Il segno della scimmia 1997 (The Sign of the Ape), Liebe, Tod und viele Kalorien 2001 and Freundinnen fűr Immer 2003 etc.[2]

He played the character of Captain Bernd Jensen in the ARD series Unter weissen Segeln (In White Sails). Two seasons were broadcast in 2004 & 2005; the third episode took place in December 2006 in Cuba.

He also does a lot of theater tours. In 1998, he played Old Shatterhand, the character from western novels by German writer Karl May, at the Karl May Festival in Bad Segeberg.

Horst Janson is an avid sailor. He is also a keen cook; he lives with his family in Munich.

Awards

Filmography

His film appearances include:

Television

His TV series, miniseries & shorts appearances include:

References

  1. ↑ "Horst Janson". Spokeo. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Horst Janson". Pretty Famous. Retrieved 13 October 2015.

External links


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