Hans Christian Blech

Hans Christian Blech (20 February 19155 March 1993) was a German film, stage and television character actor who found success in both Germany and Hollywood. He made his English film debut in the 1951 picture Decision Before Dawn. In this and many of his other Hollywood films, he played a German soldier. He had a prominent role in the 1962 World War 2 blockbuster film, The Longest Day. He served in the German Army and fought on the Eastern Front in World War II, where he may have acquired his facial scars. Another possible origin of his scars was a car accident on the Darmstadt Luisenplatz when Blech was 14 years old. Partial filmography Blum Affair (1948), as Karlheinz Gabler The Orplid Mystery (1950), as Martin Jarzombeck, Bräutigam Decision Before Dawn (1951), as Sgt. Rudolf Barth aka Tiger Sauerbruch – Das war mein Leben (1954), as Brauer Confession Under Four Eyes (1954), as Tscheche 08/15 (1954), as Wachtmeister Platzek The Phantom of the Big Tent (1954), as Naso, Clown mit Puppe Children, Mother, and the General (1955), as Feldwebel mit den Orden (1955), as Wachtmeister Platzek Bandits of the Autobahn (1955), as Willi Kollanski (1955), as Wachtmeister Platzek (1956), as Heinze Un homme se penche sur son passé (1958), as Archer (1958), as Dr. Laue (1960), as Oberarzt Dr. Neugebauer The Inheritance of Bjorndal (1960), as Aslak, Gunvor's Husband Enclosure (1961), as Karl The Longest Day (1962), as Major Werner Pluskat The Visit (1964), as Captain Dobrik Morituri (1965), as Donkeyman Battle of the Bulge (1965), as Conrad La Voleuse (1966), as Radek Kostrowicz The Bridge at Remagen (1969), as Capt.