Paul Hansard (12 January 1922 – 28 January 2013) was a German-born British actor on both television and film. He was also a puppeteer. On several of his television appearances on both The Buccaneers and The Adventures of Robin Hood, he is shown as a musician, playing the guitar and singing. In 1965, Das Lied im Grünen: German Folksongs was released, featuring him singing traditional German music accompanied by the guitarist Jan Rosol.
Select film appearances Portrait from Life (1949) - Fritz (uncredited) The Huggetts Abroad (1949) - Assistant Commandant (uncredited) La Rosa di Bagdad (1949) - Zirko, Minister of BeautifulThings (English version, voice) Murder in the Cathedral (1951) - Peasant The One That Got Away (1957) - German Prisoner The Guns of Navarone (1961) - German Telephone Operator (uncredited) Live It Up! (1963) - Film Director Thunderball (1965) - Displaced Persons Agency Clerk (uncredited) Operation Crossbow (1965) - German Policeman (uncredited) The Heroes of Telemark (1965) - German Officer (uncredited) The Quiller Memorandum (1966) - Dr. Loewe (uncredited) Submarine X-1 (1968) - Cmdr. Steiner (uncredited) Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) - German Officer (uncredited) Battle of Britain (1969) - Karl (uncredited) Trog (1970) - Dr. Kurtlimer (uncredited) The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) - Monk Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) - German Photographer (uncredited) Gold (1974) - Syndicate Member (final film role)
Television appearances The Adventures of Robin Hood: 7 episodes (1956-1958) - Various Characters The Buccaneers: 36 episodes (1956-1957) - Taffy / Alfie “The Last Train”.“Scotland Yard” (TV series), 1 episode, 1959. Police Official. Col March of Scotland Yard ( TV series): Rene, "Passage at Arms". 1953
Stage Twelfth Night by W Shakespeare (Old Vic Company/British Council): Sebastiano. Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Verdi, Trieste, June 1950
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