
Aug 11, 1940 – Jul 2, 1990 · Avignon, Vaucluse, France
Born in Avignon, France, he found work as a stage actor until the early 1970s, when he began working on films. His most famous role was in John Milius's historical epic The Wind and the Lion (1975), where he played a German colonel. He also appeared, playing similar characters, in the Spaghetti Westerns A Fistful of Dynamite (1971) and My Name is Nobody (1973). He also appeared as the zombified artist Schweick in Lucio Fulci's cult horror film The Beyond (1981). He spoke fluent English and German.

as Col. Günther Reza

as Scape

as Schweick

as Mr. Ears' Thug

as Le soldat allemand tué dans la cuisine

as Von Roerkel

as (credit only)