Heinz Schubert (actor)

Heinz Schubert (12 November 1925 – 12 February 1999) was a German actor, drama teacher and photographer, best known for playing the role of Alfred Tetzlaff in the German television sitcom Ein Herz und eine Seele.

Schubert was capable of a wide range of roles, however, and proved this in his much-praised portrayal of Hadschi Halef Omar in the 26-part ZDF television series Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi (1973/1975), based on the books of Karl May, or his starring role in films such as Strongman Ferdinand [de; fr; it] and Hitler – Ein Film aus Deutschland, in which he played both Hitler and Heinrich Himmler.

Schubert also acted alongside Michael Caine in the British spy film Funeral in Berlin.

In 1996 he once more played the main role in a Wolfgang Menge series, again based on a British sitcom, as Viktor Bölkhoff in Mit einem Bein im Grab (adapting One Foot in the Grave.)

In 1979 he published a book of these photographs, Theater im Schaufenster ("Theatre in the Shop Window").