Heinz von Cleve

Heinz von Cleve (27 June 1897 – 9 October 1984) was a German stage and film actor.

He attended schools in his home town of Schwedt, Elbing, and Stettin, then in 1914 joined the 4th Guards Field Artillery Regiment in Potsdam and in 1915 was promoted to lieutenant.

In July 1915 he was wounded at Krasnostaw, during the Mackensen Offensive, and later served on the Western Front, receiving the Iron Cross, First and Second Class.

In 1928 he became a stage actor, appearing in productions in Meissen, Hamburg, Nuremberg, Görlitz, and Berlin.

From then until 1939 he acted in many films, gaining some leading roles and the nickname "the handsome man of Ufa".