Biografie

Father of actors Knut Hinz and Michael Hinz, stepfather of actress Dinah Hinz.

German dubbing voice of Gregory Peck and Michel Piccoli.

Studied acting at the Deutsches Theater under Max Reinhardt.

Stately German character actor, on stage from 1922. Subsequently acted at theatres in Berlin, Munich and Hamburg. In films from 1935, often in military roles or as dignitaries and officials, aristocrats or industrialists. From 1949, often cast in leading roles in East German Defa films.

In Der längste Tag (1962), he played Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, the father of his son Michael Hinz's character Manfred Rommel.