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Horst Buchholz

1933 - 2003

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Horst Werner Buchholz (4 December 1933 – 3 March 2003) was a German actor who appeared in more than 60 feature films from 1951 to 2002. During his youth, he was sometimes called "the German James Dean". He is perhaps best known in English-speaking countries for his roles as Chico in The Magnificent Seven (1960), as a communist in Billy Wilder's One, Two, Three (1961), and as Dr. Lessing in Life Is Beautiful (1997). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Horst Buchholz is the 665th most popular actor (down from 601st in 2019), the 986th most popular biography from Germany (down from 947th in 2019) and the 13th most popular German Actor.

Horst Buchholz is most famous for his role as Captain Hans von Witzland in the movie "The Sound of Music."

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Horst Buchholz ranks 665 out of 13,578. Before him are Richard S. Castellano, Edward Norton, Christian Bale, Cybill Shepherd, Milla Jovovich, and Robert Knepper. After him are Philip Seymour Hoffman, Edna Purviance, Linda Christian, Burgess Meredith, Edwige Fenech, and Walter Brennan.

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Among people born in 1933, Horst Buchholz ranks 77. Before him are David McCallum, Willie Nelson, Cormac McCarthy, Godfried Danneels, Richard S. Castellano, and Peter Mansfield. After him are Wilbur Smith, Sam Jones, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Teresa Berganza, Waichiro Omura, and Henryk Górecki. Among people deceased in 2003, Horst Buchholz ranks 43. Before him are Compay Segundo, Isser Harel, Bernard Katz, Helmut Rahn, Alberto Sordi, and Celia Cruz. After him are Leslie Cheung, Waichiro Omura, Jack Elam, David M. Brown, David Dacko, and Roberto Bolaño.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Horst Buchholz ranks 986 out of 7,253. Before him are Christina of Saxony (1461), Agnes of Merania (1175), Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709), Mechtilde (1241), Hartmann von Aue (1160), and Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1831). After him are Princess Wilhelmine of Baden (1788), Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1671), Albert V, Duke of Bavaria (1528), Matthias Erzberger (1875), Karl Rahner (1904), and Wolfgang Overath (1943).

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Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, Horst Buchholz ranks 13. Before him are Emmy Göring (1893), Hardy Krüger (1928), Udo Kier (1944), Nastassja Kinski (1961), Luise Rainer (1910), and Karlheinz Böhm (1928). After him are Max Schreck (1879), Karin Schubert (1944), Lale Andersen (1905), Horst Tappert (1923), Christiane F. (1962), and Gert Fröbe (1913).

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