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Biography
Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann was a German film actor who appeared in over 100 films between 1926 and 1993. He is one of the most famous and popular German actors of the 20th century, and is considered a German film legend. Rühmann is best known for playing the part of a comic ordinary citizen in film comedies such as Three from the Filling Station and The Punch Bowl. During his later years, he was also a respected character actor in films such as The Captain from Köpenick and It Happened in Broad Daylight. His only English-speaking movie was the 1965 Ship of Fools.
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Awards & recognition
- Bavarian Maximilian Order — Science and Art · 1981
- Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany · 1972
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany · 1966
- Berliner Kunstpreis · 1957
- Staatsschauspieler · 1940
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- honorary golden medal of the state capital Munich
