ACTOR

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Horst Buchholz has received more than 2,001,159 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Horst Buchholz is the 601st most popular actor (down from 515th in 2019), the 947th most popular biography from Germany (down from 804th in 2019) and the 12th 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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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.16

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  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Horst Buchholz ranks 601 out of 13,578. Before him are David Soul, Brendan Fraser, Alfred Molina, Joanne Woodward, Erland Josephson, and Betty White. After him are Dean Reed, Marlène Jobert, Robert Vaughn, Idina Menzel, Akshay Kumar, and Mark Wahlberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Horst Buchholz ranks 64. Before him are Yevgeny Yevtushenko, John Gurdon, Tomislav Ivić, Philip Zimbardo, Mathieu Kérékou, and Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud. After him are Edmund Phelps, Henryk Górecki, Richard S. Castellano, Willie Nelson, Ali Shariati, and Than Shwe. Among people deceased in 2003, Horst Buchholz ranks 39. Before him are Franco Modigliani, Richard Crenna, Leslie Cheung, Bertram Brockhouse, Nǃxau ǂToma, and Celia Cruz. After him are Edgar F. Codd, David Dacko, Franco Corelli, Jack Elam, Roberto Bolaño, and Mario Beccaria.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Horst Buchholz ranks 947 out of 7,253. Before him are Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp (1712), Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (1412), Karl Rahner (1904), Dorothea of Brandenburg (1430), Johann Friedrich Gmelin (1748), and Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778). After him are Johann Adolph Hasse (1699), Michael Ballack (1976), Robert Aumann (1930), Edith Frank (1900), Margot Frank (1926), and Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (1636).

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Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, Horst Buchholz ranks 12. Before him are Udo Kier (1944), Jürgen Prochnow (1941), Karlheinz Böhm (1928), Nastassja Kinski (1961), Hildegard Knef (1925), and Luise Rainer (1910). After him are Hardy Krüger (1928), Emmy Göring (1893), Gert Fröbe (1913), Karin Schubert (1944), Lale Andersen (1905), and Horst Tappert (1923).

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Television and Movie Roles

Life Is Beautiful
Dottore Lessing
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.
Dec 20th 19978.449 / 10
The Magnificent Seven
Chico
An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.
Oct 12th 19607.5 / 10
One, Two, Three
Otto Ludwig Piffl
C.R. MacNamara is a managing director for Coca Cola in West Berlin during the Cold War, just before the Wall is put up. When Scarlett, the rebellious daughter of his boss, comes to West Berlin, MacNamara has to look after her, but this turns out to be a difficult task when she reveals to be married to a communist.
Dec 15th 19617.5 / 10