Hans-Joachim Recknitz
Born: 1931-05-25 in Baden-Baden, Germany
Died: 2013-01-13
Known For: Acting
Biography
Jack Recknitz (born Hans-Joachim Recknitz; 1931-2013) was a German and Polish actor. Born 25 May 1931 in Baden-Baden to a family of actors: Hans-Joachim Zinke senior and Katharina Recknitz. Early in his youth he started working for the Leipzig Radio as a speaker and news anchor, as well as appearing in various theatres in the German Democratic Republic. In 1953 he graduated from Schauspielschule in Mannheim and passed his actors' exams as an extramural student. He appeared on stage in Annaberg, Parchim, Bautzen and Karl-Marx-Stadt (modern Chemnitz). In 1965 he moved to Poland, where he appeared in over 80 feature films, mostly in the roles of foreigners: Germans, Britons or Americans. While in Poland he was sometimes credited as Jacek Recknitz. Between 1966 and 1968 he also worked at the Polish Radio. In addition to his film work, in 1967 he became a permanent member of the Jewish Theatre in Warsaw, where he remained until 1980. Perhaps his greatest acting success was the role of unnamed "foreign journalist", based on the real-life experiences of Julien Bryan, in the 1978 film ...Gdziekolwiek jesteś Panie Prezydencie (Wherever you may be, Mr. President) by Andrzej Trzos-Rastawiecki.[1] For this role he received the Special Prize at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia. Late in his life he moved back to his native Baden-Baden in Germany, where he died on 13 January 2013. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Recknitz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
2015
- Influence as Heinrich Tiedemann
2005
- Rh+ as Gerard
2003
- Warszawa as Karl
2001
- The Slurb as Pilot (as Jack Recknitz)
2000
- Der tote Taucher im Wald as Marian Kattowitz
- Geisterjäger John Sinclair as Terence Bull
1999
- SK Kölsch as Jack Walsh
- Der Voyeur as Morris Hunter
1997
- Coast Guard as Kapitän
- Sara as Jozef's man
- A Rat's Tale as Mr. Adams
1996
- SK-Babies as Herr Korte
1995
- Unser Charly as Jens Krüger
- Ekstradycja
- Westerdeich as Heinz Schuster
1994
- Die Wache as Herr Herzog
1983
- Katastrofa w Gibraltarze as General Mason MacFarlane
1981
- Vabank as sprawozdawca niemiecki na meczu
- Tender Spots as Mężczyzna w kawiarni
- The Big Picnic as Jerry Liszka
- Wizja lokalna 1901 as Gendarme
1980
- Dom as korespondent "United Press"
- Die Schmuggler von Rajgrod
1979
- Aria for an Athlete as amerykański sprawozdawca
- Życie na gorąco as Alfonso, goryl don Octavia
1978
- Wherever You Are, Mr. President as dziennikarz z USA
1977
- Ostatnie takie trio as Narzeczony (niewymieniony w czołówce)
- Death of a President as Delagneau
1973
- The Hourglass Sanatorium as Jew (uncredited)
- Na krawędzi as Major Jack Tooth
1972
- Skarb trzech łotrów as Ike Samish
1971
- Pułapka as Weiss
- Pygmalion XII
1970
- Różaniec z granatów as English Officer
- There Is No Return, Johnny as John William Scott
1969
- Czekam w Monte Carlo as Gene Stothard