
Birthday
1926/04/18
Day of death
1994/12/05 (68 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Bremen, Germany
Also know as
Guenter Meisner
Günter Meisner (18 April 1926 – 5 December 1994) was a German TV and film character actor. He is remembered for his several cinematic portrayals of Adolf Hitler and for his role as Mr. Slugworth in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. He was fluent in four languages and appeared in many English-language, German-language and French-language films.

(1971) Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
as Mr. Slugworth

(1985) Drei gegen drei
as Professor Holl

(1980) The American Success Company
as Maitre 'd

(1966) Funeral in Berlin
as Kreutzman

(1974) Borsalino and Co.
as Doctor

(1986) In a Glass Cage
as Klaus
(1971) Ludwig L
as Der Betrunkene

(1982) Ace of Aces
as Adolf Hitler / Angela Hitler

(1990) The Saint: The Big Bang
as Kuhler

(1975) Inside Out
as Schmidt

(1979) Ticket of No Return
as Direktor Willi

(1989) Moon Child
as Abuelo militar

(1961) Operation Caviar
as Redner

(1992) Ruby Cairo
as Herr Bruchner

(1974) Between Wars
as Karl Schneider

(1988) Magdalene
as Prior

(1984) Under the Volcano
as Herr Krausberg (German Attaché) (uncredited)

(1993) Faraway, So Close!
as Forger
(1991) Te Rua
as Professor Biederstedt

(1973) Werwölfe
as ---

(1979) Breakthrough
as SS Officer

(1982) The Man on the Wall
as Dr. Steiner

(1969) The Bridge at Remagen
as SS Officer

(1966) Is Paris Burning?
as SS Commander in Pantin

(1966) The Quiller Memorandum
as Hassler

(1970) Hauser's Memory
as Koroweiw

(1973) The Battle of Sutjeska
as German General

(1978) The Boys from Brazil
as Farnbach

(1974) The Odessa File
as General Greifer

(1976) Voyage of the Damned
as Robert Hoffman

(1979) Avalanche Express
as Rudi Muehler

(1977) The Serpent's Egg
as Convict

(1982) Night Crossing
as Major Koerner

(1959) Babette Goes to War
as First Gestapo officer

(1962) The Counterfeit Traitor
as Priest (uncredited)
(1994) Eine Mutter kämpft um ihren Sohn
as Wegener
(1991) Leporella
as ---

(1990) The Little People
as Schneider
(1990) The Man Inside
as Richter

(1989) Bride of the Orient
as Priest Barmettler

(1988) The Case of Mr. Spalt
as Bobby Steinbeck

(1986) Gestatten, Bestatter
as Herr Abendroth

(1986) Das Geheimnis von Lismore Castle
as Sir Ralph Whitecombe
(1984) Der Mord mit der Schere
as ---

(1983) Plem, Plem – Die Schule brennt
as History teacher Borwald
(1982) Zwei Tote im Sender und Don Carlos im PoGl
as Maskenbildner
(1981) Das waren noch Zeiten - Kleine Geschichten von Kalke & Söhne
as Herr Klein
(1980) Die Paulskirche
as ---

(1980) Gibbi West Germany
as Patient
(1980) Meister Timpe
as Herr Rahm
(1979) Wie Rauch und Staub
as ---
(1978) Als Hitler das rosa Kaninchen stahl
as Berg
(1978) Ein Mord am Lietzensee
as Mölling

(1977) The Brothers
as Pfarrer
(1975) Depressionen
as Dr. Müller

(1975) A Happy Family Life
as Hektiker

(1975) Flesh of the Orchid
as Advokat

(1974) The Brutalization of Franz Blum
as Borsig
(1970) Schlagzeilen über einen Mord
as Taxifahrer #3

(1967) The College Girl Murders
as Greaves
(1967) Lobby Doll und die Sitzstangenaffäre
as ---

(1966) Großer Ring mit Außenschleife
as Fotograf
(1965) One Day: A Report from a German Concentration Camp 1939
as ---
(1964) Schaufensterpuppen
as Herr Schneider

(1964) The Foggy Night Murderer
as Kriminalassistent Behrend
(1963) Die Wölfe
as Buquet

(1963) The Black Cobra
as Wunderlich ('Mr. Green')
(1962) Der Kronanwalt
as Mr. White

(1961) The Miracle of Father Malachia
as Prediger

(1961) Question 7
as Schmidt
(1961) Ein wahrer Held
as Shawn Keogh
(1960) Abendstunde im Spätherbst
as Sekretär
(1959) Der König ist tot
as Dick Henderson

(1959) The Black Chapel
as 1. Killer

(1959) Ship of the Dead
as Paul
(1959) Notes from a Gynecologist's Diary
as Dr. Rott - Oberarzt
(1957) Kopf oder Zahl
as Kid

(1990) Central Station
as El Amigo de Alex
(1968) Das Haus mit den sieben Stockwerken
as Krankenpfleger

(1962) The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
as Henry - Kurzschluß (uncredited)

(1988) Roselyne and the Lions
as Klint

(1977) Heinrich
as ---
(1964) Das Martyrium des Peter OHey
as Der Wissenschaftler
(1987) Close Up
as ---

(1979) The Tin Drum
as Gestapo Agent

(1983) The Winds of War
as Adolf Hitler

(1987) Hals über Kopf
as Sir Reginald Mackintosh

(1986) Liebling Kreuzberg
as Staatsanwalt

(1994) Zwei alte Hasen
as Nachtwächter
(1961) Das Fernsehgericht tagt
as Berthold Zeller
(1973) Lokaltermin
as Schauspieler Lorbeer
(1980) I.O.B. Spezialauftrag
as Hanno Griesser

(1970) Scene of the Crime
as Bulldozer-Fahrer

(1987) Praxis Bülowbogen
as Berti

(1970) Scene of the Crime
as Viebich

(1981) Silas
as Fabian Fedder

(1963) Das Kriminalmuseum
as Tankwart

(1986) Großstadtrevier
as ---
(1972) Das Jahrhundert der Chirurgen
as Jackson

(1976) Direktion City
as Herr Zilkowski
(1977) Ein Mann kam im August
as Oberinspektor Krieg

(1975) Jo Gaillard
as Hessling