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Horst Werner Buchholz was a German actor and voice 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 role 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).
Birth Name
Horst Werner Buchholz
Born
Monday, 04 December 1933
Died
Monday, 03 March 2003
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Im Reich Der Filme | Self | 2020 |
| Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Von Glessing | 2014 |
| How the West Was Lost | Chico | 2008 |
| Horst Buchholz... mein Papa | Self | 2005 |
| The 75th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2003 |
| Detective Lovelorn und die Rache des Pharao | Prof. Svedenborg | 2003 |
| Atlantic Affairs | Maitre de Plaisir | 2002 |
| Traumfrau mit Verspätung | Leon | 2001 |
| Der Club der grünen Witwen | Fritz Pohlmann | 2001 |
| Abschnitt 40 | Herr Dubszinski | 2001 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Im Reich Der Filme | Self | 2020 |
| Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Von Glessing | 2014 |
| How the West Was Lost | Chico | 2008 |
| Horst Buchholz... mein Papa | Self | 2005 |
| The 75th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2003 |
| Detective Lovelorn und die Rache des Pharao | Prof. Svedenborg | 2003 |
| Atlantic Affairs | Maitre de Plaisir | 2002 |
| Traumfrau mit Verspätung | Leon | 2001 |
| Der Club der grünen Witwen | Fritz Pohlmann | 2001 |
| Abschnitt 40 | Herr Dubszinski | 2001 |
| The Enemy | Dr. George Ashton | 2001 |
| Heller als der Mond | Erster Gast | 2000 |
| Kinderraub in Rio - Eine Mutter schlägt zurück | Dr. Lopez | 2000 |
| Geisterjäger John Sinclair | Horatio Snyder | 2000 |
| Dunckel | Jean | 1999 |
| Voyage of Terror | Captain | 1998 |
| Life Is Beautiful | Dottor Lessing / Dottore Lessing | 1997 |
| The Firebird | King Jorgen | 1997 |
| Maître Da Costa | Arnold Bormann | 1997 |
| Geisterstunde - Fahrstuhl ins Jenseits | The father of Bettina / Bettinas Vater | 1997 |
| Der Clan der Anna Voss | Paul Voss | 1995 |
| The Cave of the Golden Rose 4 | Darken | 1994 |
| Faraway, So Close! | Tony Baker | 1993 |
| Evelyn Hamann's Geschichten aus dem Leben | Friedrich Talberg (segment "Die Geschäftsreise") | 1993 |
| Aces: Iron Eagle III | Leichman / Leichmann | 1992 |
| Réquiem por Granada | Rey Muley Hasan / Muley Hasan | 1991 |
| Touch and Die | Limey Pimlet / Limey | 1991 |
| Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge | (archive footage) | 1990 |
| Flight from Paradise | Thor | 1990 |
| And the Violins Stopped Playing | Dymitr Mirga | 1988 |
| Der Schatz im Niemandsland | Abdel Rahman | 1987 |
| Josh, the Logan Legend | Self | 1986 |
| Die Fräulein von damals | 1986 | |
| Crossings | Martin Goertz | 1986 |
| Code Name: Emerald | Walter Hoffman | 1985 |
| Wenn ich mich fürchte | Robert Feldmann | 1984 |
| Sahara | Von Glessing / Heinrich von Glessing | 1983 |
| Aphrodite | Harry Laird | 1982 |
| Berlin Tunnel 21 | Emerich Weber | 1981 |
| The French Atlantic Affair | Dr. Chabot | 1979 |
| Avalanche Express | Scholten | 1979 |
| From Hell to Victory | Jürgen Dietrich | 1979 |
| The Return of Captain Nemo | King Tibor | 1978 |
| Logan's Run | James Borden | 1977 |
| The Old Fox | Wolf Daniel | 1977 |
| Women in Hospital | Dr. Schumann | 1977 |
| Dead of Night | Michael / Michael (segment "No Such Thing as a Vampire") | 1977 |
| Fantasy Island | Charles Fleming | 1977 |
| Raid on Entebbe | Wilfred Boese | 1976 |
| The Savage Bees | Dr. Jorge Meuller / Dr. Jorge Mueller | 1976 |
| Charlie's Angels | Paul Ferrino | 1976 |
| Live from Lincoln Center | Self | 1976 |
| How the West Was Won | Sergei | 1976 |
| The Catamount Killing | Mark Kalvin | 1975 |
| Derrick | Richard Schulte / Gerke / Arthur Dissmann / Alexis | 1974 |
| Am laufenden Band | Self - Guest | 1974 |
| Klimbim | Dirigent | 1973 |
| ...But Johnny! | Jonny | 1973 |
| The Great Waltz | Johann Strauss Jr. | 1972 |
| The Saviour | Claude | 1971 |
| Dalli Dalli | Self - Kandidat | 1971 |
| The Dove Must Not Fly | Pablo Vallejo / Pablo Vallajo | 1970 |
| Come, quando, perché | Alberto | 1969 |
| Astragal | Julien | 1968 |
| The Young Rebel | Miguel de Cervantes | 1967 |
| The Danny Thomas Hour | Ivo | 1967 |
| That Man in Istanbul | Tony Mecenas | 1965 |
| Marco the Magnificent | Marco Polo | 1965 |
| The Love Goddesses | Self / (archive footage) | 1965 |
| The Empty Canvas | Dino | 1963 |
| Nine Hours to Rama | Naturam Godse | 1963 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Guest | 1962 |
| One, Two, Three | Otto Ludwig Piffl | 1961 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Actor | 1961 |
| Fanny | Marius | 1961 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| The Magnificent Seven | Chico | 1960 |
| Ship of the Dead | Philip Gale, Amerikanischer Seeman / Philip Gale - Amerikanischer Seeman | 1959 |
| Stars in der Manege | Self / Performer | 1959 |
| Tiger Bay | Korchinsky / Bronislaw Korchinsky | 1959 |
| Auferstehung | Nechljudoff / Iwanowitsch Nechljudoff | 1958 |
| Der schwarze Blitz | Horst Buchholz - Spectator at Skiing Contest | 1958 |
| Two Worlds | Mecky Berger | 1958 |
| Wet Asphalt | Greg Bachmann | 1958 |
| Ein Stück vom Himmel | Cabrio-Fahrer | 1958 |
| Monpti | Monpti (young) | 1957 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Himself | 1957 |
| Confessions of Felix Krull | Felix Krull | 1957 |
| The Girl and the Legend | Tom | 1957 |
| King in Shadow | King Christian | 1957 |
| Teenage Wolfpack | Freddy Borchert | 1956 |
| Sky Without Stars | Mischa Bjelkin | 1955 |
| Marianne of My Youth | Vincent Loringer / Vincent Loringer (german version only) | 1955 |
| Person to Person | Self | 1953 |
| Adventure in Berlin | Junger Mann am Funkturm | 1952 |
| The Border of Sin | Ein Rabatzer | 1952 |
| What's My Line? | Himself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
