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Heinz Rühmann

German actor (1902–1994)

Born
March 7, 1902
Died
October 3, 1994
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Birth year
1902

About Heinz Rühmann

Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann (German: [haɪnts ˈʁyːman]; 7 March 1902 – 3 October 1994) 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. Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann (German:; 7 March 1902 – 3 October 1994) was a German film actor who appeared in over 100 films between 1926 and 1993. During the 1933–45 period, he acted in 37 films and directed four.

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Heinz Rühmann timeline

  1. Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann (German:; 7 March 1902 – 3 October 1994) was a German film actor who appeared in over 100 films between 1926 and 1993.
  2. During the 1933–45 period, he acted in 37 films and directed four.

The world when Heinz Rühmann was born

Heinz Rühmann was born in 1902. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1902

  • Best-selling bookThe Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Rose Bowl game played in Pasadena, California
  • Top headlineEnd of Philippine-American War
  • Technology milestoneAir conditioning invented by Willis Carrier
  • Notable inventionAir conditioning
  • World population~1.62B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population79.0M

1902 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Heinz Rühmann's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19022026
Population79.0M341 million

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