Paul Hansard (12 January 1922 – 28 January 2013) was a German-born British actor on both television and film.^[1][2] He was also a puppeteer.^[3] On several of his television appearances on both The Buccaneers and The Adventures of Robin Hood, he is shown as a musician, playing the guitar and singing. In 1965, Das Lied im Grünen: German Folksongs was released, featuring him singing traditional German music accompanied by the guitarist Jan Rosol.^[4]

Select film appearances

• Portrait from Life (1949) - Fritz (uncredited)
• The Huggetts Abroad (1949) - Assistant Commandant (uncredited)
• La Rosa di Bagdad (1949) - Zirko, Minister of BeautifulThings (English version, voice)
• Murder in the Cathedral (1951) - Peasant
• The One That Got Away (1957) - German Prisoner
• The Guns of Navarone (1961) - German Telephone Operator (uncredited)
• Live It Up! (1963) - Film Director
• Thunderball (1965) - Displaced Persons Agency Clerk (uncredited)
• Operation Crossbow (1965) - German Policeman (uncredited)
• The Heroes of Telemark (1965) - German Officer (uncredited)
• The Quiller Memorandum (1966) - Dr. Loewe (uncredited)
• Submarine X-1 (1968) - Cmdr. Steiner (uncredited)
• Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) - German Officer (uncredited)
• Battle of Britain (1969) - Karl (uncredited)
• Trog (1970) - Dr. Kurtlimer (uncredited)
• The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) - Monk
• Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) - German Photographer (uncredited)
• Gold (1974) - Syndicate Member (final film role)

Television appearances

• The Adventures of Robin Hood: 7 episodes (1956-1958) - Various Characters
• The Buccaneers: 36 episodes (1956-1957) - Taffy / Alfie

“The Last Train”.“Scotland Yard” (TV series), 1 episode, 1959. Police Official.

• Col March of Scotland Yard ( TV series): Rene, "Passage at Arms". 1953

Stage

• Twelfth Night by W Shakespeare (Old Vic Company/British Council): Sebastiano. Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Verdi, Trieste, June 1950