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By Charles Bottage

Updated 18 March 2023

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German actor

Horst Buchholz is ...

Dead

Born	4 December 1933 in Berlin
Died	3 March 2003 in Berlin
Age	69 years, 3 months
Cause	pneumonia

Sex or gender	male
Country of citizenship	Germany
Manner of death	natural causes
Spouse	Myriam Bru
Child	Christopher Buchholz
Occupation	actor and film actor

About Horst Buchholz

Horst Werner Buchholz (December 4, 1933 – March 3, 2003) was a German actor, best known in English-speaking countries for his roles in The Magnificent Seven, in which he played Chico, Fanny, and the Billy Wilder comedy One, Two, Three. Worldwide, from 1951 to 2002, he appeared in more than sixty feature films. During his youth he was sometimes called "the German James Dean".

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Life Is Beautiful

1997 film directed by Roberto Benigni

The Magnificent Seven

1960 American western film

Faraway, So Close!

1993 film by Wim Wenders

One, Two, Three

1961 film by Billy Wilder

Fanny

1961 American film

Aces: Iron Eagle III

1991 film by John Glen

Raid on Entebbe

1977 film directed by Irvin Kershner

Tiger Bay

1959 film by J. Lee Thompson

And the Violins Stopped Playing

1988 film by Alexander Ramati

Sahara

1983 British-American adventure drama film directed by Andrew McLaglen

Avalanche Express

1979 film by Mark Robson, Monte Hellman

The Savage Bees

1976 American horror and thriller film directed by Bruce Geller

Nine Hours to Rama

1963 film by Mark Robson

The Empty Canvas

1963 film by Damiano Damiani

Love from Paris

1957 film by Helmut Käutner

From Hell to Victory

1979 film by Umberto Lenzi

Nasser Asphalt

1958 film by Frank Wisbar

That Man in Istanbul

1965 film by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi

Confessions of Felix Krull

1957 film by Kurt Hoffmann

Teenage Wolfpack

1956 film by Georg Tressler

Code Name: Emerald

1985 film by Jonathan Sanger

Marco the Magnificent

1965 film by Raoul Lévy, Denys de La Patellière, Noël Howard

King in Shadow

1957 film by Harald Braun

Aphrodite

1982 film by Robert Fuest

A Piece of Heaven

1957 film by Rudolf Jugert

Johnny Banco

1967 film by Yves Allégret

Cervantes

1967 film by Vincent Sherman

Regine

1956 film by Harald Braun

The Death Ship

1959 film by Georg Tressler

Resurrection

1958 film by Rolf Hansen

Women in Hospital

1977 film directed by Rolf Thiele

The Girl and the Legend

1956 film by Josef von Báky

Come, quando

1969 film by Antonio Pietrangeli, Valerio Zurlini

The Love Goddesses

1965 film by Saul J. Turell

The Savior

1971 film by Michel Mardore

Marianne

1955 film by Julien Duvivier

Sky without stars

1955 German film

Flight from Paradise

1990 film by Ettore Pasculli

The Dove Must Not Fly

1970 film by Sergio Garrone

...But Johnny!

1973 film by Alfred Weidenmann

Astragal

1969 film by Guy Casaril

The Enemy

2001 film by Tom Kinninmont

Fear of Falling

1984 film by Christian Rischert