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Prolific German character actor, trained by Albrecht Schoenhals. On stage in Hamburg from 1932, in films from 1937. Usually played fair-minded authority figures or debonair men-of-the-world. Post-war, he was much in demand as a voice over artist for stars like David Niven, Cary Grant and Errol Flynn.

His popularity increased again in the 60's with his appearance in some Edgar Wallace movies and other successful productions.

After World War II, Nielsen performed in a Kabarett group, Die Außenseiter ("The Outsider") and played in revues by cabaret artist Günter Neumann.

In addition to his own film roles, in 1948, Nielsen began working as a voice actor, dubbing films into German, including Fred Astaire (Funny Face and Daddy Long Legs); Gary Cooper (Cloak and Dagger, among others); Errol Flynn (The Adventures of Robin Hood, Adventures of Don Juan, among others); Cary Grant (Crisis); Rex Harrison (Cleopatra); Phil Silvers (Cover Girl); David Niven (The King's Thief, among others), Tyrone Power (The Mark of Zorro and Prince of Foxes, among others); James Stewart (in The Philadelphia Story and Anatomy of a Murder, among others); Robert Taylor (Quo Vadis), Spencer Tracy (Malaya); Orson Welles (Citizen Kane) and Trevor Howard (The Third Man).

He first got an education in business, but afterward, began taking private acting lessons from Albrecht Schoenhals and Erich Ziegel. He made his stage debut in Hamburg in 1932, after which he worked in Augsburg, Kiel, Leipzig, Berlin, Munich and Düsseldorf.

Just before his 54th birthday he closed his eyes too early forever.

For the time being he continued his career at the theater after the war but when the film industry recovered from the war he was also engaged again for movies. Hans Nielsen became a very popular actor in the next years and normally impersonated important support roles.

His engagements led him to different stages in Germany in the next years before he gained a foothold in the film business in 1937.

The actor Hans Nielsen took acting lessons by Albrecht Schönhals and made his theater debut in 1932 at the Hamburger Kammerspielen.

Many actors and performing artists fled Nazi Germany, but Nielsen remained. He made his film debut in 1937 in Daphne und der Diplomat, followed by German movies, such as Heimat (with Zarah Leander), Friedrich Schiller - Triumph eines Genies (with Horst Caspar) and Der große König (with Otto Gebühr).

He was troubled by backaches in the last years. Finally they diagnosed leukemia which could't be cured.