Vintage 1957 HORST BUCHHOLZ 5x7 Handsome GAY ACTOR German PORTRAIT Early

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Vintage 1957 HORST BUCHHOLZ 5x7 Handsome GAY ACTOR German PORTRAIT Early:
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Horst Werner Buchholz(4 December 1933– 3 March 2003) was a German actor, best known in English-speaking countriesfor his roles inThe Magnificent Seven, in which he played Chico,Fanny, and theBilly WildercomedyOne, Two, Three. Worldwide, from 1952 to 2002, he appeared in more than sixty feature films. During his youth he was sometimes called \"the GermanJames Dean\".

Able to speak several languages, Buchholz expanded into film work by doing foreign-language voice dubbing.

In 1952 he started getting small uncredited on-screen parts. He had a marginally larger role inMarianne de ma jeunesse(1954),

directed byJulien Duvivier, then won a Best Actor award at Cannes for his part as Mischa Bjelkin inHelmut Käutner\'s

Himmel ohne Sterne(1955). His youthful good looks next brought him a part inDieHalbstarken(1956), which made him a

teen favorite in Germany; an English-dubbed version was released in the US asTeenage Wolfpack, with Buchholz billed as

\"Henry Bookholt\" and promoted as a newJames Dean.Full-fledged stardom resulted from

Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull(1957), in which he played the lead; it was directed byKurt Hoffmannand

based on the novel byThomas Mann.

In 1958 Buchholz married French actressMyriam Bru.

They had two children.

Buchholz began appearing in English-language films in 1959, when he co-starred in theBritishproduction

Tiger BaywithHayley Mills. He followed that withThe Magnificent Seven(1960), the romantic dramaFanny(1961)

withLeslie CaronandMaurice Chevalier, and the Berlin-set comedyOne, Two, Three(1961), directed byBilly Wilder.

Though filmed in Mexico, France and Germany respectively, these wereHollywoodproductions and Buchholz had begun a period

of residence inLos Angeles. He proved to be popular with American audiences, but several missed opportunities thwarted the

upward trajectory of his career and it began to stall. Filming schedule conflicts prevented him from accepting the offered

roles of Tony inWest Side Story(1961) and Sherif Ali inLawrence of Arabia(1962). Later, on the advice of his agent, like many

others who were asked, he turned down the starring role inA Fistful of Dollars(1964).

A versatile actor, Buchholz appeared in comedies, horror films, wartime dramas and other genres, but his best work

was mostly behind him by the mid-1960s. The quality of the films in which he appeared diminished, with poorly regarded

made-for-television films and episodic television making up the majority of his appearances during the 1970s. One exception

wasLe Sauveur(1971), directed by French film critic Michel Mardore. In a few of his late-career films he was again given

meatier roles in more substantial fare, starring in the bleakAnd the Violins Stopped Playing(1988) and portraying

Dr. Lessing inRoberto Benigni\'sOscar-winningLife Is Beautiful(1997).

Usually reticent about his private life, in a 2000 interview in the German magazineBunteBuchholz publiclycame out,

saying \"Yes, I also love men. Ultimately, I\'mbisexual. ... I have always lived my life the way I wanted.\"He explained that

he and his wife of nearly 42 years had a stable and enduring arrangement, with her life centered in Paris and his in Berlin,

the city that he loved.Their sonChristopher Buchholz, also an actor and the producer of the feature-length

documentaryHorst Buchholz...Mein Papa(2005), has publicly acknowledged his father\'s bisexuality.

Buchholz died unexpectedly at the age of sixty-nine in the BerlinCharitéfrompneumoniathat developed after an

operation for ahip fracture. Berlin was the city to which his loyalty was constant, and he was

buried there in theFriedhof Heerstraße.

Source ~ Wikipedia