---
name: "Hans Zander"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hans-zander"
fi1m_id: "hans-zander"
imdb_id: "nm0952870"
tmdb_id: 1175731
wikidata_id: "Q1402654"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 January 1937"
died: "27 February 1991"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:01:17.877838+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Hans Zander

## Identity

Hans Zander

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hans-zander
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hans-zander
- **IMDb ID:** nm0952870
- **TMDB ID:** 1175731
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1402654
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1402654, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0952870/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1175731

Actor. Born 9 January 1937 in Hamburg, Germany. Died 27 February 1991.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 January 1937, Hamburg, Germany
- **Died:** 27 February 1991
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1402654, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0952870/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1175731

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Fox and His Friends*](https://film.one/film/fox-and-his-friends.md) (78)

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## Biography

Hans Zander was a German actor. Born in Hamburg on 9 January 1937, he trained at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Hamburg under Eduard Marks and made his stage debut at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus. He later worked at the Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel and other Munich theatres, and from 1983 directed the Münchner Boulevardtheater im Künstlerhaus am Lenbachplatz.

Zander appeared in numerous films and television productions from the late 1950s. His credits include the role of Barman Springer in Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s *Fox and His Friends* (1975), appearances in *Berlin Alexanderplatz* (1980) and *Despair* (1978, scenes deleted), and multiple episodes of the series *Derrick*. He died in Munich on 27 February 1991.

*Sources: imdb.com, de.wikipedia.org, filmportal.de.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fox and His Friends* (1975), Fi1m 78, as Barman Springer — [page](https://film.one/film/fox-and-his-friends.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Abenteuer Airport* (1990), series, as Gustl
- *Der Leibwächter* (1989), Actor
- *The Contract* (1988), series, as Lentzer
- *Hans: A Young Man in Germany* (1985), as Martin Weiß
- *Der Fahnder* (1984), series, as Manfred Trampe
- *The Island of the Bloody Plantation* (1983), as Sanchez
- *Berlin Alexanderplatz* (1980), series, as Eliser
- *Jan from the Other Star* (1980), series, Actor
- *Despair* (1978), as Müller's Brother [Scenes Deleted]
- *Polizeiinspektion 1* (1977), series, as Anzeigenerstatter
- *Es muss nicht immer Kaviar sein* (1977), series, as Bergier
- *The Old Fox* (1977), series, as Maderholz, Wirt, Heinz Koch, Herr Jakobs
- *Fox and His Friends* (1975), as Barman Springer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/fox-and-his-friends.md)
- *Wachtmeister Rahn* (1974), as Ernst Rahn
- *Derrick* (1974), series, as Pohlmann, Luders
- *The Swinging Co-eds* (1972), as Wastl Obermeier
- *Friß, Pappi, friß!* (1972), as Othello
- *Einmal im Leben - Geschichte eines Eigenheims* (1972), series, as Klempner
- *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, as Sattmann
- *Die Perle – Aus dem Tagebuch einer Hausgehilfin* (1969), series, as Hühnebach
- *Bare Naked in Upper Bavaria* (1969), as Sepp
- *Ein Genie wird verkannt* (1967), as Mervyn
- *Der Röhm-Putsch* (1967), as SA-Gruppenführer Karl Ernst
- *Von Null Uhr Eins bis Mitternacht* (1967), series, Actor
- *Call Girls of Frankfurt* (1966), as Fritzchen
- *Das Kriminalmuseum* (1963), series, as Kriminalassistent Agering
- *Die Karte mit dem Luchskopf* (1963), series, as Boss
- *Immer wenn es Nacht wird* (1961), as Ted

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