---
name: "Hugo Bower"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hugo-bower"
fi1m_id: "hugo-bower"
imdb_id: "nm0100967"
tmdb_id: 1616272
roles: []
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 49
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T11:01:48.460570+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."
---

# Hugo Bower

## Identity

Hugo Bower

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hugo-bower
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hugo-bower
- **IMDb ID:** nm0100967
- **TMDB ID:** 1616272
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0100967/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1616272

Actor.

## Details

- **Active:** 1983–1984
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0100967/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1616272

## Biography

Hugo Bower is an actor. He played Mr Zimmerman in two episodes of the 1984 ITV sitcom *Duty Free*.

His other screen credits include the role of Karl in the James Bond film *Octopussy* (1983), Sgt. Beckmann in *Escape from Sobibor* (1987), Gen. Wilhelm von Tiebolt in *The Holcroft Covenant* (1985), a French Detective in *The Razor's Edge* (1984) and Smit in *Incognito* (1997). He has also appeared in episodes of series such as *Murder Most Horrid* (1996).

*Sources: comedy.co.uk, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Duty Free* (1984), Fi1m 34, as Mr Zimmerman — [page](https://film.one/tv/duty-free.md)
- *Octopussy* (1983), Fi1m 64, as Karl — [page](https://film.one/film/octopussy.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Incognito* (1997), as Smit
- *Murder Most Horrid* (1991), series, as Mr Wenders
- *The Secret Life of Ian Fleming* (1990), as S.S. Major
- *Escape from Sobibor* (1987), as Sgt. Beckmann
- *The Holcroft Covenant* (1985), as Gen. Wilhelm von Tiebolt
- *Unfair Exchanges* (1984), as German Dentist
- *The Razor's Edge* (1984), as French Detective
- *Duty Free* (1984), series, as Mr Zimmerman — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/tv/duty-free.md)
- *Diana* (1984), series, as Capt Kriek
- *Octopussy* (1983), as Karl — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/octopussy.md)
- *Rating Notman* (1982), Actor
- *The Sandbaggers* (1978), series, as Wendicke

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