Morris, Mike

Post by **Johan Melle** » 27/03/2020, 13:24

Mike Morris portrayed in the "Annuario degli attori 1984-85".

Mike Morris was a German actor who was active in Italian films and television during the 1970s and 80s. He spent the majority of his career playing various German characters, including several Nazi roles, and shows up in quite a few uncredited roles.

The only piece of biographical information I've been able to find about him is small piece in Radiocorriere TV magazine from 1979, stating that he is German and that he has worked with Fellini. The team at the Cinema Italiano Database have also discovered that his real name was most likely Horst Detlev Weinert as he is credited under different variations of this name in a few films.

There are probably many more uncredited roles to be found for Mike, especially during the 1980s as there's currently a pretty large gap in his filmography between 1984 and 1990.
Filmography

1971

Scipione detto anche l'africano .... One of Scipione's friends (credited as "Weinert Detley Horst")

1972
Girolimoni, il mostro di Roma .... The German priest (uncredited)

1973
Storie scellerate .... Cardinal (uncredited)

1974
Carambola .... Bookmaker (credited)

1976
Il comune senso del pudore .... Hotel manager (credited as "Horst Weinert")

1977
La svastica nel ventre .... Herr Gruppenführer (credited)
Le lunghe notti della Gestapo .... General von Guderwal (credited)

1978
Battaglie negli spazi stellari .... Charles Sotus (credited as "Detlev Weinert")
Indagine su un delitto perfetto .... Sir Arthur's doctor (uncredited)
Interno di un convento .... The Cardinal's aide (credited)
Lo chiamavano Bulldozer .... Cashier at gambling joint (credited)
Quel maledetto treno blindato .... Colonel Hauser (credited)

1980
Contamination .... Dr. Hilton (uncredited)
L'avvertimento .... Giorgio Massimiliano (credited)
Panagulis vive (TV mini-series) .... Georgios Papadopoulos (credited)

1981
La nouvelle malle des Indes (TV mini-series) .... Governor of Austria (credited as "M. Morriss")
Priest of Love .... Dr. Uhlfelder (credited)
Ricominciamo a tre .... Doctor (uncredited)

1982
La Certosa di Parma (TV mini-series) - ep. 1 .... Kommandant Binder (credited)

1983
Notturno .... Zukarnof (credited)

1984
...e la vita continua (TV mini-series) - ep. 5 .... Duvivier (credited)

1990
Il giudice istruttore (TV series) - ep. 3: "Complotto internazionale" .... Wolf (credited)

Filmography to check

La linea del fiume (1976) .... German in the café
Quasi quasi mi sposo (TV movie, 1982)
Sturmtruppen 2 (1982)

Post by **Johan Melle** » 27/03/2020, 13:25

Girolimoni, il mostro di Roma (1972) as The German priest

Post by **Johan Melle** » 27/03/2020, 13:26

Storie scellerate (1973) as Cardinal

Post by **Johan Melle** » 27/03/2020, 13:28

Carambola (1974) credited, as Bookmaker. This is an odd role to be credited for as Mike is only onscreen for a few seconds and has no dialogue.

Post by **Johan Melle** » 27/03/2020, 13:30

Le lunghe notti della Gestapo (1977) credited, as General von Guderwal

Post by **Johan Melle** » 27/03/2020, 13:33

La svastica nel ventre (1977) credited, as Herr Gruppenführer. This is the most substantial of Mike's Nazi roles. He plays the Nazi responsible for the deaths of the parents of the film's protagonist (played by Sirpa Lane).

Post by **Johan Melle** » 27/03/2020, 13:34

Quel maledetto treno blindato (1978) credited, as Colonel Hauser. Just a short appearance in this famous WW2 movie in which all of Mike's dialogue is spoken in German.