Rubén Amaro obit

Beloved Phils player, scout Amaro Sr. dies

Gold Glove shortstop remembered as father figure to many in baseball

 He was not on the list.

PHILADELPHIA -- Ruben Amaro Sr. not only played with the Phillies, he discovered and coached some of their greatest talents.

The lifelong baseball man died Friday at age 81 outside Miami, following a lengthy illness.

"As a young fan in the early 1960s, I had the privilege of watching the amazing grace of Ruben Amaro Sr. as he played shortstop for the Phillies," Phillies chairman David Montgomery said in a statement. "Ten years later, Ruben was my professional colleague at the Phillies. He was a joy to be around, because he treated people with the same special grace he exhibited fielding a ground ball."

Amaro spent most of his 11-year playing career with the Phillies (1960-65). He won the National League Gold Glove Award at shortstop in 1964. Following his playing career, he coached first base for the Phillies (1980-81) when they won their first World Series championship. In the minors he played for the Mexicali and Veracruz Eagles, along with the Houston Buffaloes,  Rochester Red Wings, Buffalo bison and Indianapolis Indians. 

But Amaro made his biggest impact in baseball off the field. He joined Phillies legend Dallas Green in 1972, when Green was the organization's director of Minor Leagues and scouting. Amaro became the Phillies' first full-time scout in the Caribbean and the Latin American coordinator from 1974-80.

Amaro helped sign Juan Samuel, Willie Hernandez, George Bell, Julio Franco and others.

He rejoined the Phillies from 1999-2006, when he served as a Minor League coordinator, scouting and player development advisor, scout and Gulf Coast League manager, leading the club to a GCL championship in 2002.

Amaro played a role in pushing the Phillies to select Shane Victorino in the 2004 Rule 5 Draft.

"I considered Ruben like my dad," Samuel said. "He was the one that went to the Dominican and basically discovered me. We stayed close throughout the years. Every time he was around, he gave me a big hug and a big kiss. To me he was a father figure. Not just to me, to a lot other guys -- Julio Franco, George Bell, all those guys."

Amaro also held various roles in scouting and player development with the Cubs, Tigers and White Sox. He last served as a scout with the Astros (2010-16). He maanged the Rockford Cubbies.

"As a baseball lifer, Ruben knew every aspect of the game," Montgomery said. "He had a special gift for the sport and cared deeply for all of the people in it. We were blessed to know him and to love him."

"[Amaro] didn't just discover you and sign you, he followed your career, and it was important for him to continue with that relationship and he did that for me," Samuel said. "Even when I was with other clubs as a player and a coach, he'd always call me, 'my son.' That's what he was to us, to a lot of us."

Born on Jan. 6, 1936, in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, Amaro grew up in a baseball family. His father, Santos Amaro, had a long baseball career in Cuba and Mexico. His mother, Josefina Mora, was a member of the Vera Cruz Women's Professional Baseball Club.

Four generations of Amaros played professionally: Santos; Ruben Sr.; his three sons Ruben Jr., David and Luis Alfredo; and his grandson, Andrew. Ruben Amaro Jr. played for the Phillies and served as assistant general manager and general manager from 1999-2015.

Amaro Sr. is a member of both the Mexico and Cuba Baseball Halls of Fame.

Amaro also was one of the kindest people in baseball. He had a good sense of humor and could turn a phrase as well as anybody.

Amaro played for the infamous 1964 Phillies, who blew a 6 1/2-game lead over the Cardinals and Reds with 12 games to play on Sept. 20, 1964. They lost 10 consecutive games before winning their final two. But by then it was too late.

The Phillies, who already had printed out World Series tickets, watched the Cardinals finish 10-3 to clinch the pennant.

"I always say this, and I really truly believe this," Amaro said a few years ago about the '64 collapse. "When the saints that protect in baseball turn around and give you their back, nothing can help you. Nothing. I really, truly believe it. There were so many ridiculous things that happened to us. Too many things. Too many truly curious things."

Some folks blamed former manager Gene Mauch for pitching Jim Bunning and Chris Short each twice on two days of rest in those final 12 games, but not Amaro.

"When my time comes and I go wherever Gene Mauch is, I'm going to go play for him," Amaro said.

Amaro is survived by his wife of 29 years, Lilia; sons David (Jen), Ruben Jr. (Jami), Luis Alfredo and Ruben Andrés and daughter Alayna; and seven grandchildren.

 

Teams

St. Louis Cardinals (1958)

Philadelphia Phillies (1960–1965)

New York Yankees (1966–1968)

California Angels (1969)

Career highlights and awards

World Series champion (1980)

Gold Glove Award (1964)

Member of the Mexican Professional

   Baseball Hall of Fame  

Induction            1986

Wayne Duke obit

Former Big Ten commissioner Wayne Duke dies at 88

 

He was not on the list.

PHOENIX — Wayne Duke, who was a driving force behind the expansion of the NCAA men's basketball tournament during his 18 years as commissioner of the Big Ten, has died. He was 88.

The Big Ten announced Duke's death after his family notified the conference on Wednesday. He had been living in Barrington, and had been in declining health, his widow, Martha, told The Associated Press.

After serving for 11 years as assistant to Walter Byers, the first executive director of the NCAA, Duke became commissioner of the Big Eight conference in 1963 at the age of 34. He took over as Big Ten commissioner in 1971 and retired in 1989.

Duke guided the Big Ten and college sports through the first stages of great growth in revenue from television coverage of football and basketball.

"Wayne was a giant in the world of college athletics administration during times of great change," said Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany, who replaced Duke at the conference. "He was a champion of the student, and was responsible for many of the academic, athletic and social initiatives that our students today benefit from. His mantra was 'performance commands respect,' and his performance and dedication throughout his college athletics career earned him the respect of countless administrators, coaches, media and fans across the country."

Duke served on the NCAA men's basketball committee from 1975-81. He oversaw the expansion of the tournament from 32 to 48 teams and was in charge when the at-large berths were established and seeding began. Previously, only conference champions played in the NCAA Tournament.

Duke was on the NCAA's basketball television negotiating committee when the association struck its first big deal with NBC to nationally televise much of the tournament. Duke also had a role in the NCAA's first football TV contract.

In 1981, Duke was overseeing his last NCAA basketball tournament as the selection committee chairman. President Reagan was shot in Washington on the same day of the national championship game in Philadelphia. After hours of agonizing, and assurance the injuries were not life-threatening, the game was played.

"I thought we had done right," Duke told the AP in 2003. "Somehow, during the game, it came to us that Reagan had spoken from his hospital bed and said, 'All in all, I'd rather be in Philadelphia.'"

In 1963, Duke faced a similar situation as commissioner of the Big Eight.

The Oklahoma-Nebraska football game was supposed to be played the day after President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963.

"It was going to be Bud Wilkinson's last game at Oklahoma," Duke said in 2003. "We were making the decision on postponing the game when Bud, who was the chairman of President Kennedy's Council on Physical Fitness, got hold of Bobby Kennedy, and he told us to play the game because there was such a state of turmoil in the country people needed a pickup."

Duke was the first full-time employee of the NCAA, hired by Byers in 1952. Handbooks Duke wrote for the basketball tournament and College World Series set foundations for those events that have stood for decades.

He was considered a groundbreaker on affirmative action and the growth of women's sports in the 1970s.

As commissioner of the Big Ten, Duke suspended Indiana coach Bob Knight for throwing a chair across the court and Ohio State coach Woody Hayes for dismantling a sideline marker.

"If you follow the guidelines laid out and believe in them, those types of things are taken care of," Duke said.

After retiring from the Big Ten he went on to establish the Maui Invitational basketball tournament that still annually draws top teams to Hawaii early in the season.

Duke went into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010.

Duke was born in Burlington, Iowa, and graduated from the University of Iowa in 1950. He is survived by Martha Duke, son Dan, daughter Sarah, four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

Christine Kaufmann obit

 

Christine Maria Kaufmann, Actress and Ex-Wife of Tony Curtis, Dies at 72

The 1961 Golden Globe winner became a beauty magnate in Germany, with her own line of cosmetics, health and fitness books.

She was not on the list.

Christine Maria Kaufmann, the German-Austrian actress who won a Golden Globe at 17, married Tony Curtis at 18 and had a second career as beauty and cosmetics magnate, died Monday after a long battle with leukemia. She was 72.

Kaufmann was born in Austria in 1945 to a French makeup artist and a German engineer and grew up in Munich. She entered show business early, performing in the German musical The White Horse Inn at the age of 7. But it was Rose Girl, a 1954 drama, where she played the orphan child of the title, that launched her career.

A series of Bavarian melodramas followed before she got her international break, starring in The Last Days of Pompeii (1959) alongside Hercules actor Steve Reeves. Several Hollywood roles followed, including, in 1962, Town Without Pity with Kirk Douglas, and Taras Bulba, a Romeo & Juliet story set in 16th century Ukraine that also starred Curtis.

Kaufmann and Curtis married a year later (after his first marriage to actress Janet Leigh ended). She was 18, he was 38. They had two daughters, Alexandra and Allegra, who became actresses, before divorcing in 1968.

Years later, on a German TV show, she admitted to having had an affair with Warren Beatty.

Kaufmann returned to Germany, where she continued acting, appearing in dozens of films and TV series, including Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Lili Marleen and Lola and in Percy Adlon’s 1987 cult classic Baghdad Cafe.

She married three more times: to TV director Achim Lenz (1974-76), musician and actor Reno Eckstein (1979-82) and illustrator Klaus Zey (1997-2011).

While Kaufmann continued to make television appearances and do the occasional cameo — she played Aunt Polly in a German film version of Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn in 2014 — in later life she was best known in Germany for her business ventures, including her own line of cosmetics and numerous books on health and beauty.

A stunner well into her 60s, she was known as “ the most beautiful grandmother in Germany.”

Actress

Joel Courtney and Jake T. Austin in Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn (2014)

Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn

5.1

Aunt Polly

2014

 

A House of Animals (2010)

A House of Animals

7.9

TV Series

Frau von Werther

2013

1 episode

 

Stille

5.5

TV Movie

Adele Vio

2013

 

Heiter bis tödlich - Fuchs und Gans (2012)

Heiter bis tödlich - Fuchs und Gans

8.1

TV Series

Diana Bootz

2012

1 episode

 

Fahr zur Hölle (2011)

Fahr zur Hölle

2.1

Lilith

2011

 

Oliver Bootz, Wolke Hegenbarth, and Julian Weigend in Love Trip Home (2008)

Love Trip Home

4.2

TV Movie

Marianne Forster

2008

 

In the Name of the Law (1994)

In the Name of the Law

6.3

TV Series

Frau Meyer-Arndt

2008

1 episode

 

Die ProSieben Märchenstunde (2006)

Die ProSieben Märchenstunde

3.6

TV Series

Tante Hortensie

2007

1 episode

 

Francis Fulton-Smith, Thorsten Nindel, and Idil Üner in Club der Träume - Türkei, Marmaris (2003)

Club der Träume - Türkei, Marmaris

5.4

TV Movie

Adlaya

2003

 

Haider lebt - 1. April 2021 (2002)

Haider lebt - 1. April 2021

4.4

Newssprecherin

2002

 

Nina Petri and Christian Rau in Blutiger Ernst (2000)

Blutiger Ernst

Short

Corinna

2000

 

SOKO München (1978)

SOKO München

5.8

TV Series

Margit Finneisen

2000

1 episode

 

Einsatz Hamburg Süd

6.8

TV Series

Frau Duenser

1999

1 episode

 

Für alle Fälle Stefanie (1995)

Für alle Fälle Stefanie

2.4

TV Series

Frau von Drossel

1998

1 episode

 

Die Schläfer (1998)

Die Schläfer

6.9

Stationsleiterin

1998

 

Höllische Nachbarn

5.5

TV Movie

Ingelore Merk

1998

 

Caipiranha - Vorsicht, bissiger Nachbar! (1998)

Caipiranha - Vorsicht, bissiger Nachbar!

4.8

Karin Wolters

1998

 

A.S. (1995)

A.S.

6.3

TV Series

Nadja Seewald

1998

1 episode

 

Park Hotel Stern (1997)

Park Hotel Stern

TV Series

Oksana Olejewa

1997

1 episode

 

Bruno Eyron and Ludger Pistor in Balko (1995)

Balko

6.6

TV Series

Frederike Kogel

1996

1 episode

 

Ein flotter Dreier

TV Series

1996

1 episode

 

Weihnachten mit Willy Wuff II - Eine Mama für Lieschen (1995)

Weihnachten mit Willy Wuff II - Eine Mama für Lieschen

4.4

TV Movie

Gräfin

1995

 

Stubbe - Von Fall zu Fall (1995)

Stubbe - Von Fall zu Fall

6.3

TV Series

Frau Jensen

1995

1 episode

 

The Knickerbocker Gang: The Talking Grave (1995)

The Knickerbocker Gang: The Talking Grave

4.7

Annie Kramer

1995

 

Harald und Eddi (1987)

Harald und Eddi

6.6

TV Series

1990–1994

2 episodes

 

Birkenhof & Lerchenau

TV Movie

Theres

1994

 

Verliebt, verlobt, verheiratet

TV Series

Maja Kunert

1994

 

Das Double

4.7

TV Movie

Jutta Eck

1993

 

Carol Alt and Pino Ammendola in Missione d'amore (1993)

Missione d'amore

7.3

TV Mini Series

Valery

1993

3 episodes

 

Barbara May, Angela Roy, and Ernst Stankovski in Liebe ist Privatsache (1993)

Liebe ist Privatsache

TV Series

1993

 

Tushka Bergen and Tobias Hoesl in Glückliche Reise (1992)

Glückliche Reise

4.0

TV Series

Felicitas von Feilitz

1993

1 episode

 

Wenn das die Nachbarn wüßten

6.2

TV Series

Kaufhausdirektorin

1990–1991

8 episodes

 

Andrew Bednarski, Jesse Collins, and Rudolph Von Holstein III in Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop (1988)

Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop

6.6

TV Series

Mrs. Katts

1989–1991

3 episodes

 

Hard to Be a God (1989)

Hard to Be a God

6.5

Okana

1989

 

Christine Kaufmann and Udo Schenk in Der Geschichtenerzähler (1989)

Der Geschichtenerzähler

6.9

Clara Lilienthal

1989

 

Julius Caesar (1988)

Julius Caesar

TV Movie

Portia

1988

 

Lorentz & Söhne (1988)

Lorentz & Söhne

TV Series

Corinna von Hauschild

1988

8 episodes

 

Bagdad Cafe (1987)

Bagdad Cafe

7.4

Debby

1987

 

Die Insel

TV Series

Margit

1987

6 episodes

 

Ein heikler Fall

TV Series

1986

1 episode

 

Pankow '95 (1983)

Pankow '95

6.5

Laura Zart

1983

 

Die Schaukel (1983)

Die Schaukel

6.4

Mme. Lautenschlag

1983

 

Dominique Horwitz, Christine Kaufmann, Peter Kern, Juraj Kukura, Sona MacDonald, Eva Mattes, Sunnyi Melles, Freddy Quinn, and Beatrice Richter in The Roaring Fifties (1983)

The Roaring Fifties

5.4

Natascha

1983

 

Monaco Franze - Der ewige Stenz (1983)

Monaco Franze - Der ewige Stenz

8.3

TV Series

Olga Behrens

1983

10 episodes

 

Inflation im Paradies (1983)

Inflation im Paradies

5.0

TV Movie

Laverne Schuhmann (segment "Testschock")

1983

 

Alexandra Curtis in The Gold of Love (1983)

The Gold of Love

6.1

Patricias Mutter (uncredited)

1983

 

Ziemlich weit weg

1983

 

The Excluded (1982)

The Excluded

6.8

TV Movie

Frau von Pachthofen

1982

 

Die Laurents (1981)

Die Laurents

TV Series

Marianne Laurent

1981

3 episodes

 

Carole Bouquet in Tag der Idioten (1981)

Tag der Idioten

6.2

Ruth

1981

 

Barbara Sukowa in Lola (1981)

Lola

7.4

Susi

1981

 

Lili Marleen (1981)

Lili Marleen

7.1

Miriam

1981

 

Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment (1980)

Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment

6.0

Edith Harms

1980

 

Danièle Lebrun in Joséphine ou la comédie des ambitions (1979)

Joséphine ou la comédie des ambitions

8.2

TV Mini Series

Mme. Hosten-Lamothe

1979

2 episodes

 

Jacques Weber in The Count of Monte Cristo (1979)

The Count of Monte Cristo

7.6

TV Mini Series

Mme Hermine Danglars

1979

5 episodes

 

Der ganz normale Wahnsinn (1979)

Der ganz normale Wahnsinn

8.2

TV Series

Violetta Beinlich

1979

3 episodes

 

Der Durchdreher (1979)

Der Durchdreher

8.9

1979

 

Red Rings of Fear (1978)

Red Rings of Fear

5.6

Christina

1978

 

Die Ängste des Dr. Schenk

TV Movie

1978

 

Das Männerquartett

TV Movie

Nina Huf

1978

 

Die Jüdin von Toledo

TV Movie

1977

 

Derrick (1974)

Derrick

6.6

TV Series

Marion Kless

1977

1 episode

 

Hundert Mark

TV Series

1976

1 episode

 

Goldflocken (1976)

Goldflocken

7.4

1976

 

As of Tomorrow (1976)

As of Tomorrow

5.1

Vicky, Director's assistant

1976

 

Rüdiger Bahr in Lockruf des Goldes (1975)

Lockruf des Goldes

7.1

TV Mini Series

Margret 'Labiskwee'

1975

1 episode

 

Auf Biegen oder Brechen

6.0

1975

 

Gert Fröbe and Juliet Berto in Histoires insolites (1974)

Histoires insolites

8.0

TV Series

L'inconnue

1974

1 episode

 

Die Fälle des Herrn Konstantin

TV Series

Gisela Pahl

1974

2 episodes

 

Zum Abschied Chrysanthemen (1974)

Zum Abschied Chrysanthemen

1974

 

Chaplins Hut

TV Movie

1973

 

Klaus Löwitsch, Mascha Rabben, and Karl Heinz Vosgerau in World on a Wire (1973)

World on a Wire

7.7

TV Mini Series

Party guest

1973

2 episodes

 

Christine Kaufmann and Magdalena Montezuma in Willow Springs (1973)

Willow Springs

6.5

Christine

1973

 

Immobilien

TV Movie

Jasmin Strothmann

1973

 

Magdalena Montezuma in Eika Katappa (1969)

The Death of Maria Malibran

6.5

1972

 

Der Kommissar (1969)

Der Kommissar

7.7

TV Series

Eva Raßner

1972

1 episode

 

Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971)

Murders in the Rue Morgue

5.2

Madeleine Charron

1971

 

Christine Kaufmann in Gestrickte Spuren (1971)

Gestrickte Spuren

6.6

TV Movie

Fanny Elßler

1971

 

Wie ein Blitz (1970)

Wie ein Blitz

6.7

TV Mini Series

Diana Valesco

1970

2 episodes

 

Das Bastardzeichen

8.2

TV Movie

Mariette

1970

 

Komm, süßer Tod (1969)

Komm, süßer Tod

6.0

La Contessa

1969

 

Zärtliche Haie (1967)

Zärtliche Haie

6.1

1967

 

Tony Curtis, Monsieur Cognac, and Christine Kaufmann in Wild and Wonderful (1964)

Wild and Wonderful

6.0

Giselle Ponchon

1964

 

Tony Curtis, Yul Brynner, and Christine Kaufmann in Taras Bulba (1962)

Taras Bulba

6.3

Natalia Dubrov

1962

 

Christian Doermer and Christine Kaufmann in Terror After Midnight (1962)

Terror After Midnight

8.2

Julie Elgin

1962

 

Christine Kaufmann and Don Murray in Escape from East Berlin (1962)

Escape from East Berlin

6.6

Erika Jurgens

1962

 

Swordsman of Siena (1962)

Swordsman of Siena

5.8

Serenella Arconti

1962

 

William Bendix, Christine Kaufmann, and Ron Randell in The Phony American (1961)

The Phony American

6.2

Inge

1961

 

Man Called Rocca (1961)

Man Called Rocca

6.4

Geneviève Adé

1961

 

Via Mala (1961)

Via Mala

7.2

Sylvia Lauretz

1961

 

Kirk Douglas, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Blake, Christine Kaufmann, Mal Sondock, and Frank Sutton in Town Without Pity (1961)

Town Without Pity

7.2

Karin Steinhof

1961

 

Christine Kaufmann and Cornel Wilde in Constantine and the Cross (1961)

Constantine and the Cross

5.8

Livia

1961

 

The Last Pedestrian (1960)

The Last Pedestrian

5.9

Christine Cornelius

1960

 

Red Lips (1960)

Red Lips

6.6

Baby

1960

 

Aldo Fabrizi, Christine Kaufmann, and Totò in Totò, Fabrizi e i giovani d'oggi (1960)

Totò, Fabrizi e i giovani d'oggi

6.8

Gabriella Cocozza

1960

 

The Fabulous Fraud (1960)

The Fabulous Fraud

4.0

Christine Wilkens

1960

 

Christine Kaufmann and Steve Reeves in The Last Days of Pompeii (1959)

The Last Days of Pompeii

5.6

Elena

Ione (as Cristina Kaufmann)

1959

 

Vacanze d'inverno (1959)

Vacanze d'inverno

6.2

Florence

1959

 

Gustav Knuth, Oskar Schnirch, Helen Vita, Wolfgang Becker, Beppo Brem, Boy Gobert, Erwin Halletz, Petra Himboldt, Christine Kaufmann, Peter Kraus, Hannelore Schroth, Ernst Steinlechner, and Peter Vogel in Everybody Loves Peter (1959)

Everybody Loves Peter

5.1

Kitty Steiner

1959

 

Lorella De Luca, Carla Gravina, and Raf Mattioli in First Love (1959)

First Love

7.3

Silvia (as Cristine Kofmann)

1959

 

Embezzled Heaven (1958)

Embezzled Heaven

6.5

Doris

1958

 

Sag ja, Mutti (1958)

Sag ja, Mutti

4.5

Evi

1958

 

Mädchen in Uniform (1958)

Mädchen in Uniform

7.0

Mia

1958

 

Widower with 5 Daughters (1957)

Widower with 5 Daughters

6.3

Ulla Scherzer

1957

 

Gunnar Möller and Herta Staal in Die Winzerin von Langenlois (1957)

Die Winzerin von Langenlois

4.9

Christl, Münchner Ferienkind

1957

 

Die Stimme der Sehnsucht (1956)

Die Stimme der Sehnsucht

4.8

Eva

1956

 

Gert Fröbe, Christine Kaufmann, and Grethe Weiser in Ein Herz schlägt für Erika (1956)

Ein Herz schlägt für Erika

6.9

Erika Kayser

1956

 

Wenn die Alpenrosen blüh'n (1955)

Wenn die Alpenrosen blüh'n

4.6

Christine

1955

 

Der schweigende Engel (1954)

Der schweigende Engel

6.6

Angelika Helmer

1954

 

Rosen-Resli (1954)

Rosen-Resli

6.1

Resli

1954

 

Der Klosterjäger (1953)

Der Klosterjäger

6.0

Vronerl

1953

 

Salto Mortale (1953)

Salto Mortale

6.9

Dascha

1953

 

Staatsanwältin Corda (1953)

Staatsanwältin Corda

7.0

Berta Neidhart

1953

 

Im Weissen Rössl (1952)

Im Weissen Rössl

6.0

Kleines Mädchen (uncredited)

1952

Ronad Hines obit

 English Actor Ronald Hines Has Died

He was not on the list.

He had a lengthy career, but possibly his most prominent roles were as Henry Corner in three of the four series of Not in Front of the Children, and as William Cecil in Elizabeth R.

After graduating from RADA in 1950, Hines started on stage at Stratford, and made many theatrical appearances throughout his career, including at the Royal Court, the Old Vic and the National Theatre.

On television, he starred in the 1959–60 sitcom Tell It to the Marines. In 1966, Hines played Eric Redman in the 11th episode of the 5th series of the popular British action adventure The Saint (episode entitled "Paper Chase"). He also appeared on Jackanory several times, usually narrating stories about The Wombles.

Hines appeared as John Copeland in the crime drama series The Professionals (episode "The Acorn Syndrome") in 1980. In 1988 he played Home Secretary Henry Matthews in the TV film Jack the Ripper, which starred Michael Caine. He portrayed Hoofd Commissaris Samson in Thames Television's Amsterdam-set detective series Van der Valk (1991–92).

He also appeared in a number of films, starting with Dunkirk, in 1958 and finishing with Rough Cut, in 1980. All his subsequent screen roles were on television rather than in films.

Hines died in Midhurst, West Sussex, England, on 28 March 2017, at the age of 87

 

Select filmography

 

Actor

Casualty (1986)

Casualty

6.0

TV Series

Harry Duncan

1997

1 episode

 

Helen Masters, Jack Shepherd, and Jimmy Yuill in Wycliffe (1993)

Wycliffe

7.2

TV Series

George Aston

1997

1 episode

 

Turning World (1996)

Turning World

TV Series

Colonel Andrews

1997

3 episodes

 

Ian McShane in Madson (1996)

Madson

7.2

TV Series

Nigel Alwyn

1996

1 episode

 

Tom Baker and Sue Johnston in Medics (1990)

Medics

6.6

TV Series

Ian Hastings

1995

1 episode

 

Middlemarch (1994)

Middlemarch

7.5

TV Mini Series

Mr Standish

1994

6 episodes

 

Barry Foster in Van der Valk (1972)

Van der Valk

7.1

TV Series

Samson

Hoofd Commissaris Samson

1991–1992

6 episodes

 

Morgan Fairchild, Christopher Lee, and Patrick Macnee in Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991)

Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady

5.7

TV Movie

Sir Reginald Cholmondley

1991

 

Singles (1988)

Singles

6.9

TV Series

Terry

1991

1 episode

 

David Suchet in Poirot (1989)

Poirot

8.6

TV Series

Sir Bernard Dodge

1990

1 episode

 

Screenplay (1986)

Screenplay

6.5

TV Series

Dekko

1989

1 episode

 

Chelworth

7.9

TV Mini Series

Charles Harper

1989

2 episodes

 

Michael Caine and Jane Seymour in Jack the Ripper (1988)

Jack the Ripper

7.5

TV Mini Series

Henry Matthews

1988

2 episodes

 

Theatre Night (1985)

Theatre Night

7.2

TV Series

Tom Olley

1987

1 episode

 

Pack of Lies (1987)

Pack of Lies

6.8

TV Movie

Bob Jackson

1987

 

Steve Bisley, David Bamber, Dermot Crowley, and Dulice Liecier in Call Me Mister (1986)

Call Me Mister

7.2

TV Series

Arthur Blair

1986

1 episode

 

Yes, Prime Minister (1986)

Yes, Prime Minister

8.6

TV Series

Ronny - Foreign Secretary

1986

1 episode

 

Alec McCowen in Mr. Palfrey of Westminster (1984)

Mr. Palfrey of Westminster

7.8

TV Series

Duggie

1984

1 episode

 

Terence Alexander, Sean Arnold, Annette Badland, Deborah Grant, Lindsay Heath, Celia Imrie, David Kershaw, Geoffrey Leesley, Thérèse Liotard, Nancy Mansfield, Tony Melody, John Nettles, Cécile Paoli, John Telfer, and Mela White in Bergerac (1981)

Bergerac

6.8

TV Series

Inspector West

1983

1 episode

 

We'll Meet Again (1982)

We'll Meet Again

7.1

TV Mini Series

Major Ronald Dereham

Ronald Dereham

1982

10 episodes

 

Jill Gascoine in The Gentle Touch (1980)

The Gentle Touch

6.6

TV Series

Brian Spencer

1982

1 episode

 

Der Schatz des Priamos

7.8

TV Movie

Calvert

1981

 

Trevor Eve in Shoestring (1979)

Shoestring

7.5

TV Series

David Mortimer

1980

1 episode

 

Lewis Collins, Gordon Jackson, and Martin Shaw in The Professionals (1977)

The Professionals

8.0

TV Series

Copeland

1980

1 episode

 

David Niven, Burt Reynolds, and Lesley-Anne Down in Rough Cut (1980)

Rough Cut

5.6

Capt. Small

1980

 

A Question of Guilt (1980)

A Question of Guilt

8.6

TV Series

Rev. Wagner

1980

3 episodes

 

Heartland

3.6

TV Series

Brian

1980

1 episode

 

Richard Hurndall and John Shrapnel in Screenplay (1979)

Screenplay

7.5

TV Series

Admiral Roslynn Wemyss

1979

1 episode

 

The Deep Concern (1979)

The Deep Concern

TV Series

Colin Eadon

1979

5 episodes

 

Roy Kinnear and Henry Livings in Jackanory Playhouse (1972)

Jackanory Playhouse

7.5

TV Series

King

1979

1 episode

 

Shadows (1975)

Shadows

6.9

TV Series

Dad

1978

1 episode

 

BBC2 Play of the Week (1977)

BBC2 Play of the Week

7.6

TV Series

Karl Glucklich

1978

1 episode

 

ITV Sunday Night Drama (1959)

ITV Sunday Night Drama

7.9

TV Series

Eric

David Beecham

1965–1978

2 episodes

 

Scene (1968)

Scene

6.5

TV Series

Russell Summers

Maitland

1969–1977

3 episodes

 

This Year Next Year

8.8

TV Mini Series

Harry Shaw

1977

12 episodes

 

Star Maidens (1976)

Star Maidens

6.0

TV Series

Stanley

1976

3 episodes

 

Twiggy in Victorian Scandals (1976)

Victorian Scandals

7.8

TV Series

William Crookes

1976

1 episode

 

Where Adam Stood (1976)

Where Adam Stood

7.2

TV Movie

Charles Kingsley

1976

 

Shades of Greene (1975)

Shades of Greene

8.7

TV Series

Philip

1976

1 episode

 

Julie Dawn Cole in Angels (1975)

Angels

6.6

TV Series

Mr. Cademan

1975

1 episode

 

Don Henderson, Diane Keen, Peter Sallis, and Don Warrington in Crown Court (1972)

Crown Court

7.3

TV Series

Anthony Ferguson QC

1975

3 episodes

 

Private Affairs

TV Series

Capt. Willie O'Shea

1975

1 episode

 

Stratford Johns in Barlow at Large (1971)

Barlow at Large

7.2

TV Series

Lord Mabeley

1975

1 episode

 

Liza Goddard, Nerys Hughes, Joanna Lumley, Bill Maynard, Patrick Mower, Jon Pertwee, Magnus Pyke, Victor Spinetti, and Mollie Sugden in Whodunnit? (1972)

Whodunnit?

7.9

TV Series

Dr. Eric Brooks

1974

1 episode

 

BBC Play of the Month (1965)

BBC Play of the Month

7.0

TV Series

Voynitsky

Lord Windermere

Toozenbach

1965–1974

5 episodes

 

Peter Blythe and Sharon Maughan in Dial M for Murder (1974)

Dial M for Murder

6.6

TV Series

Det. Chief Insp. Gill

1974

1 episode

 

Napoleon and Love (1974)

Napoleon and Love

7.4

TV Mini Series

Berthier

1974

7 episodes

 

Siân Phillips in Shoulder to Shoulder (1974)

Shoulder to Shoulder

9.0

TV Mini Series

Mr. Pethick-Lawrence

1974

2 episodes

 

Take Me High (1973)

Take Me High

4.7

Sam

1973

 

Iain Cuthbertson in Sutherland's Law (1973)

Sutherland's Law

7.7

TV Series

Ralf Manders

1973

1 episode

 

The Pearcross Girls

TV Series

Stephen Webb

1973

1 episode

 

Dead of Night (1972)

Dead of Night

7.3

TV Series

Frank Pullar

1972

1 episode

 

Full House (1972)

Full House

6.5

TV Series

Headmaster in The Punishment

1972

1 episode

 

Young Winston (1972)

Young Winston

6.7

Adjutant

1972

 

Doomwatch (1970)

Doomwatch

7.3

TV Series

Ian Drummond

1972

1 episode

 

Jackanory (1965)

Jackanory

7.1

TV Series

Storyteller

1969–1972

15 episodes

 

Derek Jacobi, Ronald Fraser, Charles Gray, Bernard Hepton, John Thaw, and Douglas Wilmer in The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

7.2

TV Series

Jonathan Pryde

1971

2 episodes

 

Elizabeth R (1971)

Elizabeth R

8.7

TV Mini Series

William Cecil (Lord Burghley)

1971

5 episodes

 

Edward Fox, George Cole, Victor Maddern, and Suzanne Neve in Shadows of Fear (1970)

Shadows of Fear

7.6

TV Series

Victor Brand

1971

1 episode

 

W. Somerset Maugham (1969)

W. Somerset Maugham

8.2

TV Series

Humphrey Carruthers

1970

1 episode

 

ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969)

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

6.5

TV Series

Adrian Wiles

1970

1 episode

 

The Wednesday Play (1964)

The Wednesday Play

7.6

TV Series

Mr. Hammond

1970

1 episode

 

Not in Front of the Children (1967)

Not in Front of the Children

7.4

TV Series

Henry Corner

1968–1970

31 episodes

 

Benny Hill in A Christmas Night with the Stars (1958)

A Christmas Night with the Stars

5.9

TV Series

Henry Corner - Not in Front of the Children segment

Henry Corner

1968–1969

2 episodes

 

ITV Playhouse (1967)

ITV Playhouse

6.9

TV Series

Patrick

Hector

Charles Ford

1967–1969

4 episodes

 

John Gregson in The Jazz Age (1968)

The Jazz Age

7.0

TV Series

Sir Hector Benbow

1968

1 episode

 

Charles Hyatt and William Lucas in City '68 (1967)

City '68

TV Series

Stephen

1968

1 episode

 

The First Lady

7.7

TV Series

Tomlinson

1968

1 episode

 

Late Night Horror (1968)

Late Night Horror

TV Series

Gerald Banstead

1968

1 episode

 

Theatre 625 (1964)

Theatre 625

7.9

TV Series

Captain Parr

James

Hans Meyer

1964–1968

6 episodes

 

The Avengers (1961)

The Avengers

8.3

TV Series

Dr. Haymes

1967

1 episode

 

Vendetta (1966)

Vendetta

8.5

TV Series

Nardi

1967

1 episode

 

Emergency-Ward 10 (1957)

Emergency-Ward 10

6.5

TV Series

Geoffrey Parker

1967

1 episode

 

Roger Moore in The Saint (1962)

The Saint

7.5

TV Series

Redman

1966

1 episode

 

ITV Play of the Week (1955)

ITV Play of the Week

7.3

TV Series

Reggie Potter

Leonard Dunbar

Henry Payne

1963–1966

4 episodes

 

Out of the Unknown (1965)

Out of the Unknown

7.6

TV Series

Guy Birkett

1966

1 episode

 

Diane Cilento in Blackmail (1965)

Blackmail

8.5

TV Series

George Lowe

Appleby

1965–1966

2 episodes

 

Armchair Theatre (1956)

Armchair Theatre

7.7

TV Series

Jack Elliott

Dr. Harmon

Charles Hatley

1958–1966

4 episodes

 

Double Image

TV Mini Series

Doctor

1966

1 episode

 

A Separate Peace

3.3

TV Movie

Doctor

1966

 

Steve Forrest in The Baron (1966)

The Baron

7.1

TV Series

Upton

1966

1 episode

 

The Liars

9.5

TV Series

Geoffrey

1966

1 episode

 

Donald Pleasence and Betsy Blair in Love Story (1963)

Love Story

7.5

TV Series

Leo McGrath

1965

1 episode

 

Ray Barrett, Geoffrey Keen, and Philip Latham in Mogul (1965)

Mogul

7.3

TV Series

Derek Prentice

1965

7 episodes

 

Waveney Lee and Prunella Scales in The Marriage Lines (1961)

The Marriage Lines

6.7

TV Series

Peter

1963–1965

6 episodes

 

The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (1963)

The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling

7.7

TV Series

Captain Kurrell

1964

1 episode

 

The Human Jungle (1963)

The Human Jungle

8.0

TV Series

Vicar

1964

1 episode

 

Richard Attenborough and Kim Stanley in Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)

Seance on a Wet Afternoon

7.6

Policeman Outside Clayton's

1964

 

The Hi-Jackers (1963)

The Hi-Jackers

6.2

Jim Brady

1963

 

No Star on the Way Back

TV Movie

Caspar

1963

 

Underworld Informers (1963)

Underworld Informers

7.0

Geoff Lewis

1963

 

Archie Duncan, Dermot Kelly, Sam Kydd, and Victor Maddern in Mess Mates (1960)

Mess Mates

TV Series

'Dapper' Drake

1961–1962

27 episodes

 

Echo of Barbara (1961)

Echo of Barbara

7.4

Mike Roscoe

1961

 

Alan Bates and Hayley Mills in Whistle Down the Wind (1961)

Whistle Down the Wind

7.6

P.C. Thurstow

1961

 

House of Mystery

6.4

Young husband

1961

 

ITV Television Playhouse (1955)

ITV Television Playhouse

8.1

TV Series

Will Munt

Frank Whitby

Snipe

1957–1960

3 episodes

 

Theatre 70

TV Series

Roland Foster

1960

1 episode

 

Richard Greene in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955)

The Adventures of Robin Hood

7.6

TV Series

Peter

Dick

Lieutenant

1957–1960

12 episodes

 

Tell It to the Marines

TV Series

Cpl. Surtees

1959–1960

30 episodes

 

The Angry Silence (1960)

The Angry Silence

7.2

Ball

1960

 

Sink the Bismarck! (1960)

Sink the Bismarck!

7.1

Officer on Bridge of 'Prince of Wales'

1960

 

Martin Benson in The Verdict Is Yours (1958)

The Verdict Is Yours

TV Series

John Gordon

1959

2 episodes

 

Dark Possession

TV Movie

Dr. Roger Waring

1959

 

Jack Hawkins in The Two-Headed Spy (1958)

The Two-Headed Spy

6.9

German Corporal

1958

 

BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)

BBC Sunday-Night Theatre

8.0

TV Series

Viscount Torrington

1958

1 episode

 

Dunkirk (1958)

Dunkirk

7.1

Private Miles

1958

 

Sword of Freedom (1957)

Sword of Freedom

7.8

TV Series

Paolo

1957

1 episode

 

Television World Theatre (1957)

Television World Theatre

TV Series

Earl of Salisbury

1957

1 episode

 

The Miser

TV Movie

Valère

1956

 

The Passionate Pilgrim

TV Movie

1949