Curly-haired German child star who began acting with the Bayerischen Rundfunk. He debuted on screen at the age of eleven in the German-French co-production Marianne de ma jeunesse, directed by Julien Duvivier. Hen then appeared as a member of Die Trapp-Familie (1956) andits sequel Die Trapp-Familie in Amerika (1958). His biggest successes were juvenile leads in Heimatfilms and adventure yarns during the 60s, especially popular in the excellent four-part miniseries Die Schatzinsel (as Jim Hawkins), based on the famous novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.