Leon Niemczyk

Leon Stanisław Niemczyk (15 December 1923 – 29 November 2006) was a Polish actor.
Niemczyk appeared in over 500 films and television shows over the course of his career. His most memorable roles were Fulko de Lorche in Aleksander Ford's The Teutonic Knights , Andrzej in Roman Polanski's Knife in the Water and Jerzy in Jerzy Kawalerowicz's Night Train.
During World War II, he served under Gen. George S. Patton in the U.S. 3rd Army. He died of cancer.

Selected filmography

• Inland Empire (2006)
• Boys Don't Cry (Chłopaki nie płaczą, 2000)
• A Trap (1997)
• Conversation with a Cupboard Man (1993)
• The Last Ferry (1989)
• O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization (O-bi, o-ba: Koniec cywilizacji, 1985)
• Woman Doctors (1984)
• The Deluge (Potop, 1975)
• Tecumseh (1972)
• KLK Calling PTZ - The Red Orchestra (1971)
• Znaki na drodze (1970)
• Frozen Flashes (1967)
• The Saragossa Manuscript (Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie, 1965)
• Knife in the Water (Nóż w wodzie, 1962)
• The Teutonic Knights (Krzyżacy, 1960)
• Night Train (Pociąg, 1959)
• Eighth Day of the Week (Ósmy dzień tygodnia, 1958)
• Heroism (Eroica, 1958)
• Man on the Tracks (Człowiek na torze, 1957)
• Nikodem Dyzma (1956)
• Sprawa pilota Maresza (1956)

TV series

• Ranczo (2006–2007)