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Gunter Meisner (April 18, 1926 - December 5, 1994) was a character movie actor. Meisner is best remembered for his roles in Is Paris Burning?, The Quiller Memorandum and Funeral in Berlin; he also appeared as Mr. Slugworth/Mr. Wilkinson in the 1971 movie, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. He regularly played Nazi officers and portrayed Adolf Hitler in the French action comedy L`as des as and the American television miniseries The Winds of War. He also appeared as a Stasi officer in the 1982 film Night Crossing. Meisner died of heart failure in late 1994.