Career
He later moved to Britain, where he changed his name to Gerard Heinz. He appeared in almost 60 films (including Caravan), and a number of stage productions. In the original 1942 production of Terence Rattigan"s Flare Path, he played Count Skriczevinsky, a Polish pilot serving with the Royal Air Force in World World War World War II A relationship with Joan Rodker, daughter of the modernist poet John Rodker, resulted in the birth of a son, Ernest, in Odessa in 1937.
After their separation, Heinz married the actress Mary Kenton.
They played respectively Mr. and Mistress Serafin in the 1961 episode "Washday South.O.S." of the television series "The Cheaters".
They also performed together in the 1964 film "The Sullavan Brothers", and in the International Trade Commission crime drama series, "The Four Just Men", and a number of other films.