The Best Dead German Actors
by Anautix | created - 13 Jun 2013 | updated - 13 Jun 2013 | PublicDie besten verstorbenen deutschen männlichen Schauspieler.
1. Emil Jannings
Actor | The Last Command
His real name was Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz, and in the early 1900s, he was already working in the theater under Max Reinhardt's company. Important movies where he defined himself as a convincing actor were Passion (1919) and Quo Vadis? (1924), followed by The Last Laugh (1924) (aka The Last ...
erster Oskar überhaupt für die beste Hauptrolle; Abstammung: Vater = Deutsch-Amerikaner (Emil Janenz), Mutter = deutsch-russisch-jüdischer Abstammung; Emil war aufgewachsen in Görlitz, Leipzig
2. Heinrich George
Actor | Metropolis
Heinrich George was born on October 9, 1893 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor and producer, known for Metropolis (1927), Burning Hearts (1945) and Die Degenhardts (1944). He was married to Berta Drews. He died on September 25, 1946 in Soviet ...
Father of Götz George
3. Curd Jürgens
Actor | The Spy Who Loved Me
Curd Jürgens (commonly billed as "Curt Jurgens" in anglophone countries) was one of the most successful European film actors of the 20th Century. He was born Curd Gustav Andreas Gottlieb Franz Jürgens on December 13, 1915, in Solln, Bavaria, in Hohenzollern Imperial Germany, a subject of Kaiser ...
4. Heinz Rühmann
Actor | Ein Mann geht durch die Wand
First he should take over his father's inheritance. When his parents divorced, Rühmann was just 14 years old. His father then committed suicide. In 1919, after completing his schooling and completing his secondary school leaving certificate, Rühmann took acting lessons. He got his first theater ...
5. Otto Gebühr
Actor | Der große König
Otto Gebühr was born on May 29, 1877 in Kettwig, Essen, Rhine Province, Prussia [now Northrhine-Westphalia], Germany. He was an actor and producer, known for Der große König (1942), Fridericus (1937) and Pretty Miss Schragg (1937). He was married to Doris Krüger and Cornelia Bertha ...
29.05.1877 - 19.03.1954; bekannteste Filme: Der große König, Fridericus (in beiden Filmen als Friedrich der Große - diese Rolle war ihm wie auf den Leib geschneidert); Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam; Nanon; Bismarck
6. Ulrich Mühe
Actor | Das Leben der Anderen
Ulrich Mühe was born on June 20, 1953 in Grimma, East Germany. He was an actor and director, known for The Lives of Others (2006), Funny Games (1997) and Der letzte Zeuge (1998). He was married to Susanne Lothar, Jenny Gröllmann and Annegret Hahn. He died on July 22, 2007 in Walbeck, Saxony-Anhalt,...
7. Klaus Kinski
Actor | Nosferatu - Phantom der Nacht
Klaus Kinski was born as Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski in Zoppot, Free City of Danzig (now Sopot, Poland), to Susanne (Lutze), a nurse, and Bruno Nakszynski, a pharmacist. He grew up in Berlin, was drafted into the German army in 1944 and captured by British forces in Holland. After the war he began...
8. Horst Buchholz
Actor | La vita è bella
On the cast list of The Magnificent Seven (1960), you will find several names that doubtless you know well: Charles Bronson, Steve McQueen, and Yul Brynner. But there is one name that you will have difficulty pronouncing, let alone identifying as an actor you have seen before. That man is Horst ...
9. Hans Albers
Soundtrack | Soul Kitchen
Life companion was the actress Hansi Burg. Their relationship started in 1925. They separated in 1935 due to the pressure of the German Nazi government. In 1938 she went into exile in Switzerland (later London). Shortly after this she married the Norwegian Erich Blydt. Burg returned to Germany and ...
10. Theo Lingen
Actor | M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
Theo Lingen was born on June 10, 1903 in Hanover, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for M (1931), The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) and Till Eulenspiegel: Wie Eulenspiegel sich einmal erbot, zu fliegen (1936). He was married to Marianne Zoff. He died on November 10, 1978 in Vienna, ...
10.06.1903 - 10.11.1978; bekannteste Filme: M, Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse, Der Tiger von Eschnapur, Das indische Grabmal, Tanz auf dem Vulkan; anfangs ernste Filme, später Komiker zus. mit Hans Moser
11. Willy Fritsch
Actor | Frau im Mond
Willy Fritsch was born on January 27, 1901 in Kattowitz, Upper Silesia, Germany [now Katowice, Slaskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Woman in the Moon (1929), Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Amphitryon (1935). He was married to Dinah Grace. He died on July 13, 1973 in Hamburg, Germany.
27.01.1901 - 13.07.1973; bekannteste Filme: Spione, Frau im Mond, Die drei von der Tankstelle, Der Kongreß tanzt
12. Conrad Veidt
Actor | Casablanca
Conrad Veidt attended the Sophiengymnasium (secondary school) in the Schoeneberg district of Berlin, and graduated without a diploma in 1912, last in his class of 13. Conrad liked animals, theater, cinema, fast cars, pastries, thunderstorms, gardening, swimming and golfing. He disliked heights, ...
22.01.1893 - 03.04.1943; bekannteste Filme: Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari, Der Januskopf, Das indische Grabmal, Orlacs Hände, Der Kongreß tanzt, Jud Süß, Der Dieb von Bagdad, Agenten der Nacht, Casablanca
13. Viktor de Kowa
Actor | Peter Voss, der Millionendieb
Viktor de Kowa was born on March 8, 1904 in Hochkirch/Löbau, Saxony, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Peter Voss, der Millionendieb (1946), Schneider Wibbel (1939) and Kopf hoch, Johannes! (1941). He was married to Michiko Tanaka and Ursula Grabley. He died on April 8, 1973 in West ...
08.03.1904 - 08.04.1973; bekannteste Filme: Der Stolz der 3. Kompanie, Die göttliche Jette, Wir machen Musik, Das Leben geht weiter, Peter Voss der Millionendieb, Des Teufels General
14. Paul Wegener
Actor | Der Golem
Paul Wegener was born in Arnoldsdorf, West Prussia, part of the German Empire. His birthplace is currently part of Poland, under the name "Jarantowice". Wegener's family included a number of scientists, the most notable being his cousin Alfred Wegener (1880-1930). Alfred is remembered as the ...
11.12.1874 - 13.09.1948; Stummfilmstar; bekannteste Filme: Der Student von Prag, Der Golem, Der Golem - wie er in die Welt kam, Der große König, Kolberg
15. Gustav Fröhlich
Actor | Metropolis
Gustav Fröhlich was born on March 21, 1902 in Hanover, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Metropolis (1927), Leb' wohl, Christina (1945) and Seine Tochter ist der Peter (1955). He was married to Maria Hajek and Gitta Alpar. He died on December 22, 1987 in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland.
21.03.1902 – 22.12.1987; bekannteste Filme: Metropolis, Der Große König
16. Gustaf Gründgens
Actor | M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
After his school education, Gustaf Gründgens volunteered for the Western Front in 1916. The following year he joined the Saarlouis front theater group, which he led two years later. After the war, he trained from 1919 to 1920 at the Düsseldorf Theater School of Stage Arts. He took on his first ...
22.12.1899 - 07.10.1963; bekannteste Filme: M, Ohm Krüger
17. Harald Juhnke
Actor | Schtonk
At the age of 15, Harald Juhnke was drafted into military service in the Second World War. After the end of the war he attended drama school. At the age of 24, Juhnke appeared on stage in Berlin for the first time. Three years later he took on his first film role in the film "Three Girls Are ...
18. Dieter Pfaff
Actor | Bruder Esel
Dieter Pfaff was born on October 2, 1947 in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was an actor, known for Bruder Esel (1996), Balko (1995) and Sperling (1996). He was married to Eva Maria Emminger. He died on March 5, 2013 in Hamburg, Germany.
02.10.1947 - 05.03.2013
19. Klausjürgen Wussow
Actor | Die Schwarzwaldklinik
Klausjürgen Wussow was born on April 30, 1929 in Cammin, Pomerania, Germany [now Kamien Pomorski, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for The Black Forest Hospital (1985), Der grüne Bogenschütze (1961) and Sergeant Berry (1974). He was married to Sabine Scholz, Yvonne ...
30.04.1929 - 19.06.2007
20. Horst Tappert
Actor | Derrick
Born on 26 May 1923 in Wuppertal, he served with the Nazi German Waffen-SS in World War II. After attending acting lessons at the theater in Stendal, where he also made his stage debut, he performed on several important stages in Germany, but became widely popular as cinema and television actor in ...
als Oberinspektor Derrick, 26.05.1923 - 13.12.2008
21. Arno Wyzniewski
Actor | Nichts als Sünde
Arno Wyzniewski was born on October 9, 1938 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Nichts als Sünde (1965), Much Ado About Nothing (1964) and Kleiner Mann - was nun? (1967). He was married to Jutta Wachowiak. He died on September 14, 1997 in Berlin, Germany.
DDR-Schauspieler; 1938-1997
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