Anton Pointner

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Pointner, 1926.

Anton Pointner (born December 8, 1890 in Salzburg , † September 8, 1949 in Hintersee , Bavaria ) was an Austrian actor .

Life

Pointner received his first engagement in Lahr in 1907 . His other theater stations included Pilsen , Düsseldorf (1911) and Brno . He then worked in Vienna and from 1920 in Berlin, for example at the Lessing Theater and the State Theater . His roles included the title character of Hamlet , Melchtal in Wilhelm Tell and Prince Karl-Heinz in Alt-Heidelberg .

From 1920 he was a busy silent film actor. The athletic actor embodied powerful, robust characters in supporting roles. In 1930 he went to Hollywood and starred in German versions of American films (e.g. in people behind bars , the German-language version of The Big House ). At the time of National Socialism in Germany, Pointner continued to be used in numerous productions and portrayed Fridericus Emperor Franz I in the Fridericus Rex film in 1936 .

During a trip to Hintersee near Berchtesgaden , Anton Pointner died of a heart attack on September 8, 1949 . His body was buried on September 12, 1949 in the Salzburg municipal cemetery.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Art and Culture. Anton Pointner died. In:  Salzburger Volkszeitung , No. 210/1949 (5th year), September 10, 1949, p. 8, column 1 below. (Online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / svz

Remarks

  1. ↑ Date of birth according to Kay Less : The large personal dictionary of the film and KinoTV.com. Filmportal.de and IMDb state 1894.
  2. ↑ Place of death according to IMDb. Kay Less: The film's large lexicon of people states that the place of death is Munich , Filmportal.de Salzburg. - In those days Pointner was in Munich filming for The Strange Story of Brandner Kaspar .
personal data
SURNAME Pointner, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Salzburg
DATE OF DEATH September 8, 1949
Place of death Hintersee