Armin Schweizer

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Armin Schweizer (born April 28, 1892 in Zurich ; † October 8, 1968 there ) was a Swiss actor .

Life

The trained chef took acting lessons from Karl Ebert and at the age of 19 came to the Deutsches Theater in Berlin as a trainee , where he got his first engagement in autumn 1912 .

The next three decades he remained in Berlin and entered from 1918 to 1929 at the Volksbühne , on the Rose Theater and the German Art Theater "Societät" and from 1936 to 1943 at the Deutsches Theater at Heinz Hilpert on. In the 1930s, his work in film gained considerable importance, where he was seen in small to medium-sized supporting roles. He often embodied comical characters.

Occasionally he returned to his Swiss homeland and worked there in film productions, on the other hand he was also in front of the camera in German propaganda films such as Blood Brotherhood and Ohm Krüger . It was not until 1944 that he finally went to his hometown and accepted an engagement at the Schauspielhaus Zurich .

He worked here until 1960 and was seen in the Cabaret Cornichon as well as in the classical theater . He continued his film career after the war, especially in Switzerland. He became known and popular in Switzerland in the 1950s as the electrician Töbeli in the radio play series and the feature film Polizischt Wäckerli .

There is a symbolic grave at the Rehalp cemetery in Zurich (according to the city of Zurich). His tomb was lifted.

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SURNAME Swiss, Armin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss actor
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH October 8, 1968
Place of death Zurich