Carl Huth

Carl Huth , also Karl Huth ( August 2, 1867 in Mörse - June 3, 1948 in Leipzig ) was a German theater actor .

Life

Huth, son of an estate inspector, first devoted himself to studying medicine at Berlin University and only in the summer of 1890, occasionally to the student performance of Brutus and Colatinus , on which occasion he portrayed the old "Lucretius", he decided to give up his studies and to take up the acting profession.

He first found engagement in Potsdam (his first major role was the "valet" in Kabale und Liebe ), then came to Heidelberg, then to the Thaliatheater in Hamburg (inaugural role "Bellmaus") and joined the Leipzig City Theater Association in 1897, where he debuted as "Philipp Winkler" in Die Jugendfreunde .

Its territory is not a strictly limited one. It extends to the field of character actors, comedians, bon vivants and even operettas. He never worked over the same bar, he moved in different artistic outlines with each performance, but always offered completely uniform performances. He knew perfectly how to vary his role subject without offering anything inferior. From the series of his excellent performances the following are mentioned: “ Landlord ” in Minna von Barnhelm , “Alhasi Dervish”, “Zettel”, “Hasske” ( St. John's Fire ), “Babberly” in Charley's aunt , “Aristocrat” in two coats of arms , “Government councilor cellar "," Schiffskäpitan "in Sturm (by Jacobsohn) etc.

The artist was married to Käthe Friese .

literature

Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 460 f., ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Wilhelm Kosch : Deutsches Theater-Lexikon, Biographisches und Bibliographisches Handbuch, second volume, Klagenfurt and Vienna 1960, p. 865 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Huth, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Huth, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German theater actor
DATE OF BIRTH	August 2, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH	Exchange
DATE OF DEATH	June 3, 1948
Place of death	Leipzig