Charles Wirths
Charles Wirths (born March 19, 1926 in what is now Wuppertal ; † March 28, 2012 ) was a German actor .
biography
Wirths began his stage career in his hometown of Wuppertal. Engagements in Bremen, Hanover, Frankfurt, Munich and Stuttgart followed. He worked in both spoken and musical theater. In 1988 he played in Hans Werner Henze's song cycle Voices under the direction of Volker Kühn at the Alte Oper Frankfurt.
He was a rare guest in film and television productions. Here he was, for example, in Franz Peter Wirth's adaptation of Jean Anouilh's Jeanne or Die Lerche , in the Durbridge filming Verräter , in Eberhard Itzenplitz's drama The misunderstanding in the life of Mr Knöbel , in Der silk shoe (based on Paul Claudel ) and in the multi-part series The silk Schuh (with Maximilian Schell in the lead role). In addition, he took on guest roles in television series such as Graf Yoster gives himself the honor , The night courier reports , The strange methods of Franz Josef Wanninger and Das Kriminalmuseum .
The focus of his artistic work, however, came to the radio. Wirths lent his voice to over 150 productions, such as the short radio play series Der Frauenarzt von Bischofsbrück (SDR), Bernd Lau's lavish setting of the Lord of the Rings and as " Inspector Beck " in various detective radio plays by SDR, SWF and WDR based on the novels by Sjöwall and Wahlöö . He also played the detective Ken Daly in three multi-part crime novels by Roderick Wilkinson , which the SR produced in the 1960s.
Filmography
- 1956: Jeanne or The Lark
- 1963: Mirandolina
- 1963: Fires blaze everywhere
- 1964: The night courier reports that the police are only human
- 1965: The silk shoe
- 1967: the third glove
- 1967: traitor
- 1968: The crime museum - the gold piece
- 1968: The misunderstanding in Mr. Knöbel's life
Radio plays
- 1960: Piano for sale (Mr. Knaack)
- 1967: Patrick Hampton : The Murderer's Mask - Adaptation: Hellmuth Kirchammer, Director: Heinz Schimmelpfennig
- 1975: Raymond Ragan Butler : Laughter is good for the soul - Director: Peter Michel Ladiges ( SWF )
- 1976: Jean Chatenet : Die Wölfin - Director: Raoul Wolfgang Schnell (detective radio play - SDR )
- 1978: The Police Officer Killer (Bertil Mård)
- 1978: The dead in the Göta Canal
- 1978: And the big ones are let go
- 1978: End of the line for nine
- 1978: The police murderer
- 1979: The terrorists
- 1979: The disgust from Säffle
- 1979: Locked and locked
- 1985: Janwillem van de Wetering : The Commissaris takes a cure - Director: Peter Michel Ladiges (detective radio play - SWF / SFB)
- 1989: The Daisy (Man)
- 1992: The Lord of the Rings
- 1992: Werner Schmitz : The time was beautiful - Director: Hein Bruchl (detective radio play - WDR )
- 1993: Dashiell Hammett : Two sharp knives - Director: Hartmut Kirste (detective radio play - SDR)
swell
- ↑ http://www.steffi-line.de/archiv_text/nost_serie/m_verraeter.htm
- ↑ Charles Wirths' memorial page. In: "stuttgart-gedenken.de". Retrieved on May 22, 2016 (Documented an obituary notice from Südwestfunk in the Stuttgarter Zeitung and the Stuttgarter Nachrichten of April 7, 2012): “Charles Wirths was one of the defining voices on cultural radio for many decades. His unmistakable personality gave countless radio plays and feature productions lasting artistic value. "
- ↑ "Midnight Crime": The Murderer's Mask , deutschlandfunkkultur.de, published and accessed February 1, 2020
Web links
- Charles Wirths in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography on steffi-line.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wirths, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Area of today's Wuppertal |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 28, 2012 |