Dieter Schidor

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Dieter Schidor (born March 6, 1948 in Bienrode , † September 17, 1987 in Munich ) was a German actor.

Life

After Schidor initially studied law and graduated from the university with the academic degree Dr. jur. graduated, he applied to be an actor. He made his debut in the television film Piggies , directed by Peter Zadek . Schidor played under directors such as Wolfgang Staudte , Sam Peckinpah , Costa-Gavras and Rainer Werner Fassbinder . He was used very often by George Moorse .

Dieter Schidor gained notoriety through the ZDF adventure four-parter Der Seewolf , broadcast in 1971 , in which he played the youthful title hero Wolf Larsen, alias "Frisco Kid". From then on, Schidor was seen more often on television, for example in series such as Der Kommissar , Derrick , Der Alte or Tatort . Very often he gave it to the mentally unstable criminals.

Schidor also worked as an actor and producer on the film adaptation of Jean Genet's novel Querelle by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. About the shooting of this film, Schidor made the documentary The Farmer of Babylon; this film shows the last longer interview with Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

From 1977 to 1986 Schidor lived with the New Zealand actor and producer Michael McLernon .

In 1986 his partner Michael died of AIDS . Schidor, who was also infected, attempted suicide which led to debilitation, from which he died of AIDS in 1987 at the age of 39. Dieter Schidor was buried in the Querum cemetery in Braunschweig . He was later reburied in a grave of honor .

Filmography (selection)

As an actor:

As a director:

  • 1982: The Peasant of Babylon
  • 1985: Cold in Colombia

literature

  • Siegfried Tesche: The new stars of German film. Heyne, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-453-86079-9 ( Heyne books 32, Heyne film library no.78 ).
  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mann for Mann, Biographical Lexicon on the History of Love for Friends and Male Sexuality in the German-Speaking Area, Hamburg 1998, ISBN 3-928983-65-2 , page 616
  2. ↑ Peter Berling : The thirteen years of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Bergisch Gladbach 1995, ISBN 3-404-61342-2 , p. 344
  3. ^ The grave of Dieter Schidor on knerger.de
personal data
SURNAME Schidor, Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Bienrode
DATE OF DEATH 17th September 1987
Place of death Munich