Erich Walther (actor)
Erich Walther (born May 18, 1930 in Frankfurt am Main ; † November 7, 2005 there ) was a German actor .
Life
Walther initially worked as a post office worker before going to the theater. Since August 1971 he has been a member of the Frankfurter Volkstheater ensemble . He was on stage in around 9,000 performances and played around 170 roles, including Hieronymus Muffel over 200 times in Adolf Stoltze's Lokalschwank Alt-Frankfurt . Because of his great versatility he was very popular with the public: He played serious roles such as comical, embodied citizens as well as servants, spoke High German or the Frankfurt dialect .
Even before his engagement at the Frankfurter Volkstheater he founded the Frankfurter Ensemble , a group of amateur actors that he supervised until shortly before his death. In 1976 he received a letter of honor from the State of Hesse for this work .
His wife Irmgard Walther, his daughter Sylvia Tietz and his son Andreas Walther-Schroth are also actors.
Walther died on November 7, 2005 after a serious illness. His last role was that of the rabbi in the musical Anatevka .
literature
- Cooperative of German Stage Members (publisher), German Stage Yearbook 2007 , Verlag Bühnenschriften-Vertriebs-Gesellschaft mbH, Hamburg, 2007, page 873 ISSN 0070-4431
Web links
- Erich Walther in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Walther, Erich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 2005 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |