Erich Weiher

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Erich Weiher (born July 23, 1893 in Berlin , † March 7, 1972 in Hamburg ) was a German actor and radio play speaker .

Life

After taking lessons with Gustav Höppner, Erich Weiher made his acting debut at the Moabit Summer Theater in Berlin in 1912. Further stations in his career were theaters in Beuthen, Essen, Graudenz, Nordhausen and Saarbrücken before he came to Hamburg in 1931. Here he initially worked as a broadcaster for what was then NORAG . As King Ludwig XIV. Weiher appeared on stage for the first time in Hamburg in the operetta Liselott by Eduard Künneke . The reason for this was a guest performance by Gustaf Gründgens in the Operettenhaus . He then had engagements at the Kleiner Lustspielhaus on the Große Bleichen , which later became the seat of the Ohnsorg Theater , as well as in the forerunner of the Altona Theater , the Altona City Theater. In 1937 Erich Weiher came to the Thalia Theater , to which he belonged for over 35 years until his death. Some of his roles here were Julius Wolff in Gerhart Hauptmanns Biberpelz , Napoleon in Madame Sans-Gêne by Victorien Sardou , the valet in Kabale und Liebe by Friedrich Schiller or the ghost in Shakespeare's Hamlet . We also saw ponds in pieces such as The Good Man by Sezuan by Bertolt Brecht , in Tropical Fruits by Marcel Pagnol or Kolportage by Georg Kaiser .

Gravestone “Weiher” (BH58–1097), Ohlsdorf cemetery

Occasionally, Erich Weiher also took on tasks in front of the camera. He was seen for the first time in 1947 in the episode film In those days , directed by Helmut Käutner . In 1954/55 as well as in another film adaptation in 1959, he played the role of Monsieur Hochepot in the three-part play On the Sixth Floor, based on the play of the same name by Swiss actor Alfred Gehri . Weiher also had minor roles in Der Hauptmann von Köpenick and the Edgar Wallace film adaptation of The Dead Eyes of London . He also acted in two episodes of the port police series and in the first episode of the incorrigible .

In contrast, Erich Weiher's work as a radio play speaker was far more extensive. Between 1945 and 1972 he took part in over 150 productions, mainly for the NWDR and later for the NDR , including radio versions of Carl Zuckmayers' Der Hauptmann von Köpenick , Der Biberpelz , Beauberdes Fräulein by Ralph Benatzky , Galileo Galilei by Bertolt Brecht and Der Geizige von Molière .

Erich Weiher died of heart failure at the age of 78 after standing on the stage of the Thalia Theater in Ibsen’s Ein Volksfeind a few days earlier . It rests in Hamburg's Ohlsdorf cemetery at Chapel 12 (grave location BH 58-1097).

Filmography (selection)

Radio play productions (selection)

  • 1945: The Captain of Köpenick - Director: Helmut Käutner
  • 1945: The beaver fur - Director: Ludwig Cremer
  • 1946: Charming Fräulein - Director: Karl-Heinz Reichel
  • 1947: Galileo Galilei - Director: Ludwig Cremer
  • 1948: Berlin Airlift - Director: Gustav Burmester
  • 1949: Whom the hour strikes - Director: Karlheinz Schilling
  • 1949: Dirty Hands - Director: Otto Kurth
  • 1950: Captain Brassbound's Conversion - Director: Otto Kurth
  • 1950: First class existence for sale - author and director: Kurt Meister
  • 1951: The Miser - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
  • 1951: The story of Gottfried von Berlichingen with an iron hand - Director: Hans Lietzau
  • 1952: Carousel for sale - Director: Helmut Käutner
  • 1952: The court withdraws to deliberate (episode: The secret parcel of value) - Director: Gerd Fricke
  • 1952: Stranitzky and the national hero - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
  • 1952: Allow me, my name is Cox (1st season; episode: the phone went off at night) - Director: Hans Gertberg
  • 1953: To the golden anchor (1st - 3rd part) - Director: Gustav Burmester
  • 1953: The Esperanza Ship - Director: Otto Kurth
  • 1954: The stars never lie - Director: Gottfried Lange
  • 1954: The court withdraws to deliberate (consequence: criminal record) - Director: Gerd Fricke
  • 1956: Unterm Birnbaum - Director: Gert Westphal
  • 1956: The interrogation of Lukullus - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
  • 1957: Mr. Thriplow gives away his money - Director: Günter Siebert
  • 1957: The Temptation - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
  • 1957: The hunt for the perpetrator (episode: rascals) - Director: SO Wagner
  • 1958: The Trial of the Donkey's Shadow - Director: Ludwig Cremer
  • 1958: Anne Frank - Trace of a Child - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
  • 1959: Espionage (in 4 episodes) - Director: SO Wagner
  • 1959: The hunt for the culprit (episode: Livingstone's safes) - Director: SO Wagner
  • 1960: Water and Wind - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
  • 1960: A case for Mr. Schmidt - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
  • 1961: Dance of Death - Director: Martin Walser
  • 1962: The hunt for the perpetrator (episode: The Night in Badmer's Hamlet) - Director: SO Wagner
  • 1963: The hunt for the perpetrator (episode: Death travels with the circus) - Director: SO Wagner
  • 1964: A winter fairy tale - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
  • 1965: Rahmeck sounds the alarm - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
  • 1965: The Wasserminna (four-part series) - Director: Otto Düben
  • 1966: The disappointment - directed by Fritz Schröder-Jahn
  • 1969: Yes, operate, no - Director: Günter Bommert
  • 1971: Stranger Dead - Director: Hans Rosenhauer
  • 1972: The focus is on people - Director: Heinz Hostnig

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Information from the Ohlsdorf Cemetery Information Center from June 12, 2015
  2. ↑ Old theater bunny: Erich Weiher was 65 , Hamburger Abendblatt from July 23, 1958 , accessed on June 11, 2015
  3. ↑ Hans-Joachim Neumann: The parable of the girl ShenTe , Hamburger Abendblatt of August 28, 1963 , accessed on June 11, 2015
  4. ↑ Alter Jünger Thaliens , Hamburger Abendblatt of July 23, 1968 , accessed on June 11, 2015
  5. ↑ a b Farewell to Erich Weiher , Hamburger Abendblatt, March 9, 1972 , accessed on June 11, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Weiher, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and radio play speaker
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 1972
Place of death Hamburg