Erik Radolf

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Erik Radolf , actually Friedrich Wilhelm Erich Kohl , (born December 1, 1904 in Frankfurt am Main , † April 22, 1976 ) was a German actor .

Life

The director's son attended a secondary school and then received artistic training from Günther Stark. In the late 1920s Radolf began to play theater. His stage stations were Cottbus , Karlsbad , Vienna ( Volkstheater , Komödie) and in Berlin the venues of the Rotter brothers and Heinz Saltenburgs . From 1932 until all German venues were closed by Goebbels in 1944, Radolf was a member of the Volksbühne Berlin ensemble , where he played under the directors Heinz Hilpert and Eugen Klöpfer .

After the war , Erik Radolf also appeared in the comedians' cabaret . He also worked as artistic director of the Neue Scala Berlin and took part in numerous colorful evenings. Radolf has also worked as a lyricist (e.g. for Leon Jessel's operetta Treffpunkt Tegernsee as well as for hits and radio plays ).

Erik Radolf's film activities concentrate primarily on the war years from 1939 to 1945, when he appeared with small roles in a plethora of Nazi propaganda films . After a long period without film, Radolf has been in front of the camera regularly since 1959, including in some Edgar Wallace film adaptations and other crime novels.

Filmography (selection)

literature

  • Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 3: Peit – Zz. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1961, DNB 451560752 , p. 1343 f.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Date of death according to film portal, the IMDb writes March 24, 1976
personal data
SURNAME Radolf, Erik
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kohl, Friedrich Wilhelm Erich (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 1976