Ernst Dumcke
Ernst Dumcke (born November 13, 1887 in Mannheim ; † June 21, 1940 in Berlin ) was a German actor .
Life
The son of the general director of Frankfurter Versicherungs-AG Paul Dumcke grew up in Frankfurt and received acting lessons at the conservatory . He began his stage career in his hometown of Mannheim in 1904, then moved to Breslau and came to Berlin in 1907, where he appeared at the Komödienhaus, the Residenztheater and the German Art Theater . Before the First World War he became a member of the ensemble of the German theater .
After his first silent film appearances, however, Dumcke gave up his acting career at the request of his father and worked in the insurance business in Vienna. After the insurance company collapsed in 1929, Dumcke returned to the acting profession. In 1930 he played again at the Deutsches Theater, and from 1931 he took up numerous roles in film. Dumcke embodied in the film mostly respectable persons of all kinds, especially directors, counts and princes. In the Heinz Rühmann film The Outsider he played a racing stable owner in a leading role , and a captain in the Hans Albers film Executioners, Women and Soldiers .
Filmography
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Web links
- Ernst Dumcke in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography with photo at cyranos.ch
- Pictures by Ernst Dumcke In: Virtual History
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| SURNAME | Dumcke, Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 21, 1940 |
| Place of death | Berlin |