Ernst Schröder (actor)

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Ernst August Schröder (born January 27, 1915 in Eickel , Westphalia , † July 26, 1994 in Berlin ) was a German actor and director .

Life

Schröder began his acting career at the Schauspielhaus Bochum in 1934 under the artistic director Saladin Schmitt . Here he also worked as an assistant director and stage designer until 1936. In 1938 he came to the Schillertheater in Berlin via the Stadttheater Bielefeld and Kiel , which became his artistic home and the site of his greatest theatrical triumphs, especially after the Second World War . He also played frequently in Zurich and Munich . At the Salzburg Festival he played Jedermann .

During the war he had to become a soldier. In 1938 he was trained and in 1941 he was drafted into a grenadier regiment in Leningrad . He was wounded and returned to the Schiller Theater in 1942. When the theater closed in 1944, he became a soldier again and was taken prisoner in Italy .

He is considered to be one of the greatest characters in German theater, who above all loved the powerful roles and completely filled them with his stature and voice and was therefore often compared to Heinrich George .

Although his activity has focused on stage work, both as an actor and as a director, he has also appeared in feature films and television films. He achieved widespread fame from the 1970s, when he was often a guest in crime series such as Derrick or Der Alte and in numerous television films by Peter Patzak .

In 1975 he completely unexpectedly withdrew from stage work to his winery in Tuscany , where he wrote his memoirs , which appeared under the title Life - playful . A severe blow of fate hit him in 1980 when his daughter, the actress Christiane Schröder , took her own life. She jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco .

In 1981 he staged at the Bad Hersfeld Festival the King Lear of Shakespeare . In the late 1980s he reappeared on TV in the role of Lauritz Lorentz in the series Lorentz and Sons . In the legendary radio play series The Lord of the Rings (SWF / WDR, 1991–92), Schröder can be heard with his distinctive voice as the narrator.

When Ernst Schröder fell ill with cancer, he committed suicide on July 26, 1994 by jumping out of the window in a Berlin hospital. He was buried in the forest cemetery in Zehlendorf .

theatre

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As a voice actor he lent a. a. Charles Boyer ( The Lost ), James Cagney ( Jeremy Rodack ), William Conrad ( You're still alive 105 minutes ), Rex Harrison ( The Talisman ), Herbert Lom ( War and Peace ), Spencer Tracy (including City in Fear ) and Peter Ustinov ( Beau Brummell ) his voice.

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personal data
SURNAME Schröder, Ernst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schröder, Ernst August (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and director
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Eickel or tub
DATE OF DEATH July 26, 1994
Place of death Berlin