Franz Schneider (actor)

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Franz Wilhelm Schneider (born March 18, 1916 in Cologne-Sülz , † May 13, 1985 in Frechen ) was a German popular actor and radio play speaker .

Life

Schneider was a foreign trade merchant and joined the Navy in 1939. After the Second World War he applied to the Millowitsch Theater in Cologne and received minor roles. In 1951 he made a small appearance in the film The Tiger Akbar , also known as Panic at the Williams Circus, directed by Harry Piel . He achieved his comedic breakthrough with a role in the play Der Etappenhase , which was also broadcast on television in 1953. Since then he has had numerous appearances with Lucy and Willy Millowitsch in the theater and in the live broadcasts of the plays as well as in films such as the Hesselbach family on vacation in 1955 or Dicke Luft 1962.

Franz Schneider (1916–85) - grave in the main cemetery of Frechen, Sankt Audomar

He was also a speaker in numerous radio plays , such as the accountant Munzenberger in the radio play series Hesselbach GmbH produced by HR , after which the television series Die Firma Hesselbach was created from 1960 . He also spoke more often at the NWDR and its legal successor, the WDR . He acted together with theater colleagues such as the Millowitsch and Elsa Scholten siblings in a number of oral arthropods, but he was also heard in small supporting roles in two of the Paul Temple radio plays .

After a stroke in 1965, he remained dependent on a wheelchair and could no longer step.

Franz Schneider died in Frechen in 1985. He was buried in the main cemetery in Frechen, Sankt Audomar (hall 19, row 14).

Filmography

Radio plays (selection)

  • 1948: Canned Pork - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
  • 1949: The Sold Grandfather - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
  • 1949: The Iron Broom - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
  • 1950: Lumpazivagabundus am Rhein - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
  • 1951: From the secret files of Scotland Yard; 2nd episode: A young girl and a young man - Director: Eduard Hermann
  • 1951: Revolt of the Sled Dogs - Director: Raoul Wolfgang Schnell
  • 1951: Das Krähenspiel - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
  • 1951: From the secret files of Scotland Yard; 4th episode: An ambitious nurse - Director: Eduard Hermann
  • 1951: Paul Temple and the Curzon case - Director: Eduard Hermann
  • 1951: Who does the picture belong to? - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
  • 1952: Erasmus in a quiet corner - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
  • 1952: The Scapegoat - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
  • 1952: Our Street - Director: Ulrich Erfurth
  • 1953: News from Schilda (introductory broadcast) - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
  • 1953: News from Schilda; 1st episode (exact next title unknown) - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
  • 1953: News from Schilda; 5th episode: The Hole in Justice - Director: Eduard Hermann
  • 1953: The Hammer - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
  • 1954: The great dog - Director: Wolf Schmidt
  • 1954: Flies and Trumpet Blowing - Director: Hermann Pfeiffer
  • 1954: Prokurist a. D. Hesselbach, Büro für Lebensberatung (radio play series by and with Wolf Schmidt) - Director: Otto Stadler
  • 1954: painter Bocks Huhzick - director: Fritz Peter Vary
  • 1954: The Lucky Candidate - Director: Hermann Pfeiffer
  • 1954: The Big Risk - Director: Kurt Meister
  • 1954: The Hessian Christmas Game - Director: Hanns-Ludwig Wiechmann
  • 1954–56: Hesselbach GmbH (radio play series by and with Wolf Schmidt) - Director: Karlheinz Schilling
  • 1955: News from Schilda (4th listener mail broadcast) - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
  • 1955: Las Casas in front of Karl V - Director: Irmfried Wilimzig
  • 1955: News from Schilda (6th Hörerpost broadcast) - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
  • 1955: The attack on the monastery - Director: Fränze Roloff
  • 1955: The Treasure in Silver Lake (multi-part radio play based on Karl May ) - Director: Kurt Meister
  • 1955: News from Schilda; Episode: The Donkey on the Notice Board - Director: Hermann Pfeiffer
  • 1955: The Citizens of Calais - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
  • 1956: Paul Temple and the Madison Case - Director: Eduard Hermann
  • 1956: Der Silberstrahl ( Sherlock Holmes story based on Arthur Conan Doyle ) - Director: Eduard Hermann
  • 1956: Kölsch Galgespill - Director: Fritz Peter Vary
  • 1957: Kölsch Kreppespill - Director: Fritz Peter Vary
  • 1958: On an ostrich farm in South Africa - Director: Kurt Meister
  • 1958: Old Surehand (multi-part radio play based on Karl May) - Director: Kurt Meister
  • 1958: De Krohl as Wohrsager - Director: Fritz Peter Vary
  • 1959: De gäl Färv - Director: Fritz Peter Vary
  • 1959: The man with the number - Director: Gerd Martienzen
  • 1959: The man with the trick - Director: Gerd Martienzen
  • 1959: The man with the taxi - Director: Gerd Martienzen
  • 1960 and 1962: Wat da Schmitzens all passeet - Director: Fritz Peter Vary

annotation

Another actor of the same name, namely Franz Johann Schneider (born June 10, 1886 in Mainz , † February 1, 1968 in Heusenstamm ) could have been involved in some of the films and radio plays listed here . This applies in particular to the Hessian films and radio plays in the Hesselbach series. See also the discussion page.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Birth and death dates, 2nd first name and job title (actor) come from the registry office and the cemetery administration of the municipality of Frechen (see also the discussion page)
  2. ↑ http://www.steffi-line.de/archiv_text/nost_buehne/19s_schneider_franz.htm
personal data
SURNAME Schneider, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schneider, Franz Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German folk actor and radio play speaker
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne-Sülz
DATE OF DEATH May 13, 1985
Place of death Cheeky