Friedrich Maurer (actor)
Friedrich Maurer (born April 17, 1901 in Mannheim , † March 2, 1980 in Munich ) was a German actor .
Life
Friedrich Maurer was born the son of a factory worker in the industrial city of Mannheim. After completing a business apprenticeship and acting training with the well-known German silent film actor Robert Garrison , he received his first theater engagement in Frankfurt / Main in 1924 . Further engagements in Koblenz, Riga, Königsberg and Leipzig followed. Until 1960 he was engaged in the West Berlin Schiller- und Schloßparktheater , which was united from 1950 , before he joined the Bavarian State Theater in Munich until his death .
Parallel to his theater appearances, the character actor Maurer also found engagements in film and television and mainly appeared in supporting roles . Like many German actors from West Germany, he was also of the East German DEFA - film studios committed, but turned to the closing of borders only films in the West.
His grave is in the Waldfriedhof (Munich) , New Part.
Honors
- German Critics' Prize (1957)
- Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon (October 24, 1958)
Filmography
- 1941: My life for Ireland
- 1942: The great shadow
- 1943: Old heart becomes young again
- 1944: I dreamed of you
- 1948: Blum affair
- 1948: The strange adventures of Mr. Fridolin B.
- 1950: the cold heart
- 1950: Semmelweis - savior of mothers
- 1950: Benthin family
- 1951: The Sonnenbrucks
- 1951: The subject
- 1952: career in Paris
- 1954: Canaris
- 1955: Alibi
- 1956: What the swallow sang
- 1958: Black Forest cherry
- 1958: As long as the heart beats
- 1964: men's game
- 1966: Conan Doyle and the Edalji case
- 1968: The castle
- 1969: Assassination attempt on the mighty
- 1971: Der Kommissar - the end of a dance party (first broadcast: February 26, 1971)
- 1975: The Commissioner - Is the train going to Italy? (First broadcast: September 26, 1975)
- 1978: The Old One - The Vengeance
theatre
- 1948: Stefan Brodwin : Der Feigling (Patient) - Director: Ernst Legal ( Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kammerspiele)
- 1949: Lion Feuchtwanger : Wahn in Boston (Cotton Mather) - Director: Wolfgang Kühne (Deutsches Theater Berlin - Kammerspiele)
- 1949: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe : Faust. A tragedy (Wagner) - Director: Wolfgang Langhoff (Deutsches Theater Berlin)
- 1950: Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz : Der Hofmeister - Director: Bertolt Brecht ( Berliner Ensemble in the Deutsches Theater Berlin -)
- 1950: Nikolai Gogol : The Auditor (School Inspector) - Director: Wolfgang Langhoff (Deutsches Theater Berlin)
- 1951: Gerhart Hauptmann : Beaver Fur and Red Cock (Reindeer Krüger) - Director: Egon Monk (Deutsches Theater Berlin - Berliner Ensemble)
Radio plays (selection)
- 1947: Friedrich Karl Kaul : One of many - Director: Alfred Braun ( Berliner Rundfunk )
- 1947: Hedda Zinner : Earth - Director: Hedda Zinner (Berliner Rundfunk)
- 1950: Anna Seghers : The Trial of Joan of Arc at Rouen 1431 (Jean Chatillon) - Director: Herwart Grosse (Berliner Rundfunk)
- 1964: Friedrich Dürrenmatt : The Trial of the Donkey's Shadow (Philippides, City Judge) - Director: Otto Kurth ( BR / SR )
- 1969: Dylan Thomas : Unter dem Milchwald (Ehr. Jenkins) - Director: Raoul Wolfgang Schnell (BR / WDR )
Web links
- Friedrich Maurer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Short biography in Defa-Sternstunden
Individual evidence
- ↑ Office of the Federal President
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maurer, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 2, 1980 |
| Place of death | Munich |