Fritz Schlegel (actor)

Fritz Schlegel , actually Friedrich Adolf Edmund Schlegel , (born August 16, 1901 in Coesfeld , Germany , † December 31, 1971 in Kleve , Niederrhein ) was a German actor .

Life

Fritz Schlegel received private acting lessons from Carl Schneider. He had theater engagements in Cottbus , Franzensbad , Würzburg and Danzig , later after the Second World War in Gotha and Chemnitz, among others . From 1954 to 1959 he was a permanent member of the ensemble at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin ; after that he worked as a freelance actor.

At DEFA Schlegel was seen as a character actor in numerous films, especially in fairy tale films . Because of his corpulence, he often played roles like cooks or landlords . He appeared several times in the humorous short films from the Stacheltier series.

1956: Rolf Schneider : The prison of Pont L'Eveque - Director: Helmut Hellstorff ( Broadcasting of the GDR )
1960: Rolf Schneider: The Third Crusade or The Wonderful Story of the Knight Kunifried von Raupenbiel and his Aventiure n - Director: Wolfgang Brunecker (radio play - Rundfunk der DDR)
1960: Joachim Knauth : The mortal gods (Balbus) - Director: Joachim Witte (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
1962: Anton Chekhov : Perpetuum Mobile (horse servant) - Director: Peter Brang (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)

Frank-Burkhard Habel , Volker Wachter : The great lexicon of the GDR stars. The actors from film and television. Extended new edition. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-89602-391-8 , p. 334.

personal data
SURNAME	Schlegel, Fritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schlegel, Friedrich Adolf Edmund (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German actor
DATE OF BIRTH	August 16, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH	Coesfeld , Germany
DATE OF DEATH	December 31, 1971
Place of death	Kleve , Lower Rhine