Georg Alexander
Georg Alexander ; actually Werner Louis Georg Lüddeckens (born April 3, 1888 in Hanover , † October 30, 1945 in Berlin ) was a German actor , director and producer .
Life
Georg Alexander was the son of the actor Georg Lüddeckens and his wife Martha Amalie, geb. Bohde. After his acting training he had his first employment at theaters in Halberstadt , Hamburg , Hanover and from 1914 in Berlin. In 1915 he took part in his first film. In 1917 he and his wife, the Norwegian actress Aud Egede-Nissen , founded the production company “Egede-Nissen-Film Comp. mbH ”, which published around 30 films by 1919. Alexander mostly directed it himself. Their son Georg Richter became a well-known actor himself in Norway.
In 1919 he founded his own film company "Alexander-Film GmbH" to produce sports films. Alexander was active in sports himself and in 1921 set a record in the high jump on horseback with 1.85 meters.
Georg Alexander appeared in detective and other entertainment films. He was very popular with contemporary audiences. His roles were often gentlemen or noblemen, as in Reinhold Schünzel's comedy The English Marriage (1934), where he appeared alongside Adele Sandrock . He acted in over 160 films.
From 1928 Georg Alexander was married to the film agent Ilse Brach for the third time. He died on October 30, 1945 in Berlin. His grave at the Wilmersdorf cemetery in Berlin-Wilmersdorf was closed in 1960.
Filmography
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literature
- Rolf Aurich, Susanne Fuhrmann, Pamela Müller (Red.): Dreams of film. Cinema in Hanover 1896–1991. Catalog for the exhibition of the same name in the Theater am Aegi from October 6 to November 24, 1991. Society for Film Studies, Hanover 1991, p. 142f.
Web links
- Georg Alexander in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Georg Alexander at filmportal.de
- Pictures by Georg Alexander In: Virtual History
Individual evidence
- ^ Knerger.de: The grave of Georg Alexander
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| SURNAME | Alexander, Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lüddeckens, Werner Louis Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor, film director and producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover , German Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 30, 1945 |
| Place of death | Berlin , Germany |