Gerd Baltus
Gerhard "Gerd" Baltus (born March 29, 1932 in Bremen ; † December 13, 2019 in Hamburg ) was a German actor as well as radio play and audio book speaker .
Life
During his law studies , Gerd Baltus made his film debut in a small role in 1952 . In 1953 he received his first theater engagement under Gustaf Gründgens in Hamburg without any acting training ; In 1956 he moved to Bonn , then to Berlin and Munich . From 1959 to 1966 he was a member of the Münchner Kammerspiele ensemble . For a while, Baltus was a member of the Hamburg Thalia Theater . In the mid-1970s, however, he gave up theater work in favor of television .
Baltus had his breakthrough there with a total of four appearances in the television series Der Kommissar . He became known to a wide audience as a regular guest in other crime series such as Derrick , Der Alte or in Tatort in the First . The actor was often cast for difficult, brooding and obscure loners or psychopathic characters. He also had leading roles in the short series PS - Stories about Cars 1975 , in the ZDF series Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi and in the family saga Lorentz and Sons , where he stood in front of the camera with Ernst Schröder and Hans Korte . In addition to Wolfgang Fierek and Ottfried Fischer , he played the mayor Donatius Domberger in the series Ein Bayer auf Rügen . In the TV series Now even more! he embodied the judge Dr. Heribert Koch. In 1989, he played the journalist Klaus Bardusch in the series With Body and Soul , starring Günter Strack as the main actor . Most recently he worked for ARD; between 1996 and 2009 in four episodes of the previous evening series Großstadtrevier , in 2008 in one episode of the hospital series In allerfreund .
The actor had his greatest success on screen in 1965 with the film Wälsungenblut next to u. a. Michael Maien and Rudolf Forster directed by Rolf Thiele . For his portrayal of Lieutnant von Beckerath in the film adaptation of the eponymous story by Thomas Mann , he was awarded the German Film Prize as the best young actor . However, he did not pursue a film career.
In addition, Baltus worked extensively as a radio play and audio book speaker . For example, in 1968 he spoke one of the main characters in the last Paul Temple multi-part series that WDR produced under the direction of Otto Düben , namely in Paul Temple and the Alex case . His partners included Paul Klinger , Margot Leonard , Kurt Lieck and Ernst Hilbich . In 1991, under the direction of Hans Gerd Krogmann , he spoke the part of the English writer William Shakespeare in the radio play Das Treffen in Valladolid, commissioned by the European Broadcasting Union . In the radio play series Die Drei ??? Baltus can be heard in five episodes between 1987 and 2018.
Gerd Baltus was married to the presenter and actress Brigitte Rohkohl for 45 years and lived with her in Hamburg. He leaves two sons, including the actor Philipp Baltus .
Filmography (selection)
- 1952: The smugglers' banquet ( Le Banquet des fraudeurs )
- 1958: The de la Roncière case
- 1964: Wälsungen blood
- 1965: I'm looking for a man
- 1966: Bonditis
- 1966, 1967: The Fifth Column (TV series, two episodes)
- 1967: Death chases after (TV series)
- 1968: Count Yoster does the honors (TV series, episode Nights between 2 and 3 )
- 1968: The Idiot (TV series)
- 1969–1974: The Commissioner (TV series, four episodes)
- 1970–1974: The Case Next Door (TV series, continuously as a social worker Bretschneider)
- 1970: How I Became a Negro
- 1970: Not just at Christmas time
- 1970: On the trail of the perpetrator - (TV series, episode Frogmen )
- 1971: Graf Luckner (TV series)
- 1973: Death on the Thames
- 1973: The caretaker
- 1973: Between the Flights (TV series)
- 1974: Arms don't steal
- 1974: A perfect couple
- 1975: Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi (TV series, three episodes)
- 1975: The rope around the neck (TV series)
- 1975: The island of crabs
- 1976: Taxi 4012
- 1976: Tatort - transit to the afterlife
- 1975–1976: PS - Stories about the car (TV series, episodes 1–8)
- 1977: The institution
- 1977–1994: Derrick (TV series, nine episodes)
- 1978: Tatort - Stars for the Orient
- 1978: The old man - the beautiful Alex
- 1978: Stories from the Future (TV series, an episode)
- 1979: Joking aside - Herbert is coming!
- 1981: A Magical Beast (TV series)
- 1982: A case for two - war of nerves
- 1984: The Lehmanns (TV series)
- 1984: Two Black Sheep (TV series)
- 1985: Was What, Ricky? (TV series)
- 1985: The beginners
- 1986: The Black Forest Clinic (TV series, episode Der Wert des Lebens )
- 1986: Devil's Grandmother (TV series)
- 1987: Käthe Kollwitz - Pictures of a Life
- 1987–1990: Waiting room for little luck (TV series, two seasons / 37 episodes)
- 1988: Lorentz & Sons (TV series)
- 1989–1990: With Body and Soul (TV series, 16 episodes)
- 1991: The purple Christmas story
- 1991: the inheritance
- 1991: The Old One (TV series, episode Long Shadows )
- 1993: The Investigator (TV series, an episode)
- 1993–1997: A Bavarian on Rügen
- 1995: Tatort - Deadly Friendship
- 1995–1996: Our teacher, Doctor Specht (TV series, 13 episodes)
- 1996: Police call 110: Dangerous kisses
- 1996–2009: Großstadtrevier (TV series, four episodes)
- 1996: crime scene - murder behind the dike
- 1997: Liebling Kreuzberg (TV series, episode Favorite New Luck )
- 1997: A Case for Two: A Deadly Legacy
- 1999: Husbands and Other Liars (TV)
- 1999–2001: Two men at the stove (TV series, eleven episodes)
- 2000: You or none (TV)
- 2000: The Last Witness (TV series, episode)
- 2002: duel
- 2004: Tatort - death gang
- 2005: now more than ever!
- 2006: Tatort - blood writing
- 2007: Emergency Call Hafenkante (TV series, episode Lug und Trug )
- 2008, 2009: In all friendship (TV series, two episodes)
- 2012: The man who can do everything
- 2013: Danni Lowinski (TV series, one episode)
Radio plays (selection)
- 1968: Francis Durbridge : Paul Temple and the Alex case (8 parts) - Director: Otto Düben (crime radio play - WDR )
- 1982: Lars Gustafsson : The Tennis Players - Director: Hans Gerd Krogmann (radio play - WDR / NDR )
- 1992: Michael F. Flynn : Science Fiction as a radio game: Eifelheim - Director: Andreas Weber-Schäfer (radio play adaptation , science fiction radio play - SDR )
- 2001: Günter Kunert : Am Sexophon: Esmeralda - Director: Walter Niklaus (radio play - MDR )
- 2003: Dylan Thomas : Under the Milk Forest (Mr. Ogmore) - Director: Götz Fritsch (radio play - Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk | MDR)
- 2007: Bill Fitzhugh : Der Kammerjäger - Director: Irene Schuck (radio play - DKultur )
- 2008: John von Düffel : Scream of the Geese - Director: Christiane Ohaus ( Radio-Tatort - RB )
- 2011: Matthias Wittekindt : Total Loss - Director: Sven Stricker (Radio-Tatort - NDR)
literature
- Michael Hanfeld: Credibility as the opposite of smoothness. He played outsiders who held some films together: On the death of Gerd Baltus . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung No. 292 of December 16, 2019, page 11.
Awards
- 1965: German Film Award ( Best Young Actor ) for his portrayal of von Beckerath in Wälsungenblut
Individual evidence
- ^ Actor Gerd Baltus died in Hamburg. NDR website , December 14, 2019
Web links
- Gerd Baltus in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Gerd Baltus at filmportal.de
- Baltus on the website of the Regine Schmitz agency
- Literature by and about Gerd Baltus in the catalog of the German National Library
- Detailed appraisal, with reference to role dissatisfaction , prisma , accessed on June 27, 2010
- Detailed biography at steffi-line.de, accessed on June 27, 2010
- 75th birthday. Happy Birthday, Gerd Baltus , die Welt /weltonline.de, March 29, 2007, accessed on June 27, 2010
- Gerd Baltus in the leading role of the radio play comedy Am Sexophon: Esmeralda by Günter Kunert, MDR 2001, in the ARD Audiothek
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Baltus, Gerd |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baltus, Gerhard (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor, radio play and audio book speaker |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1932 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |
DATE OF DEATH | December 13, 2019 |
Place of death | Hamburg |