Gerhard Dammann (actor)

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Gerhard Dammann

Gerhard Dammann (born June 30, 1883 in Cologne , † February 21, 1946 in Bad Ischl ; born Heinrich Gerhard Dammann ) was a German actor and comedian .

Life

He left school at the age of fourteen and became an acrobat on variety stages. In this function he crossed Europe and came to Africa and America. At times he was a member of the Hans Hansen Trio. He found access to film around 1907, and from 1913 he was permanently in front of the camera in Berlin.

Dammann has appeared in a large number of silent films, many of which, however, were very short. He was the center of attention as “Bumke” and from 1913 as “Luny” and shone with his acrobatic and grotesque-comic abilities. Most of the time he directed it himself.

From 1914 to 1916 he was a soldier on the Eastern Front, after which he created the figure of "Schnurzel" with his wife Hansi Dege. In 1917 Dammann founded his own production company. From 1923 he appeared under his real name as "Gerhard". In addition to directing and producing, he was also responsible for the script several times.

Dammann also directed the only film operetta “Das Caviar-Mäuschen” (1919) made according to the Lloyd Lachmann method.

Since the mid-twenties, however, there was considerable competition in German cinemas when American comedians became known. In 1925 his company stopped production. In the following two decades, Dammann had to be content with batch roles in German feature films, as he was mostly unnamed as a comic fat man and often appeared briefly several times. In total, Gerhard Dammann appeared in over 350 films.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Article “Gerhard Dammann, now Schnurzel” from: Der Film, No. 23, 1916, at cinegraph.de
  2. ↑ cf. James zu Hüningen in the dictionary of film terms
  3. ↑ with the music of Karl Alfredy , cf. filmportal.de and GECD # 26900
personal data
SURNAME Dammann, Gerhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dammann, Heinrich Gerhard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 1946
Place of death Bad Ischl