Gerhard Riedmann (actor)
Gerhard Anton Riedmann (born March 24, 1925 in Vienna ; † February 9, 2004 in Kematen in Tyrol ) was an Austrian actor .
Life
The son of a railway official belonged to the Vienna Boys' Choir and received his Matura at the Vienna High School . He studied violin at the Academy of Music in the early 1940s until he was drafted into military service. From 1945 to 1946 he attended the Max Reinhardt Seminar . He made his debut in 1947 at the Theater in der Josefstadt . From 1953 to 1955 he worked at the Münchner Kammerspiele , then in Zurich, Hamburg and in numerous guest performances.
Gerhard Riedmann was best known as a film actor. After a few minor roles, he achieved his breakthrough in 1953 as Adam in a film adaptation of the operetta The Bird Dealer . In numerous operetta films and homeland films of the 1950s, Riedmann was the main actor as an irresistible charmer, often showing his vocal skills. His partners included Waltraut Haas , Renate Holm and Marianne Hold .
In the sixties Riedmann was mainly a television actor, where he again took on his most impressive tasks in operetta films. After that he was seen in a few less important supporting roles.
On July 15, 1954, he married the actress Eva Probst in Muggendorf , Wiesenttal municipality ; he was divorced from her in 1960. From this marriage there was a daughter Eva-Maria (* around 1955). In 1960 he married the industrialist daughter Anita Swarovski and worked as head of a project group for the glass and optics industry in his father-in-law's plant . Riedmann, father of a total of six children, last lived with his third wife Gertrud in Kematen (Tyrol); there is also his grave.
Filmography
- 1948: The other life
- 1950: Child of the Danube
- 1951: Vienna faded away
- 1952: Lost Melody
- 1952: April 1, 2000
- 1952: Adventure in the castle
- 1953: Escape into the reeds
- 1953: Me and my wife
- 1953: The bird dealer
- 1953: The cousin from Dingsda
- 1954: Brother Martin
- 1954: The Gypsy Baron
- 1954: The beautiful miller's wife
- 1954: Women around Richard Wagner (Magic Fire)
- 1955: Yes, yes, love in Tyrol
- 1955: espionage
- 1955: Love is just a fairy tale
- 1955: Sergeant Borck
- 1955: Your body regiment
- 1955: The happy village
- 1956: The fisherwoman from Lake Constance
- 1956: While the roses are still blooming
- 1956: The beggar student
- 1957: high up on the mountain
- 1957: Every night in a different bed
- 1957: ... and love laughs at it
- 1957: Spring in Berlin
- 1957: And in the evening at Scala
- 1957: The saint and her fool
- 1957: The Princess of St. Wolfgang
- 1957: The Count of Luxembourg
- 1958: The Czardas King
- 1958: As long as the stars are glowing
- 1958: The trees are blooming again in the Prater
- 1959: beloved beast
- 1959: With blonde Kathrein
- 1959: love, air and lots of lies
- 1959: I marry the director
- 1959: My daughter Patricia
- 1960: The Trap (TV)
- 1960: The Bird Dealer (TV)
- 1961: The Land of Smiles (TV)
- 1961: Kiss me Katchen (TV)
- 1961: What is Dad doing in Italy?
- 1962: The Empress (TV)
- 1962: Gasparone (TV)
- 1962: That's the sailors' love
- 1962: Forest rush
- 1963: Happiness and Glass (TV)
- 1964: Mine or yours (TV)
- 1964: Katharina Knie (TV)
- 1964: Doddy and the Musketeers (TV)
- 1965: Call of the Forests
- 1965: Breakfast with Julia (TV)
- 1965: Arrival by night (TV)
- 1965: The trip to Styria (TV)
- 1966: pipes, beds, lovebirds (Dýmky)
- 1967: Valley of Hope (Clint el solitario)
- 1967: Palm tree in the rose garden (TV)
- 1968: The Holledauer Schimmel (TV)
- 1968: Bomb Waltz (TV)
- 1969: The Naked Bovary
- 1970: My wife doesn't hear a word (TV)
- 1970: Chief Inspector Marek (TV series, episode: Perfect Murder)
- 1973: Hubertus Castle
- 1973: Pear tree and elder bushes (TV)
- 1974: Two heavenly thick skulls
- 1977: Forest rush
- 1977: Derrick (TV series, episode: Dead in the forest)
- 1981: Hangover lamp (TV)
- 1981: Casanova (TV)
- 1985: The Good Angel (TV)
- 1989: Eurocops (TV series, one episode)
- 1992–1997: Der Bergdoktor (TV series)
- 1993: When the rooster crows (TV)
- 1993: The Raven Father (TV)
- 1993: The three village saints (TV)
- 1993: A Bavarian on Rügen (TV series)
Web links
- Gerhard Riedmann in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Riedmann, Gerhard |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Riedmann, Gerhard Anton |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 24, 1925 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
DATE OF DEATH | February 9, 2004 |
Place of death | Kematen, Tyrol |