Gustav Botz

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Gustav Botz (born May 17, 1857 , † April 6, 1932 in Berlin ) was a German actor who was mainly seen in batch roles .

Life

Botz made his theater debut in Kaiserslautern in 1884 and appeared on stages in Bromberg , Frankfurt (Oder) , Koblenz (there also as a director), Basel , Dresden , Augsburg , Magdeburg and Breslau . From 1909 he lived in Berlin, where he was active for 16 years with the Meinhardt-Bernauer-Bühnen.

He starred in many film classics, especially the 1920s . Botz had suffered from an eye disease since the early 1920s. In 1925 the disease was so advanced that he completely withdrew from the theater and film business. He died almost blind in Berlin in 1932 . He was married to the actress Elisabeth Botz .

Filmography

literature

  • Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Published by Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 116
  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 1: A - C. Erik Aaes - Jack Carson. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 487.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Life data according to filmportal.de and Kay Less: The large personal dictionary of the film . IMDb names August 4, 1883 as the date of birth and September 29, 1932 as the date of death, and Bremen as the place of birth and death .
personal data
SURNAME Botz, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1857
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 1932
Place of death Berlin