Gustav Knuth

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Gustav Adolf Karl Friedrich Knuth (born July 7, 1901 in Braunschweig , † February 1, 1987 in Küsnacht , Switzerland ) was a German actor . After the Second World War he took Swiss citizenship .

Life

Braunschweig , Madamenweg  6 a (previously 4); Gustav Knuth lived here until he was 17.
Gustav Knuth's grave

Pushed by his father into an apprenticeship as a locksmith, he broke off this training and took acting lessons with the actor Casimir Paris in Braunschweig. He received his first engagement in Hildesheim in 1918 . The Harburg City Theater followed from 1919 to 1922 . Between 1922 and 1925 he played in Basel ; from 1933 to 1936 he worked at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg . From there he was committed to the Prussian State Theater in Berlin , where he stayed until 1945.

Between 1945 and 1949 Knuth u. a. active again at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg. In 1946 the British occupying power appointed him to serve as a representative of the cultural sector in the Appointed Citizenship of Hamburg . In the first elections for citizenship in the same year, he ran as the top candidate of the Free Cultural Political Federation , but was unsuccessful and did not move into parliament.

From 1949 he belonged to the ensemble of the Schauspielhaus Zürich . There he played with Therese Giehse, among others .

Friedrich Dürrenmatt wrote the role of the scientist Beutler in his play Die Physiker for Knuth . This play was staged for television in 1964 by Fritz Umgelter with Knuth and Giehse in the roles specially written for them . He was also seen in the Sissi trilogy as Duke Max in Bavaria at the side of Romy and Magda Schneider .

Since 1935 Knuth has also been in front of the film camera. He described the film Unter den Brücken , made in 1944 but not shown until 1946 and directed by Helmut Käutner, as his best film . With the success of television in the 1960s, Knuth opened up to a larger audience. In the role of the veterinarian Dr. Hofer in the series All My Animals , he quickly played himself into the hearts of his audience. During the 1960s and 1970s he was one of the most prominent German TV actors and played popular, good-natured characters in numerous films and series.

Gustav Knuth had another television success in 1967/68 with the family series Großer Mann what next ? In the popular circus series Salto Mortale he played the head of the artist family. The 26-part family series Drüben bei Lehmanns from 1971 was also very well received. In 1979, Knuth appeared as Eiserner Gustav in the multi-part series of the same name, directed by Wolfgang Staudte . He played his last film role in 1981 in Der Bockerer .

He was also active as a radio play speaker from time to time . In 1953 he had one of the leading roles in the third Paul Temple multi-part series Paul Temple and the Vandyke case by Francis Durbridge under the direction of Eduard Hermann as Philip Droste .

Gustav Knuth was married to Gustl Busch ; their son Klaus Knuth (1935–2012) also became an actor. The marriage ended in divorce in the 1930s. Knuth then married his colleague Elisabeth Lennartz . His granddaughter is the actress Nicole Knuth, who was awarded the Salzburg Bull in 2011 as one half of the stage duo Knuth and Tucek .

In 1974 Knuth published his memoir With a Smile in the Buttonhole . He died of a heart attack in 1987 at the age of 85 . His final resting place is in the Hinterriet / Küsnacht cemetery near Zurich.

Awards

Gustav Knuth was appointed state actor in 1935 . He was awarded the Ernst Lubitsch Prize in 1962 for his performance in Der Lügner . In 1967, 1968 and 1980 Knuth received a Golden, and in 1970 a Silver Bambi , in 1976 he received the Golden Camera as a talk show host for the SFB artist regulars table . For his many years of outstanding work in German film, he was honored with the gold film band in 1974 .

Filmography (selection)

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TV Shows

Radio plays (selection)

Source: ARD radio play database

  • 1926: Hans Sturm ; W. Färber : Das Extemporale - Director: Felix Hauser ( NORAG ) - First broadcast: Aug. 5, 19260
  • 1926: Ludwig Fulda : Jugendfreunde - Director: Felix Hauser (NORAG) - First broadcast: Aug. 14, 1926
  • 1926: Ludwig Fulda: Lottchen's birthday - Director: Felix Hauser (NORAG) - First broadcast: 22 Aug 1926
  • 1945: Carl Zuckmayer : Der Hauptmann von Köpenick - Director: Helmut Käutner ( Radio Hamburg ) - First broadcast: 3rd Sep. 19450
  • 1945: Oskar Blumenthal ; Gustav Kadelburg : In the White Horse Inn - Director: Otto Kurth ( NWDR ) - First broadcast: December 10, 1945
  • 1946: Molière : Tartuffe - Director: Otto Kurth (NWDR) - First broadcast: Jan. 14, 1946
  • 1946: Heinrich Heine : Ratcliff - Director: Gustav Burmester (NWDR) - First broadcast: Feb. 17, 1946
  • 1946: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe : Urfaust - Director: Ludwig Cremer (NWDR) - First broadcast: April 1, 19460
  • 1946: George Bernard Shaw : Pygmalion - Director: Otto Kurth (NWDR) - First broadcast: July 1, 19460
  • 1950: Gerda Corbett : Freundinnen - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm ( BR ) - First broadcast: May 19, 1950
  • 1950: William Shakespeare : A Midsummer Night's Dream - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm (BR) - First broadcast: July 26, 1950
  • 1950: Alphonse Daudet : The adventures of Mr Tartarin de Tarascon - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm (BR) - First broadcast: 3rd Dec. 19500
  • 1951: Gerhart Hauptmann : Hanneles Himmelfahrt - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm (BR) - First broadcast: 14 Sep. 1951
  • 1953: Wilhelm Hauff : The dream of the shine of the world - Director: Ludwig Cremer (NWDR) - First broadcast: June 16, 1953
  • 1953: Anton Chekhov : The Bear - Director: Eduard Hermann (NWDR) - First broadcast: Aug. 7, 19530
  • 1953: Lothar Tank : Goethe writes a radio play - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth (NWDR) - First broadcast: Aug. 18, 1953
  • 1953: Francis Durbridge : Paul Temple and the Vandyke case (3rd part: Mr. Droste is introduced) - Director: Eduard Hermann (NWDR) - First broadcast: 25 Sep. 1953
  • 1953: Francis Durbridge: Paul Temple and the Vandyke case (4th part: Boulevard Seminaire) - Director: Eduard Hermann (NWDR) - First broadcast: Oct. 2, 19530
  • 1953: Francis Durbridge: Paul Temple and the Vandyke case (5th part: Roger Shelly gives a wink) - Director: Eduard Hermann (NWDR) - First broadcast: Oct. 9, 19530
  • 1953: Francis Durbridge: Paul Temple and the Vandyke Case (Part 6: The Suspect No. 1) - Director: Eduard Hermann (NWDR) - First broadcast: Oct. 16, 1953
  • 1953: Hellmut von Cube : The False Guardian Angel - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm (BR) - First broadcast: Oct. 20, 1953
  • 1953: Francis Durbridge: Paul Temple and the Vandyke Case (Part 8: Mr. Vandyke) - Director: Eduard Hermann (NWDR) - First broadcast: Oct. 30, 1953
  • 1953: Johannes von Tepl : Der Ackermann und der Tod - Director: Ludwig Cremer (NWDR) - First broadcast: Nov. 22, 1953
  • 1953: Heinrich Rossbacher : Roter Mohn - Director: Franz Zimmermann (NWDR) - First broadcast: Dec. 8, 19530
  • 1954: Rudolf Oswald Diehl : The unwritten law - Director: Raoul Wolfgang Schnell (NWDR / SFB ) - First broadcast: July 23, 1954
  • 1955: Jacques Perret , Jean Forest : A thing emerges - Director: Eduard Hermann (NWDR) - First broadcast: Jan. 18, 1955
  • 1955: Jürgen Gütt : News from Schilda (episode: The Horrible Twins) - Director: Raoul Wolfgang Schnell (NWDR) - First broadcast: Jan. 21, 1955
  • 1955: Johannes Hendrich : Lauter Engel around Monsieur Jacques - Director: Raoul Wolfgang Schnell (NWDR) - First broadcast: Feb. 9, 19550
  • 1955: Johan-Mark Elsing : The great risk (10th part: The end and meaning of the adventure) - Director: Kurt Meister (NWDR) - First broadcast: Feb. 12, 1955
  • 1955: Heinz Ulrich : I want a man - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm (BR) - First broadcast: Feb. 15, 1955
  • 1955: Carl Stefan : All under one hat - Director: Eduard Hermann (NWDR) - First broadcast: Feb. 17, 1955
  • 1955: Georges Simenon : Maigret and the nice old lady - Director: Raoul Wolfgang Schnell (NWDR) - First broadcast: 4. Mar. 19550
  • 1955: William Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew - Director: Walter Ohm (BR) - First broadcast: March 8th. 19550
  • 1955: Ugo Betti : The Refugees - Director: Ludwig Cremer (NWDR) - First broadcast: April 14, 1955
  • 1955: Helene Schmoll : The Chameleon Lady - Director: Kurt Meister (NWDR) - First broadcast: Aug. 26, 1955
  • 1955: Manuel van Loggem : Das Haus am Hafen - Director: Ludwig Cremer (NWDR) - First broadcast: Dec. 2, 19550
  • 1955: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing : Nathan the Wise - Director: Walter Ohm (BR) - First broadcast: December 13, 1955
  • 1956: Walter Andreas : Des König's Son - Director: Gottfried Gülicher ( WDR ) - First broadcast: Jan. 7, 19560
  • 1956: Karl May : Winnetou (8th part: Die Eisenbahnräuber) - Director: Kurt Meister (WDR) - First broadcast: Feb. 25, 1956
  • 1956: Karl May: Winnetou (9th part: Winnetou's death) - Director: Kurt Meister (WDR) - First broadcast: 3rd Mar. 19560
  • 1956: Friedrich Dürrenmatt : Hercules and the stable of Augias - Director: Walter Ohm (BR) - First broadcast: June 26, 1956
  • 1956: Marcel Pagnol : God's love children - Director: Raoul Wolfgang Schnell (WDR / NDR ) - First broadcast: December 20, 1956
  • 1956: Anton Chekhov: A marriage proposal - Director: Ludwig Cremer (WDR) - First broadcast: Jan. 17, 1956
  • 1958: Franz Essel : Alexander in Athens - Director: Raoul Wolfgang Schnell (WDR) - First broadcast: Jan. 10, 1958
  • 1958: Johannes Hendrich: Lauter Engel around Monsieur Jacques - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm (BR) - First broadcast: Oct. 25, 1958
  • 1959: Franz von Schönthan , Paul von Schönthan : The Robbery of the Sabine Women - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm (BR) - First broadcast: Feb. 1, 19590
  • 1959: Sophocles , Ezra Pound : Die Frauen von Trachis - Director: Walter Ohm (BR) - First broadcast: July 3rd, 19590
  • 1961: Walter Bauer : The picture on the wall - Director: Gustav Burmester (NDR) - First broadcast:  Apr. 1961
  • 1961: Christopher Fry : Ein Schlaf Gefangener - Director: Cläre Schimmel (SDR) - First broadcast: December 6, 19610
  • 1962: Edmond Kinds : Die Spatzen von Baltimore - Director: Ludwig Cremer (WDR) - First broadcast: July 25, 1962
  • 1963: Bernd Grashoff : Memoirs of a Butler - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm (BR) - First broadcast: Jan. 20, 1963
  • 1963: Padraic Fallon : Im Gasthaus zur Brücke - Director: Ludwig Cremer (SDR / BR / RIAS Berlin) - First broadcast: December 29, 1963
  • 1963: Jürg Federspiel : Oranges in front of your window - Director: Kurt Hirschfeld ( HR / NDR / SR DRS ) - First broadcast: Feb. 17, 1964
  • 1963: Georges Simenon: Georges Simenon series (5th episode: The green shutters ) - Director: Gert Westphal ( SWF / WDR) - First broadcast: 10 Mar. 1964

Quotes

"If you take a point of view for too long, you get crooked heels."

- Markus M. Ronner : The best punchlines of the 20th century.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Unforgettable in the hometown. Memory of the Braunschweig folk actor at his home on Madamenweg . In: Braunschweiger Zeitung . November 13, 2008.
  2. ↑ filmmuseum-hamburg.de ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.filmmuseum-hamburg.de
  3. ^ Actor Klaus Knuth has died. In: NZZ Online . April 30, 2012.
  4. ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Gustav Knuth
  5. ↑ hoerspiele.dra.de: ARD audio game database
  6. ↑ Markus M. Ronner (Ed.): The best punchlines of the 20th century. Humorous-satirical flashes of inspiration, sorted alphabetically by keywords . Gondrom, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-8112-0670-2 .
personal data
SURNAME Knuth, Gustav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Knuth, Gustav Adolf Karl Friedrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Swiss actor, Member of the Bundestag
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH February 1, 1987
Place of death Küsnacht ZH , Switzerland