Hans Wassmann

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Hans Wassmann. Photograph by Wilhelm Höffert (around 1900)
Hans Wassmann on a photograph by Alexander Binder

Hans Wassmann , also Hans Waßmann , (born January 1, 1873 in Berlin ; † April 5, 1932 there ) was a German actor .

Life

Wassmann, the son of a rentier, had undergone commercial training after graduating from high school and worked in the grain and commission business for a year. At the age of 19 he made a career change, was trained by Arthur Vollmer and went to the stage.

Wassmann made his debut in Gera in 1892 with the tiny role of a recruit in the play Wallenstein's camp . After stints in Hanau (1893/94), Elberfeld (1894/95) and Freiburg im Breisgau (1895/96), he came to Berlin in 1896 to take on a two-year engagement at the Deutsches Theater . In 1898 he moved to the New Theater . In autumn 1901 he returned to the Deutsche Theater, later run by Max Reinhardt . In 1903 he was on tour with the Small Theater .

Wassmann's early role was that of bon vivant, nature boy and youthful character actor. Later, the compact Berliner with the massive skull and the distinctive wart between the eyes grew into the field of serious gentlemen of the world and respected power people, but also repeatedly demonstrated his considerable talent for comedy and received much praise for the portrayal of dumb, limited characters.

His best-known late roles on stage include his Baron in Nachtasyl , his Junker Bleichenwang in Was ihr wollt and Mopsus in Das Wintermärchen . In the film during the Weimar Republic , the extremely popular mime played an abundance of supporting supporting roles in Schwänken, such as the mayor in “ Schützenfest in Schilda ” and “ The Battle of Badmünde ” or the admiral in “ Der Herr Bürovorsteher ”. In other comedies, the accomplished comedian was even given the lead role: for example, he was the mayor Eusebius Müller in “ Father Goes On A Trip ” and the financially poor owner of a baby equipment store in the clothes “ The stork is on strike ”.

Hans Wassmann died as a result of a stroke that befell him during a film rehearsal in Neubabelsberg . He found his final resting place in the south-west cemetery in Stahnsdorf .

Filmography (selection)

literature

  • Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 1095, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • Deutsches Bühnen-Jahrbuch 44th year 1933, Berlin 1932. P. 106 f.
  • Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 3: Peit – Zz. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1961, DNB 451560752 , p. 1833.

Web links

Commons : Hans Wassmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ HB (= Hermann Bahr ): Theater, art and literature. German Volkstheater. Neues Wiener Tagblatt, 37 (1903) # 120, 13 (May 2, 1903) Book edition: Hermann Bahr: Glossen, 245–248
personal data
SURNAME Wassmann, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wassmann, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH April 5, 1932
Place of death Berlin