Hans Zesch-Ballot

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Hans Zesch-Ballot (born May 20, 1896 in Dresden as Hans Georg Ziesche , † September 1, 1972 in Munich ) was a German actor and director .

Life

Zesch-Ballot made his stage debut as an actor in 1919 in a production of Wilhelm Stücklens Straße nach Steinach at the Dessau court theater . This was followed by engagements at German-speaking theaters in Berlin, Vienna, Munich and Hamburg, as well as numerous stage guest performances.

In 1930 he made his feature film debut in Anatole Litvak's comedy Dolly Makes A Career (with Dolly Haas in the title role). In his film and television career spanning more than 40 years and over 100 productions, Zesch-Ballot almost exclusively played prominent supporting and batch roles in films of various genres.

He took part in comedies like once the dear Lord be (with Hans Moser ), adventure films like The Tiger of Eschnapur , war films like Luis Trenker's Condottieri , propaganda films like Paul Wegener's A man wants to Germany and ... rides for Germany (with Willy Birgel ), Dramas such as Falk Harnack's Der 20. Juli (in the role of Lieutenant General Erich Hoepner ), Helmut Käutner's Night on the Streets , Witness from Hell (with Irene Papas ), science fiction films such as Ein Mann geht durch die Wand (with Heinz Rühmann ) and crime films such as On the day when the rain came and the Edgar Wallace adaptation The Riddle of the Red Orchid , in which he replaced Siegfried Schürenberg as Sir John .

In addition, Zesch-Ballot took on guest appearances in television series such as Das Kriminalmuseum and Graf Yoster did the honors .

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SURNAME Zesch-Ballot, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ziesche, Hans Georg (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and director
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH 1st September 1972
Place of death Munich