Harry Halm

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Harry Halm 1927 on a photograph by Alexander Binder

Harry Halm (born January 17, 1902 in Berlin , † November 22, 1980 in Munich ) was a German actor .

Life

The son of the director Alfred Halm took acting lessons from Eduard von Winterstein and Hermann Vallentin . He began his stage career in 1919 at the Schauspielhaus in Potsdam .

He then went to Hamburg and later to Berlin . Since 1923 he has also been in front of the camera and received leading roles as a charmer and dapper womanizer in numerous, albeit not particularly succinct, silent films. The young Lilian Harvey was his partner several times .

With the beginning of the sound film age, he had to limit himself to supporting roles, and since the Nazis ' " seizure of power " in 1933, he was no longer considered at all for racist reasons. It was not until the post-war period that he returned to a few film appearances.

Filmography

literature

  • Kay Less : Between the stage and the barracks. Lexicon of persecuted theater, film and music artists from 1933 to 1945 . With a foreword by Paul Spiegel . Metropol, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-938690-10-9 , p. 155.
  • Kay Less: 'In life, more is taken from you than given ...'. Lexicon of filmmakers who emigrated from Germany and Austria between 1933 and 1945. A general overview. ACABUS-Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8 , p. 230 f.

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personal data
SURNAME Halm, Harry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 1980
Place of death Munich