Helmuth von Scheven
Helmuth von Scheven (born February 11, 1901 , † March 6, 1988 ) was a German actor and director .
Life
Von Scheven's artistic focus was on the theater throughout his life. Between 1938 and 1943 he was engaged in the role of character lover at the Staatstheater Kassel . Other stages were the National Theater Mannheim (until 1952) and the stages of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck . There he played numerous character roles such as “Diego” in Agustín Moreto's Donna Diana , the general in Peter Lotar's Image of Man , the “Botzenheim” in Jaroslav Hašek's adventures of the good soldier Schwejk , the “Lt. Cmdr. Queeg ”in Herman Wouk's mutiny on the Caine , the“ Merkur / Sosias ”in Heinrich von Kleist's Amphitryon and the“ Philipp II ”in Schiller's Don Carlos .
In addition, von Scheven increasingly directed. He staged Kleist's broken jug in Mannheim and in 1948 the first performance of Claude-André Puget's “A Little Angel Without Meaning”.
Von Scheven was a rare guest in film and television. Here he worked for example in Helmut Käutner's “Bel Ami”. He finally became known to a wide audience for his role as "Lord Hamilton", a member of the Excentric Club, which he impersonated for over 30 episodes in the adventure series Percy Stuart .
Von Scheven was also active as a speaker for radio plays and dubbing. He spoke the "Diafoirus" in Walter Knaus 'production of Molière's conceited patient , the "Richebon" in a production of Marcel Pagnol's slide of fame and the "Brutus" in Walter Knaus' production of Shakespeare's death after Hermann Rossmann. As a voice actor, he lent his voice to Fred Johnson in Demons of the South Seas, among others .
Filmography (selection)
- 1968: Bel Ami
- 1969-1970: Percy Stuart
Radio plays (selection)
- 1950: The sorcerer's apprentice from Bajadoz, SDR Heidelberg
- 1950: The White Lady, SDR Heidelberg
- 1951: You will be human, SDR Heidelberg
- 1951: The shadow of a straw or The new time is here (based on Josef Martin Bauer ), SDR Heidelberg
- 1951: The General or No Guilt washes the other, SDR Heidelberg
- 1951: The conceited sick man, SDR Heidelberg
- 1951: The career of Don Sequeira, SDR Heidelberg
- 1952: The Tramp, SDR Heidelberg
- 1952: Shakespeare's death, SDR Heidelberg
- 1953: Slider of Fame, RB
- 1958: Odyssey for two, directed by Otto Kurth , WDR
literature
- Herbert A. Frenzel , Hans Joachim Moser (ed.): Kürschner's biographical theater manual. Drama, opera, film, radio. Germany, Austria, Switzerland. De Gruyter, Berlin 1956, DNB 010075518 , p. 642.
Web links
- Helmuth von Scheven in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Remarks
- ↑ The spelling of the first name is mostly given in the sources. In contrast, he is listed as "Hellmuth von Scheven" at Honig / Rodek, Piet Hein Honig, Hanns-Georg Rodek : 100001. The show business encyclopedia of the 20th century. Showbiz-Data-Verlag, Villingen-Schwenningen 1992, ISBN 3-929009-01-5 , p. 1003.
- ^ Theater in Kassel: from the history of the Kassel State Theater, from the beginnings to the present , Christiane Bernsdorff-Engelbrecht, Hans Joachim Schaefer (ed.), Bärenreiter-Verlag 1959, p. 190
- ↑ Kürschner's biographical theater manual , p. 642.
- ^ Herbert Meyer: Das Nationaltheater Mannheim , Research on the history of Mannheim and the Palatinate, Vol. 7, Bibliographisches Institut 1979, p. 136
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scheven, Helmuth von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Scheven, Hellmuth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1901 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 6, 1988 |