Herbert Wilk

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Herbert Christian Ulrich Otto Wilk (born May 10, 1905 in Gnoien , † November 2, 1977 in Berlin ) was a German actor .

Life

After attending secondary school in Berlin, the engineer son from Mecklenburg received private acting lessons from Herbert Hainisch and Gustav Müller and made his debut in 1927 at the Green Stage in Thale / Harz. In the following years he played at theaters in Brandenburg , Memel , Leipzig and Hamburg before coming to Berlin in 1934. There he could be seen until the end of the war in the Komödienhaus, the Renaissance theater and the Berlin soldiers' theater .

Herbert Wilk made his film debut in 1936. He was made famous by two central, soldier hero figures in propaganda films of the Third Reich: He was the squadron captain Oberleutnant Schwarz in Karl Ritter's Stukas and the captainleutnant Hoffmeister in Günther Rittau 's submarines westwards! . In the anti-Semitic work Die Rothschilds , which was also created in 1940, Wilk took on a rather unimportant supporting role with the part of Gisela Uhlen's fiancé , George Crayton. Shortly before, he had played another leading role with the friend of the title hero, Inspector Brandner, in the crime film Kriminalkommissar Eyck . Wilk did appear in front of the camera after the war - with rather indifferent results; until the founding of the GDR exclusively in DEFA productions.

His main field of activity after 1945, however, remained the stage ( Barlogs Schloßpark- and Schiller-Theater ), where he was particularly cast in modern plays. Since the beginning of the television age in post-war Germany, he has also appeared in television films again and again, for example in Eine von Sieben, Waldhausstrasse 20, Der Mantel, Das Bild des Menschen, and appeared on Berliner Rundfunk ( RIAS ). He also worked as a voice actor.

Filmography (selection)

Radio plays (selection)

  • 1946: Johannes Hendrich : criminal record (Paul) - director: Hans Bernd Müller ( SFB )
  • 1947: Mark Twain : The Million Pound Note - Director: Hanns Korngiebel ( RIAS Berlin)
  • 1948: WM Doroschewitsch (Vlas Mihajlovič Doroševič, BM Дорошевич): The wise man - adaptation (word): Karl Metzner (short radio play - RIAS Berlin)
  • 1949: Oleg Haupt: Secret Files CB 200 (First Speaker) - Director: Robert Adolf Stemmle ( NWDR )
  • 1956: Graham Greene : The Power and the Glory (Tenchj) - Director: Curt Goetz-Pflug (SFB)
  • 1960: Heinz Oskar Wuttig : Penalty (Chairman) - Director: Curt Goetz-Pflug (SFB / HR / RB )
  • 1960: Thierry : Pension Spreewitz ( Carola's first visit , episode 67, first broadcast June 25, 1960) - Director: Ivo Veit (RIAS Berlin)
  • 1960: Thierry: Pension Spreewitz ( meeting with Peter's in-laws, episode 75, first broadcast November 12, 1960) - Director: Ivo Veit (RIAS Berlin)
  • 1961: Thierry: Pension Spreewitz ( Peter goes to Roddeberg, episode 89, first broadcast May 27, 1961) - Director: Ivo Veit (RIAS Berlin)
  • 1962: Thierry: Pension Spreewitz ( Master Chef Basch, the failed cake , episode 114, first broadcast June 9, 1962) - Director: Ivo Veit (RIAS Berlin)
  • 1963: Horst Pillau : The Doctor - Director: Günther Schwerkolt (SFB)
  • 1966: Ulrike Brückner: Sweet Anna. Back then it was - Stories from old Berlin (Otto Schellhorn, Notary) (Story No. 6 in 15 episodes) - Director: Ivo Veit ( RIAS Berlin)
  • 1969: Edwin Beyssel: Steinmüller's heirs. Back then it was - Stories from old Berlin (Wilhelm Steinmüller) (Story No. 10 in 10 episodes) - Director: Ivo Veit (RIAS Berlin)
  • 1973: Ferenc Karinthy : The girl from Sunday afternoon (old voice) - Director: Hans Bernd Müller (SFB / 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. 814.
  • 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. 1889.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Pension Spreewitz. Retrieved July 10, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Thomas Nagel: Back then it was - stories from old Berlin. Retrieved July 26, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b RIAS Berlin ** It was back then - stories from old Berlin. Retrieved August 1, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Wilk, Herbert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilk, Herbert Christian Ulrich Otto (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Gnoien , Mecklenburg, Germany
DATE OF DEATH November 2nd 1977
Place of death Berlin , Germany