Hugo Flink

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Hugo Flink on a photograph by Alexander Binder

Hugo Flink (born August 16, 1879 in Vienna , † May 2, 1947 in Berlin ) was an Austrian actor .

Life

In Mödling , Flink was already on a stage for the first time at the age of six. He completed his military service in the Imperial and Royal Infantry Regiment Hoch- und Deutschmeister No. 4 . From 1897 to 1899 he attended the Arnau Theater School of the Vienna Burgtheater .

In 1899 he came to Berlin and got an engagement at the New Theater . From 1900 to 1911 he belonged to the ensemble of the Residenztheater , from 1904/05 he worked at the Lustspielhaus . He embodied gentlemen and bon vivants , later also fathers and gentlemen of high standing.

From 1910 he stood regularly in front of film cameras. He initially took on leading roles and was a partner of Henny Porten and Asta Nielsen . He played the master detective Sherlock Holmes four times . In the course of the 1920s, Flink became a busy supporting actor, from 1943 until the end of the war he only played theater.

Filmography (selection)

literature

  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 3: F - H. John Barry Fitzgerald - Ernst Hofbauer. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 22 f.

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personal data
SURNAME Quick, Hugo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 1947
Place of death Berlin