Kurd Pieritz

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Kurd Rudolf Pieritz , also Curd Pieritz and Kurt Pieritz (born June 26, 1918 in Greifswald , † December 25, 2010 in Hamburg ) was a German actor .

Life

The son of a merchant grew up in Stralsund and graduated from high school there. He wanted to become an actor and received a recommendation from state actor Theodor Loos , but when the Second World War broke out he became a participant in the war.

After returning home from captivity, he went to Düsseldorf , where he received a scholarship in 1949 at the drama school of the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus under Gustaf Gründgens . In 1950 he made his debut in Rheydt , further stations in his career were Würzburg , Braunschweig , Wiesbaden and Darmstadt . Since 1960 he has lived as a freelance actor in West Berlin .

Pieritz was seen in the film from 1957, and in 1958 he played the chief pilot Mitch Bryk in the DEFA war film Geschwader Fledermaus . In addition to war films, it was mainly used in crime novels, including several Edgar Wallace films . Mostly he embodied shady characters.

In the 1960s he became a regular star in television documentaries on German history. He received his most important role in the title role of a two-part film about the German President Friedrich Ebert . Pieritz also made a name for himself as a painter and draftsman. He lived in Hamburg for the last few decades.

Filmography

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Place of birth according to IMDb, defa-stern hours.de and Filmportal.de. Kay Less : The film's large lexicon of people states Stralsund as the place of birth .
  2. ↑ DEFA star hours : Kurd Pieritz
personal data
SURNAME Pieritz, Kurd
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pieritz, Kurd Rudolf (full name); Pieritz, Curd; Pieritz, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Greifswald
DATE OF DEATH December 25, 2010
Place of death Hamburg