Kurt Waitzmann
Kurt Friedrich Rudolf Waitzmann (born January 30, 1905 in Sandersdorf ; † May 21, 1985 in Berlin ) was a German actor and voice actor .
biography
Waitzmann took acting lessons in Mannheim in the late 1920s, where he also made his stage debut. Other theater stations were Dessau and Berlin. He not only played in theater productions, but also in musicals , such as Colonel Pickering in My Fair Lady (Berlin).
In 1937 Waitzmann made his feature film debut in Karl Ritter's war film company Michael . In addition to Gustav Knuth , he played in the melodrama Between Hamburg and Haiti , also in Erik Ode's adventure film adaptation of Wilhelm Speyer's youth novel Kampf der Tertia , in Robert Siodmak's east-west drama Tunnel 28 and Paul Verhoeven's film drama A Seventeen Year Old .
From 1964, his face became known to the West German cinema audience primarily through crime novels based on Edgar Wallace . In a total of seven film adaptations he played mostly dubious characters under three different directors ( Franz Josef Gottlieb , Alfred Vohrer and Harald Reinl ): The Crypt with the Riddle Castle , The Witcher (both 1964), News from the Witcher , The Unheimliche Mönch (both 1965), The Hunchback of Soho (1966), The Monk with the Whip (1967) and The Dog from Blackwood Castle (1968).
Waitzmann also took part in the second major feature film series in German-language cinema of the 1960s : in the Karl May film adaptations Durchs Wilde Kurdistan (1965) and Winnetou and Shatterhand in the Valley of the Dead (1968).
He has also appeared in numerous television productions such as the street sweepers It's Time and Tim Frazer from the series of Durbridge films.
In addition, he worked extensively as a voice actor from 1950 and lent his voice a. a. Eddie Albert ( Airport 80 ), Lew Ayres ( Kampfstern Galactica ), Whit Bissell ( Warlock ), Cyril Cusack ( The Black Vixen ), Leif Erickson (among others, every house of cards breaks ), James Mason ( The Verdict ), André Morell ( Ben Hur ) , Harry Morgan ( Cimarron ), Charles Vanel ( Three Brothers ) and Robert Sterling in the film adaptation of the musical Show Boat Mississippi Melody .
Kurt Waitzmann's sonorous voice was best known for the extremely popular radio play series Es Happened in Berlin , which was produced by RIAS Berlin from 1951 to 1972 .
Waitzmann's first marriage from 1939 to his fellow actor Anneliese Uhlig and his second marriage to Waltraud Runze , who was also active as an actress and voice actress. His brother-in-law Ottokar Runze made a name for himself as a director, actor and speaker.
Filmography (selection)
- 1937: Michael company
- 1937: Vacation on word of honor
- 1938: Holm's murderous matter
- 1938: marriage fraud
- 1939: man for man
- 1940: Between Hamburg and Haiti
- 1949: tragedy of a passion
- 1949: Playful life
- 1949: murder trial of Dr. Jordan
- 1950: Five under suspicion
- 1950: love on ice
- 1952: The Battle of the Tertia
- 1953: red roses, red lips, red wine
- 1953: me and you
- 1954: Your Highness ask
- 1955: novel by a seventeen year old
- 1956: A man doesn't always have to be beautiful
- 1957: Made in Germany - a life for Zeiss
- 1958: the end of love
- 1958: Grabenplatz 17
- 1958: The Czardas King
- 1958: rivals of the ring
- 1959: a thousand stars shine
- 1959: Tomorrow you will cry for me
- 1960: The Red Hand
- 1960: I count my worries every day
- 1960: The time has come
- 1961: Robert and Bertram
- 1961: Always trouble with the bed
- 1962: The secret of the black suitcase
- 1962: Tunnel 28
- 1963: Tim Frazer ( Durbridge six-part )
- 1964: The crypt with the riddle lock
- 1964: The Witcher
- 1965: News from the witcher
- 1965: It happened in Berlin
- 1965: Through wild Kurdistan
- 1965: The creepy monk
- 1966: The hunchback from Soho
- 1967: The monk with the whip
- 1968: The Dog from Blackwood Castle
- 1968: Winnetou and Shatterhand in the Valley of the Dead
- 1969: Goya
Synchronous rollers (selection)
Movies
- 1949: Russ Conway as Chief Agent Gunby in The Human Trap
- 1955: Whit Bissell as FBI Agent Carson in A Day Like Any Other
- 1957: Ben Alexander as Ab Begley in The Devil's Wages
- 1959: André Morell as Sextus in Ben Hur
- 1959: Hayden Rorke as an employee in Bettgeflüster
- 1959: Robert Douglas as Colonel Parker in Tarzan, lord of the jungle
- 1962: Whit Bissell as a military doctor in Ambassador of Fear
- 1979: Eddie Albert as Eli Sands in Airport '80 - Die Concorde
- 1980: John Gielgud as Dr. Esau in The Formula
- 1982: Paul Frees as Mabruk in The Last Unicorn
Series
- 1964: as a member of the committee in The Untouchables
- 1967: John Cater as Jarvis in Mit Schirm, Charme und Melon
- 1979: Thayer David as Meeker in Charlie's Angels
- 1982: Charles Page as Joe Wellart in Dallas
- 1984: Whit Bissell as Claude Faraday in Hart but warmly
Radio plays (selection)
- 1947: John Boynton Priestley : The Foreign City - Editing and direction: Hedda Zinner ( Berliner Rundfunk )
- 1951: Günter Neumann : Salto mortale. A problem piece with song and dance (Kurt Wagner, West Berlin editor) - Composition: Günter Neumann, Director: Ernst Schröder , Hans Rosenthal (theater recording - RIAS Berlin)
- 1951–1972: It happened in Berlin (as "Kommissar Zett" in all 499 episodes) - directed by Werner Völkel , Werner Oehlschläger , among others ( RIAS Berlin )
- 1976: Charles Dickens : Oliver Twist (Brownlow) - Director: Rolf Ell ( ariola LP 27 976 XAW)
Web links
- Kurt Waitzmann in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Kurt Waitzmann in the German dubbing index
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Waitzmann, Kurt |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Waitzmann, Kurt Friedrich Rudolf |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor and voice actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1905 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Sandersdorf |
DATE OF DEATH | May 21, 1985 |
Place of death | Berlin |