Kurt Weitkamp

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Kurt Julius Hermann Weitkamp (born October 28, 1914 in Osnabrück , † August 19, 2001 ) was a German actor , radio play and voice actor .

Life

Weitkamp learned his trade at the State Drama School in Berlin (1933–1935). This was followed by stage engagements in Kiel (1935–1937), at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg (1937–1941), at the Staatliches Schauspielhaus Berlin (1941–1945), the Deutsche Theater Berlin (1945–1948), the Theater am Kurfürstendamm (1948–1951) as well as the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus , where he worked between 1951 and 1955 under Gustaf Gründgens .

Since the 1940s, Weitkamp was also extensively active as an actor in film and later also in television productions and played under numerous well-known directors such as Wolfgang Staudte ("The man whose name was stolen"), Boleslaw Barlog ("At the time in my time") ), Robert A. Stemmle (“ Berlin Ballade ”), Kurt Maetzig (in the DEFA production “ Die Buntkarierten ”), Helmut Käutner (“A Girl from Flanders”), Falk Harnack (“ Anastasia, the last daughter of the Tsar ”) and Édouard Molinaro (" The Lady from the Palace Hotel "). He played his last film role so far in 1989 alongside Armin Mueller-Stahl in Norbert Kückelmann's comedy “Schweingeld”.

Weitkamp was also seen on television in various literary adaptations such as the multi-part Fontane adaptation "Der Stechlin" and Theodor Kotulla's adaptation of Jakob Wassermann's "Fall Mauritius", several films in the " Tatort " series and various episodes from television series such as " Detective Office Roth " and " A man wants to go up ". In 1966 he was named “Dr. Krüger ”even played a recurring role in the ARD series“ Förster Horn ”.

In addition, Weitkamp acted as a speaker in numerous radio plays, for example in 1954 as "Frosch" in Gustaf Gründgens' first commercial German-language audio book production of " Faust I " based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe . Other radio play roles include his “Pamphilius” in a production by George Bernard Shaw's “Kaiser von Amerika” (SFB 1959; director: Willi Schmidt ) and the “Mulatto” in a production by Thomas Wolfes “Herrenhaus” (NWDR 1954; director : Wilhelm Semmelroth ).

As a voice actor, he lent his voice a. a. Bernard Dhéran (" TKX doesn't answer "), Ron Randell ("The world belongs to him"), Jack Allen (" Four Feathers "), Lee van Cleef ("The China Legionnaire") and the dog "Toughy" in the Disney- Film " Lady and the Tramp ".

Filmography (selection)

Radio plays

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kürschner's biographical theater manual , p. 798.
  2. ↑ http://www.trickfilmstimmen.de/features/ladytramp.htm
personal data
SURNAME Weitkamp, ​​Kurt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weitkamp, ​​Kurt Julius Hermann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor, radio play and voice actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Osnabrück , Germany
DATE OF DEATH August 19, 2001