Ludwig Röger
Ludwig Röger (* 1917 in Nuremberg ; † November 7, 1949 in Hamburg , Germany ) was a German cabaret artist , singer and film actor .
Live and act
Born in Nuremberg at the end of 1917, Röger had received a hotel training course before he decided to switch to an artistic profession. Shortly after the end of the Second World War , he stepped on the stage and celebrated a great success as Giesecke in the popular operetta Im Weisse Rößl . Röger settled in Hamburg and quickly became a popular cabaret artist who also appeared as a singer.
In the last two years of his life the very corpulent mimes - Der Spiegel spoke in its obituary of a weight of almost three hundred pounds - also with small roles in a number of cinema films produced in the Hanseatic city. Röger received his first leading role in the fall of 1949 in the crime film fun play dangerous guests . Here he played the small crook Tango-Poldi. Plagued by serious health problems, Röger died two days after the shooting and shortly before his 32nd birthday of bilateral tonsillitis and a heart attack .
Filmography (complete)
- 1947: Nora's Ark
- 1948: I'll never forget this night!
- 1948: The last night
- 1949: Harbor melody
- 1949: my wife's friends
- 1949: Dangerous guests
Web links
- Obituary in Der Spiegel on November 10, 1949
- Ludwig Röger in the German Digital Library
- Ludwig Röger in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ludwig Röger at filmportal.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Röger, Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German film actor, cabaret artist and singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg , German Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 1949 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |