Ludwig Schmitz (actor)

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Ludwig Schmitz (born January 28, 1884 in Cologne , † June 29, 1954 in Hanover ) was a German actor .

Life

Ludwig Joseph Schmitz, son of the cap maker Joseph Schmitz and his wife Louise born. Klubschewsky worked in his father's business and took acting lessons on the side. At the turn of the century he got his first engagement at the Stadttheater Nordhausen , in 1902/03 he was in Hofgeismar , then in Delitzsch , Wismar and Düren .

He stayed for a long time at the Hof- und Nationaltheater Mannheim , from 1927 to 1929 he played at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus under Walter Bruno Iltz , from 1930 to 1933 at the Stadttheater Münster , then at the Schauspielhaus Munich. As a “little fat guy” Ludwig Schmitz was soon committed to comic roles and was considered a typical representative of Cologne humor. From 1937 Schmitz worked primarily on Berlin theaters.

Schmitz was particularly able to develop his comedic talent in films. He received several small roles in which he presented himself as an indestructible Rhenish cheerful nature. From September 1939 to September 1940, together with the Düsseldorf actor Jupp Hussels, he designed the propaganda newsreels Tran and Helle , in which he embodied the dull Tran.

Although a member of the SS since March 1, 1934 and a member of the NSDAP since May 1, 1937 , Schmitz was banned from German film in 1941 for “unworthy behavior”. The popular comedian was only shown again in German cinemas in the 1950s , until he died after a heart attack. He was buried in the forest cemetery Lauheide near Telgte .

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SURNAME Schmitz, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH June 29, 1954
Place of death Hanover