Max Grothusen

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Max Grothusen (born September 24, 1903 near Antwerp , † November 24, 1984 in West Berlin ) was a German actor , radio play and voice actor .

Life

Grothusen appeared as a theater actor on numerous German-speaking stages. His theater stations include the Thalia Theater in Hamburg , Stendal, Landsberg, Schleswig, Bielefeld as well as the Schiller and the Schloßparktheater in Berlin.

In addition to his stage work, Grothusen also sporadically took on roles in film and television productions. He played in Fritz Genschow's Little Red Riding Hood adaptation, in Hanns Korngiebel's TV production of Émile Zola's Thérèse Raquin , Egon Monk's multi-part farmers, bonzen and bombs based on Hans Fallada, and in a recurring role in the youth series Everything revolves around Michael with Michael Nowka in the leading role.

In addition, Grothusen participated in radio programs of the RIAS Berlin, especially in the field of school radio and children's radio. He worked particularly extensively as a speaker for radio play productions. Between 1977 and 1983 he played the seventy-year-old pensioner Otto in various radio plays for HR, who, together with his wife Lisa, has to deal with everyday situations and changes in role models. When Lisa was Grothusen in the first episodes - Menschärgeredichnicht , set theory , The man with the boat , puppy love - even Edith army sword aside. After her death, the role was for the next parts - Better safe than sorry , damned calm , bandits , What now what I did not and tides - by Inge Birkmann taken.

As a voice actor Grothusen lent his voice among other Ray Teal in Joan of Arc and George Woodbridge in the port of temptation .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1953: Little Red Riding Hood
  • 1955: Before God and man
  • 1956: The night in the Jägerhaus
  • 1965: The last performance
  • 1966: Thérès Raquin
  • 1975: Head teacher Hofer
  • 1968: Everything revolves around Michael
  • 1970: Who's Next?
  • 1971: The weavers
  • 1973: farmers, bigwigs and bombs
  • 1980: famine years - in a rich country

Radio plays (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Life data according to the biographical information on the pages of steffi-line.de
  2. ^ Herbert A. Frenzel , Hans Joachim Moser (ed.): Kürschner's biographical theater manual. Drama, opera, film, radio. Germany, Austria, Switzerland. De Gruyter, Berlin 1956, DNB 010075518 , p. 231.
personal data
SURNAME Grothusen, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor, radio play and voice actor
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH near Antwerp
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 1984
Place of death West Berlin