Otto König (actor)
Otto König (born February 2, 1862 in Hanover , † January 25, 1946 in Starnberg near Munich ) was a German actor and acting teacher .
Life
On February 1st, 1881, the son of a chamber musician made his debut at the Hoftheater Hannover ("Scout" in "Faust (Part II)") and was later in Halle, Breslau, Potsdam, Krefeld, Hanau, Stuttgart, St. Gallen, Regensburg, Theater Augsburg and last worked in Munich until 1930. He founded the Munich-based Otto König Theater School and played the role of Fat Cousin at the first Jedermann performance at the Salzburg Festival on August 22, 1920 .
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 526, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Wilhelm Kosch : German Theater Lexicon. Volume 2, Verlag Ferd. Kleinmayr, Klagenfurt and Vienna 1960, p. 1049
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| SURNAME | King, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor and acting teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 25, 1946 |
| Place of death | Starnberg |