Otto Matthies
Otto Matthies (born October 4, 1899 in Baruth , † March 3, 1979 in Berlin-Charlottenburg ) was a German actor .
Life
Matthies received his artistic training from 1917 to 1919 at the Marie Seebach School in Berlin. Then he began to play theater in Görlitz . His next engagement took him in 1920 to the United German Theater in Brno, Czech Republic . In the same decade he came to Berlin and initially played at the Groß-Berliner Schauspiele and at the Schlossparktheater. During his engagement at the Deutsches Künstlertheater in 1930/31 he was on stage with such renowned colleagues as Albert Bassermann , Hans Brausewetter , Ferdinand von Alten , Adele Sandrock , Ludwig Stössel , Jakob Tiedtke , Rosa Valetti , Julius Falkenstein , Franz Lederer and Mathias Wieman . This obligation would remain the actor's last permanent engagement until World War II . It was only in the middle of the war that Matthies was brought back to a stage, the Komödienhaus.
Immediately after the end of the war, the Schloßpark- or Schiller-Theater, under the direction of Boleslaw Barlog, became his home for many years. Since 1937 Otto Matthies has also worked in a plethora of movies in which he eke out a classic batch actor existence. Matthies played the entire range of small to tiny supporting roles: waiters, trainee lawyers, vendors, crooks, bakers, farmers and police constables. In the years 1947 to 1949 he mainly appeared in DEFA productions. Since the beginning of the 1960s, Otto Matthies was also seen in television productions for a good decade.
Filmography
as an actor in movies, unless otherwise stated
- 1937: The model husband
- 1937: bus S
- 1938: The muzzle
- 1938: The naked sparrow
- 1938: triad
- 1938: The embarrassed child
- 1939: The Green Emperor
- 1939: The police radio reports
- 1939: The good seven
- 1940: the scapegoat
- 1940: twilight
- 1941: The other me
- 1941: Mrs. Luna
- 1941: his son
- 1945: Shiva and the gallows flower
- 1947: raid
- 1947: Wozzeck
- 1947: street acquaintance
- 1947: The strange adventures of Mr. Fridolin B.
- 1948: ... and if it were only one ...
- 1948: Blum affair
- 1948: Berlin ballad
- 1949: The cuckoos
- 1949: The Red Cat's Secret
- 1949: The blue swords
- 1953: The Rose of Stambul
- 1954: The ideal bridal couple
- 1955: my children and me
- 1956: Stresemann
- 1957: The Star of Africa
- 1957: happiness is on the road
- 1959: Freddy under strange stars
- 1962: Heavy Fog Tonight (TV Movie)
- 1963: My wife Susanne (series, one episode)
- 1964: The Carl von O. Trial (TV movie)
- 1964: The Blue from Heaven (TV movie)
- 1965: In the shadow of the big city (TV movie)
- 1965: You shouldn't poison your uncle (TV movie)
- 1966: crooks honor
- 1969: Tommy Tulpe (TV series)
- 1970: Eli (TV movie)
- 1971: Bergmann family (one episode)
- 1972: Court ball at Zille (TV movie)
- 1973: Over at Lehmanns (TV series, one episode)
Radio plays (selection)
- 1948: John Steinbeck : Von Menschen und Mäusen (Candy) - Director: Günther Schnabel ( NWDR )
- 1955: Rudolf Bayr : Agamemnon must die (Bürger) - Director: Hans Conrad Fischer (radio play - SFB )
- 1957: Thierry : Pension Spreewitz ( The craftsmen are coming , episode 2, first broadcast December 19, 1957) - Director: Ivo Veit ( RIAS Berlin)
- 1959: Thierry : Pension Spreewitz ( Das Skatspiel , episode 30, first broadcast January 24, 1959) - Director: Ivo Veit (RIAS Berlin)
- 1960: Thierry : Pension Spreewitz ( Peter's new crush Carola , episode 64, first broadcast May 14, 1960) - Director: Ivo Veit (RIAS Berlin)
- 1964–1978: Various authors: Back then it was - Stories from old Berlin (he had a continuous role in eleven stories with 136 episodes) - Director: Ivo Veit et al. (40 stories in 426 episodes) (RIAS Berlin)
literature
- 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. 471.
- Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 2: Hed – Peis. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1961, DNB 451560744 , p. 1093.
Web links
- Otto Matthies in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Otto Matthies at filmportal.de
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Matthies, Otto |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 4, 1899 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Baruth |
DATE OF DEATH | March 3, 1979 |
Place of death | Berlin-Charlottenburg |