Otto Matthies

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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

Radio plays (selection)

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.

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personal data
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