Otto Reichow

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August Otto Reichow (born December 4, 1904 in Tempelburg , Pomerania , German Empire , † October 20, 2000 in Encino , California , United States ) was a German-American actor in Hollywood films.

Life

Little is known about Otto Reichow's early years. He is said to have played theater since 1928 (including in Berlin); However, there are no permanent engagements in the German stage yearbooks. He was still registered in Berlin in 1935, and the following year he emigrated to France. The reason for this is said to have been the murder of his brother by Nazi henchmen. In France he made his debut in front of the camera with a tiny appearance in Jean Renoir's masterpiece The Great Illusion . In June 1937 Reichow left for California via Rotterdam , where he can be traced back to Los Angeles from the end of the same month . In October 1937, he applied for US citizenship, which apparently wasn't granted until August 1949.

Reichow led the typical small actor life of a European émigré. Especially during the Second World War , he starred in an abundance of anti-Nazi propaganda films. He was regularly filled with small and small roles as a jagged and dumb Nazi uniform bearer. These parts were mostly so tiny that they often had no names and Reichow was not mentioned by name in the opening or closing credits.

In Hollywood, he obviously befriended Errol Flynn , at whose side he was to be seen in several films. When Flynn died, Reichow was one of several pallbearers, including alongside movie greats like Raoul Walsh and Mickey Rooney . Reichow largely retired from acting in 1965, the last time he appeared in front of the camera in 1972. He died very old in 2000 in his adopted Californian home.

Filmography (movie selection only)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ according to ship passage documents, archive Kay Less
  2. ^ Reichow data in the USA
personal data
SURNAME Reichow, Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reichow, August Otto (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American actor in Hollywood films
DATE OF BIRTH 4th December 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Tempelburg , Pomerania , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH October 20, 2000
Place of death Encino , California , United States