Paul Richter (actor)
Paul Martin Eduard Richter (born April 1, 1895 in Vienna ; † December 30, 1961 there ) was an Austrian actor .
Life
After a broken business apprenticeship, Paul Richter learned acting at the State Conservatory in Vienna. After his training he appeared in Mannheim, among other places, and was seen in Vienna at the Jarno stages and at the Stadttheater. As early as 1914 he was standing in front of the film camera for smaller roles. After the end of the First World War , in which he had participated as a volunteer with the Kaiserjäger , he worked almost exclusively for film.
In film, Paul Richter was soon committed to the role of heartbreaker, bon vivant or combative hero and daredevil because of his attractive appearance and athletic body. As he got older, he was seen more frequently as the actor of landlords, aristocrats, foresters and officers. His best-known role is that of Siegfried in Fritz Lang's monumental silent film classic The Nibelungs from 1924.
Paul Richter was married to the Norwegian actress Aud Egede-Nissen from 1924 to 1931 , with whom he also stood in front of the camera. The two could be seen in Dr. Mabuse, the player and as lovers in The King of the Center Forward . Egede-Nissen's son Georg Richter (he had taken his stepfather's surname) from her previous marriage to the actor Georg Alexander was also active in the film industry.
Thanks to his classical theater training, Paul Richter was able to continue his career successfully even after the transition from silent film to sound film . He played a few main and numerous supporting roles in more than seventy films. After the Second World War , the passionate mountaineer and hunter Paul Richter could be seen in several homeland films before he ended his career in 1959 as a result of an eye operation. He is buried in the Weidlinger Friedhof in Klosterneuburg in Austria.
Filmography (selection)
- 1914: The waltz of death
- 1914: The governess
- 1918: The song of the Colombine
- 1920: The executioner of Sankt Marien
- 1920: The murder without a perpetrator
- 1921: The Indian tomb (part 1 and 2)
- 1921: Circus of Life
- 1922: Dr. Mabuse, the player (part 1 and 2)
- 1924: The Nibelungs 1st part: Siegfried
- 1925: Pietro, the corsair
- 1926: Sister Veronika
- 1926: Dagfin
- 1927: The king of the center forwards
- 1928: Snowshoe bandits ( Bergenstoget plyndret inatt )
- 1928: His Highness' s mistress
- 1931: The Forester Christian
- 1931: The night without a break
- 1932: The Witcher
- 1932: Marshal Forward
- 1933: Three Kaiserjäger
- 1933: The Leuthen Choral
- 1934: What am I without you?
- 1934: The immortal song
- 1935: marriage strike
- 1935: The monastery hunter
- 1936: The Hunter of Fall
- 1937: Gordian the tyrant
- 1937: The silence in the forest
- 1938: Mrs. Sylvelin
- 1938: Fools in the Snow
- 1938: stronger than love
- 1938: The edelweiss king
- 1939: Forest rush
- 1940: Beates honeymoon
- 1941: The running mountain
- 1943: Kohlhiesel's daughters
- 1943: The ox war
- 1943: The weak hour
- 1944: Why are you lying, Elisabeth
- 1945/1948: A man belongs in the house
- 1950: The violin maker from Mittenwald
- 1951: The Alm on the border
- 1951: The Martinsklause
- 1952: The master carver of Ammergau
- 1953: The monastery hunter
- 1954: Hubertus Castle
- 1955: The silence in the forest
- 1957: The Hunter of Fall
- 1957: Weather lights around Maria
- 1958: The Singing Angels of Tyrol (Say yes, Mutti)
- 1959: The shepherd from Trutzberg
literature
- Ralf Schenk: Judge, Paul. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , p. 538 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Paul Richter in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Paul Richter at filmportal.de
- Pictures by Paul Richter In: Virtual History
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Judge, Paul |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Richter, Paul Martin Eduard (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1895 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
DATE OF DEATH | December 30, 1961 |
Place of death | Vienna |