Paul Westermeier

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Paul Westermeier (born July 9, 1892 in Berlin ; † October 17, 1972 there ) was a German actor .

Life

The son of the civil servant Engelbert Westermeier and his wife Luise, née Nagora, tried his hand at being a circus clown in his youth and played for the student theater association. He left school before graduation and took acting lessons from Moritz Zeisler at the Royal Theater and at the Maria Seebach drama school .

At the age of 17 he made his debut at the Royal Theater, and in 1909 he got his first engagement as a youthful hero and lover in Stralsund . In the next two playing years he worked in Plauen and Magdeburg . In 1911 he moved to Hamburg and the following year to Bremen , where he appeared as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet .

From 1913 he played at the Berlin theaters, especially at the Metropoltheater , at the theater in the Admiralspalast and at the Berlin Thalia Theater. He became a well-known star in operettas and revues during the Roaring Twenties . He acted in operettas like Mask in Blue , The Merry Widow , Wedding Night in Paradise and as Lothar in A Waltz Dream and as Giesecke in Im Weisse Rößl . Several times he was a partner of Lotte Werkmeister .

He gradually turned into a comedian and worked in this way as an important supporting actor in several films in the 20s. But soon he was little more than a typical small actor who could be seen in a total of over 200 films. He usually embodied the somewhat grouchy man next door, often with a Berlin flair.

After the Second World War he was able to continue his career without any problems. He was even more committed to the permanent role of the grumpy Berliner, for example as captain and opponent of the triple appearing Heinz Erhardt in triplets on board . Sometimes, however, you could experience the actor in an untypically calm manner, as always as a driver in Sauerbruch - That was my life and in Des Teufels General .

Westermeier continued to play on Berlin stages and also worked as a radio play speaker. He was married to the former actress Lotte Dobschinsky since 1935. In 1967 he received the gold film tape for many years of outstanding work in German film. His grave is in Berlin in the Schöneberg III cemetery in Section 10-189.

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SURNAME Westermeier, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 17th October 1972
Place of death Berlin