Peter Elsholtz

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Peter Elsholtz , born as Peter Ludwig Wilhelm Elsholtz (born October 20, 1907 in Berlin ; † August 30, 1977 there ) was a German actor , director and voice actor .

Life

The merchant's son had received his artistic training in the mid-1920s at the Max Reinhardt School and then, at the age of 19, began his first engagement in Vienna . Under Reinhardt's directorship he made his debut in 1926 in the play ' Neidhardt von Gneisenau' . In 1927 Elsholtz came to Otto Falckenberg's Kammerspiele in Munich . Other theater stations were Leipzig , Königsberg and Berlin, where he has been a part of since the early 1930s. a. at the Saltenburg-Bühnen, the Komödienhaus, the Hebbel-Theater and the grandstand . For a while he was also active as a representative of Karl Heinz Martin in the management of the Hebbel Theater and also worked there as a director .

Regularly based in Berlin since 1934, Peter Elsholtz appeared in front of the camera for the first time two years later. Until the end of the Second World War , the actor was a sought-after interpreter of variously sized supporting roles. He played a clairvoyant in The Castle in Flanders , a medical officer in Fronttheater , an engineer in The Ruler , a gamekeeper in The Fox of Glenarvon, and an adjutant each in Ritt in die Freiheit and in The Warsaw Citadel . He also appeared in front of the camera several times in brown-colored propaganda ( man for man , The fox of Glenarvon , attention! Enemy is listening , my life for Ireland , about everything in the world , front theater ). In the extremely successful circus film Truxa , the Berliner played the eponymous high - wire artist .

After the war, Elsholtz rarely filmed, instead he dedicated himself to dubbing as a director.

Peter Elsholtz was married to the actress, voice actress and dialogue writer Karin Vielmetter (1907-?). Her children Edith Elsholtz (1930-2004) and Arne Elsholtz (1944-2016) were well-known actors and voice actors.

Filmography

literature

  • Wilhelm Kosch: Deutsches Theater-Lexikon, Klagenfurt and Vienna 1953, first volume, p. 391.
  • Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 1: A-Heck. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1960, DNB 451560736 , p. 352 f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Prussian General 42/1973, p 9. October 20, 1973, accessed April 13, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Elsholtz, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Elsholtz, Peter Ludwig Wilhelm (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and director
DATE OF BIRTH October 20, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH August 30, 1977
Place of death Berlin