Ralph Arthur Roberts

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Memorial plaque on the house where actor Ralph Arthur Roberts was born

Ralph Arthur Roberts (* October 2, 1884 as Robert Arthur Schönherr in Meerane ; † March 12, 1940 in Berlin ) worked as a director , idea generator, screenwriter , but especially as an actor in many German feature films. He was also a stage writer and in 1928 head of the Berlin theater in Behrenstraße .

Life

The son of the baker Carl Robert Schönherr and his wife Berta Elisabeth geb. König grew up in Dresden , attended the Neustädter Gymnasium and took acting lessons from Adolf Winds . In 1903 he made his debut at the Residenztheater Wiesbaden . He played temporarily at the Trianon Theater in Berlin and at the Schauspielhaus Breslau . From 1907 he can be traced back to Hamburg, where he became a member of the Thalia Theater in 1909 .

After taking part in the war as an officer, he continued to play at the Thalia Theater, where he also directed. In 1921 he took over the management of the Komödienhaus in Berlin, and in 1928 he opened his own theater on Behrenstrasse. There he repeatedly premiered pieces he wrote himself. He wrote a number of internationally successful comedies together with his in-house author Leo Lenz .

In addition, the man with the monocle took on numerous supporting roles in films. Mostly he played men of rank such as directors and entrepreneurs. Above all, his comical traits are known, which he was able to play to a high degree of self-irony, for example as the public prosecutor in The Muzzle and as King Karl X in Dance on the Volcano .

The waltz song composed and written by him on the Reeperbahn at half past twelve was mainly due to the classic film Große Freiheit No. 7 from 1943/44 with Hans Albers , Ilse Werner , Hans Söhnker , Gustav Knuth and others. a. famous. Furthermore, it was also in the film Auf der Reeperbahn at half past twelve from 1954 with Hans Albers, Heinz Rühmann , Gustav Knuth and others. a. used. Ralph Arthur Roberts composed this classic in 1912 for his revue "Bunt ist die Welt".

tomb

He died of oyster poisoning and was buried in the south-west cemetery in Stahnsdorf .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1933: A song for you
  • 1933: Don't be afraid of love
  • 1933: There is only one love
  • 1934: A girl with speed / Something's happening at midnight
  • 1934: Gypsy blood
  • 1934: Adventure in the south express
  • 1934: It's nice to be in love
  • 1934: My wife, the shooter queen
  • 1934: The horror of the Heidekrug
  • 1934: The daring swimmer
  • 1934: Something is wrong
  • 1934: Playing with fire (direction and participation in the script)
  • 1935: make me happy
  • 1936: angels with small flaws
  • 1936: The misunderstood bon vivant
  • 1936: The mysterious Mr. X
  • 1937: When you have a mother-in-law
  • 1938: The muzzle
  • 1938: Dance on the volcano
  • 1939: My aunt - your aunt (also participation in the script)
  • 1939: canned marriage
  • 1940: hen party
  • 1940: My daughter doesn't
  • 1940: How could you, Veronika!
  • 1943/44 Great Freedom No. 7 (Waltz song)
  • 1954: On the Reeperbahn at half past twelve (song lyrics)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bor .: Leo Lenz is seventy . In: Thuringian regional newspaper . January 3, 1948 (day not specified in the newspaper clipping, January 3 deduced).
  2. ↑ Theater, music and film reviews in the Third Reich. 1932/1933. Berlin theater. NZZ, October 22, 1934, noon edition, No. 1894. In: horst-schroeder.com. Horst Schroeder, August 10, 2016, accessed October 11, 2017 .
  3. ↑ http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/0001/bsb00016339/images/index.html?seite=695

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personal data
SURNAME Roberts, Ralph Arthur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schönherr, Robert Arthur (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German director, idea generator, screenwriter and actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Meerane
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 1940
Place of death Berlin