Rolf Drucker
Rolf Drucker (born September 15, 1926 in Nuremberg , † April 12, 2009 in Palm City , Florida ) was a German-American actor and around 1931 a child actor of the early German talkies.
Life
Drucker starred in five early German sound films between 1931 and 1932. In the film Gloria he played a leading role as son Felix alongside Gustav Fröhlich and Brigitte Helm .
Because of the persecution of the National Socialists because of their Jewish beliefs, Rolf Drucker, his mother and sister emigrated from Berlin to the United States of America via Spain in 1941.
Drucker served in the US Army. After that he was first a radio technician for the American Broadcasting Company in New York City and later technical director there. After retiring, he moved to Stuart , Florida with his wife in 1996 . He was buried in the Forest Hills Memorial Park in Palm City.
family
Drucker was born the son of Benno Drucker and his wife Erna Drucker (née Engel). He had a sister Erna who married Walter Lange after emigrating in 1941. Drucker was married to Olga Levy Drucker (born December 28, 1929 in Stuttgart ) since October 22, 1950 , who wrote her life story in a children's book Kindertransport. Alone on the run also published in German. The two have three children: Jane, Alice and Robert.
Filmography
As a child actor:
- 1931: The man who committed the murder
- 1931: Gloria
- 1931: The fate of Renate Langen
- 1931: My Leopold
- 1932: The adventure of Thea Roland
As a broadcast technician:
- 1954: The Motorola Television Hour (TV series, 1st episode)
- 1955: The Elgin Hour (TV series, 1st episode)
- 1955: The United States Steel Hour (TV series, 1st episode)
- 1975: Ryan's Hope ( technical director for 45 episodes of this TV series)
Web links
- Rolf Drucker in the Internet Movie Database (English) as a child actor
- Rolf Drucker in the Internet Movie Database (English) as a radio technician
- USC Shoah Foundation Institute testimony of Rolf Drucker Information, pictures and a reference to a video interview with Rolf Drucker
Individual evidence
- ↑ kindertransport.org
- ^ Anne Collins Walker: China Calls: Paving the Way for Nixon's Historic Journey to China. 2012, p. 507.
- ^ Rolf Drucker. Retrieved March 11, 2013 (short obituary and funeral announcement on legacy.com).
- ↑ jewishfoundationla.org ( Memento of the original from January 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Philip Rosen, Nina Apfelbaum: Bearing Witness: A Resource Guide to Literature, Poetry, Art, Music, and Videos by Holocaust Victims and Survivors. 2002, ISBN 0-313-31076-9 , p. 22f on Olga Levi Drucker at Google Books
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Drucker, Rolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American actor and child actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 15, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 2009 |
| Place of death | Palm City , Florida |