Siegfried Wischnewski

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Siegfried Wischnewski (born April 15, 1922 in Saborowen , Lyck district , East Prussia , † January 24, 1989 in Königswinter ) was a German actor and radio play speaker .

biography

As a 16-year-old Wischnewski first appeared on stage in a school performance of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice . However, a career as an actor did not get beyond an early stage, as he was drafted into the Navy . Only after the Second World War was he able to continue his stage career from 1945. Although Siegfried Wischnewski had never attended drama school, he played in well-known theaters such as Lübeck, Kiel, Darmstadt, Wiesbaden and Düsseldorf. With the rise of the medium of television, he was more and more involved in television productions, mostly in the roles of police officers or gangsters. He became particularly popular through the role of Inspector Cameron in the Durbridge multi-part series Melissa (1966) with Ruth Maria Kubitschek in the title role. He also took on guest roles in the television series Derrick and Tatort . In 1972 he played the title role in the multi-part television series Private Detective Frank Kross . He last played in the evening series A home for animals , the main role of the veterinarian Dr. Willi Bayer.

On the screen he was seen as a commissioner in the series Pater Brown at the side of Heinz Rühmann and as the grim Hagen in the two-part film Die Nibelungen (1967) directed by Harald Reinl (* 1908; † 1986).

Thanks to his distinctive voice, Wischnewski was also active on a large scale as a radio play speaker. So you could u. a. 1962 in a leading role in the Paul Temple radio play Paul Temple and the Margo case (directed by Eduard Hermann ).

In 1948 he married the actress Suzanne Ritter, from whom he divorced in 1956. The marriage resulted in son Alexander (born 1948). In 1963 he married her for the second time; the marriage lasted until his death. A bronchial cancer and an accident while filming A Home for Animals - Wischnewski fell after the horse ran over from a carriage and suffered minor injuries to his head and a torn ligament - prompted him to retire. Wischnewski died in retirement in 1989 in his house in Königswinter near Bonn, where he was buried in the cemetery in the Oberpleis district .

Films (selection)

Radio plays

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.fernsehserien.de/index.php?serie=4242
  2. ↑ Fall from the pony carriage Hamburger Abendblatt, October 31, 1986, accessed on October 5, 2015
  3. ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Siegfried Wischnewski
personal data
SURNAME Wischnewski, Siegfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Saborowen
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 1989
Place of death Koenigswinter