Theodor Graedler

Theodor Grädler (born September 5, 1921 in Landshut ) is a German film , theater and television director , actor and author .

Life

Theodor Grädler had completed an agricultural apprenticeship and took acting lessons. The 17-year-old made his debut as an actor at the Ingolstadt City Theater as early as 1938 . During the war he was part of the ensemble of the Münchner Volkstheater under the direction of Willem Holsboer , although he was drafted all the time . In 1947 he was the first stage director for the play Johannisfeuer . For a while he was also co-operator of the theater in Straubing . In 1949 he worked as an actor and director in Vienna . From 1955 he also took part in the development of Austrian television. Since 1960 Grädler has been a freelancer for Austrian and German television.

From 1955 he mainly worked as a director , his initial activity as a screenwriter moved more and more into the background in favor of directing. With an episode of Das Kriminalmuseum , he staged his first television crime story in 1964. Numerous other crime film series such as Der Kommissar , Derrick and Der Alte were to follow.

Theodor Grädler has a son.

Filmography (selection)

• 1958: The Misappropriated Heaven (TV)
• 1959: the traitor
• 1959: The Pinedus case
• 1960: the cross
• 1964: The crime museum - the timetable
• 1965: The crime museum - The Ring
• 1965: The old gourmet
• 1965: The trip to Styria (TV)
• 1965: The crime museum - the suitcase
• 1966: The crime museum - the label
• 1967: password chain dog
• 1968: The pastor of Gillbach (screenplay)
• 1969–1976: The Commissioner (27 episodes)
• 1971: Count Luckner
• 1975–1995: Derrick (50 episodes)
  • 1984: The Girl in Jeans (episode 109)
• 1976: Taxi 4012
• 1978–1989: The Old One (30 episodes)

Web links

• Theodor Grädler in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Theodor Grädler at filmportal.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ according to the media archive Kay Less