Udo Vioff
Udo Vioff (born January 6, 1932 in Detmold , as Udo Heinz Ferdinand Viehoff ; † February 18, 2018 ) was a German actor .
Life
After graduating from high school, Udo Vioff studied theater studies in Munich, where he graduated from the Otto Falckenberg School from 1952 to 1954 .
Vioff made his theatrical debut at the Städtische Bühnen in Frankfurt / Main, whose ensemble he was part of for two years from 1954. In 1956 he moved to the Staatstheater Darmstadt, where he played many major roles until 1963. He then worked as a freelance actor, gave numerous guest performances at important stages such as the Berlin Hebbel Theater, the Frankfurt Fritz Remond Theater in the zoo, took part in festivals such as in Bad Hersfeld or went on tour with various plays. His stage interpretations included both classical and modern characters, including the title role in Goethe's Clavigo , Mephisto in Urfaust , Mortimer in Schiller's Maria Stuart , the title character in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and the Prince of Guastalla in Lessing's Emilia Galotti ; he gave Camille in Büchner's Dantons Tod just as impressively as Henry in Wilder's We Got Away Again and Eisenring in Frisch's Biedermann and the Arsonists .
Udo Vioff made his feature film debut in 1955 in Julien Duvivier's Marianne alongside Marianne Hold and Horst Buchholz . Numerous appearances followed, particularly in film and television productions. He played tragic heroes (Orpheus in Orpheus and Eurydice after Jean Anouilh ), mad scientists ( Das Blaue Palais ) and historical figures like Napoleon in Josephine and Amerigo Vespucci in Käutner's Columbus film. In Franz Peter Wirth's Wallenstein production, based on Golo Mann , Vioff embodied the imperial governor Vilém Slavata , who achieved notoriety through the second lintel in Prague . In addition, the changeable Vioff was often cast for the type of dubious, shady criminal, as in the Durbridge film Sudden and Unexpected . Udo Vioff achieved particular popularity through his numerous guest appearances in legendary crime series such as Der Kommissar , Der Alte , Derrick and Tatort .
Vioff died in 2018 at the age of 86 and was buried in Munich's North Cemetery.
Filmography (selection)
- 1955: Marianne (alternative title: Marianne, my childhood love ) (Marianne de ma Jeunesse) - Director: Julien Duvivier
- 1956: Orpheus and Eurydice
- 1967: Love stories - The ship to Valparaiso - Director: Dieter Reible
- 1967: Josephine - Director: Korbinian Koeberle
- 1967: Settlement Arcadia - Director: Hans Dieter Schwarze
- 1968: The Idiot - Director: Rolf von Sydow
- 1969: Diary of a woman murderer - Director: Helmut Käutner
- 1969: Christopher Columbus or The Discovery of America - Director: Helmut Käutner
- 1970: Claus Graf Stauffenberg - Director: Rudolf Nussgruber
- 1970: Society for Miss Wright - Directed by Horst Flick
- 1970: Made-to-measure millions
- 1972: Shot on command - Director: Rainer Wolffhardt (TV movie)
- 1972: Beloved Murderer - Director: Heinz Schirk
- 1973: The Commissioner (TV series)
- 1973: The plot
- 1974: trace of small feet
- 1975: The cousin
- 1976: death in transit
- 1974: Count Yoster does the honors - letters from the dark
- 1974–1995: Tatort (TV series)
- 1974: Playback or the show goes on
- 1975: The invoice is submitted later
- 1977: late harvest
- 1985: Death makes inventive
- 1992: Speculated
- 1995: Bienzle and the wall of fire
- 1975: The last vacation
- 1976: The Blue Palace - Immortality ...?
- 1978: Wallenstein
- 1979: Bellas Tod (book: Georges Simenon , director: Wolfgang Storch ) - as Spencer Ashby
- 1979–1996: Derrick (TV series)
- 1979: Schubach's return
- 1984: Deadly Way Out
- 1989: scream in the night
- 1990: Deadly Patent (Episode 184)
- 1993: The partner
- 1996: The Defender
- 1996: Girl in the moonlight
- 1980–1995: The Old One (TV series)
- 1984: The end of the song
- 1980: The dead woman has the last word
- 1983: explosion out of the dark
- 1986: wanted killers
- 1987: The deadline
- 1988: Letter from a dead man
- 1990: The quiet death
- 1990: End with horror
- 1992: The American uncle
- 1992: The discharge
- 1993: Deadly Ways
- 1995: This time it was murder
- 1983: Suddenly and Unexpectedly ( Durbridge One Piece ) - Director: Thomas Engel
- 1985: A case for two - black numbers
- 1987: Wind and Stars (Captain James Cook) - Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark
- 1989: With body and soul - The flying brother
- 1990: The Summer of the Jackal (Death Has a Bad Reputation)
literature
- Hermann J. Huber: Langen-Müller's Actors Lexicon of the Present: Germany, Austria, Switzerland , Munich-Vienna: Langen-Müller 1986.
Web links
- Udo Vioff in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- steffi-line.de: biography
Individual notes
- ↑ burial place. In: knerger.de. Retrieved February 2, 2020 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Vioff, Udo |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Viehoff, Udo Heinz Ferdinand |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1932 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Detmold |
DATE OF DEATH | February 18, 2018 |