Walo Lüond
Walo Lüönd (born April 13, 1927 in Zug ; † June 17, 2012 in Locarno ; resident in Rothenthurm ) was a Swiss actor . He was best known for his leading roles in the films Dällebach Kari and Die Schweizermacher on the side of Emil Steinberger and the role of Rodriguez in the ARD series On Axis .
Life
Walo Lüönd was the son of the pastry chef Oswald Lüönd. He went to school in Zug and learned the craft of a men's tailor from 1942 to 1946. He had his first appearances in 1949 at the Schauspielhaus and at the Cabaret Fédéral in Zurich. From 1962 he also worked for television and film. He had been married to actress Eva-Maria Bendig since 1957 and had two sons, Daniel (1957–1987) and Oliver (* 1958). Lüönd spent the last years of his life in the canton of Ticino .
Walo Lüönd was buried in the Schachen community cemetery in Untersiggenthal , Canton Aargau .
Awards
- 1973: Zurich Film Prize
- Honorary Prix Walo 2002 for his life's work.
Filmography
- 1960: Venus in the light
- 1961: The wild duck
- 1962: Café Oriental
- 1962: The phone went off at night
- 1962: The invisible claws of Dr. Mabuse
- 1962: The paradise of Pont L'Eveque
- 1963: Mamselle Nitouche
- 1963: black on white
- 1963: The Rohrbach case (three-part TV series, 1 episode)
- 1964: Better safe than sorry
- 1965: In the shadow of a big city
- 1965–1966: The Fifth Column (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1965: The Keys (series, 3 episodes)
- 1965: Case closed - 'End of Conflict'
- 1965: Klaus Fuchs - History of Nuclear Treason
- 1966: The really big thing
- 1966: The man with the doll
- 1966: The child thief
- 1967: The League of Redheads ( Sherlock Holmes series )
- 1967: The travel bag (series Das Kriminalmuseum )
- 1967: the mission
- 1967: the third glove
- 1969: Two unsuspecting angels
- 1970: Dällebach Kari
- 1972: the case
- 1973: The manufacturers
- 1974: Engadiner Bilderbogen (series)
- 1975: De Grotzepuur
- 1976: Riedland
- 1977: The consequence
- 1978: The Swiss makers
- 1979: bread and stones
- 1981: the inventor
- 1982: Unequal wages
- 1982: Fire and Sword - The Legend of Tristan and Isolde
- 1983: The black spider
- 1983: The Crime Lesson (TV series)
- 1983: dog racing
- 1983: The Angel of Peace ( Monaco Franze series )
- 1984: change of scenery
- 1985: To Ku'damm and back
- 1986: crooks in paradise
- 1986: Lisi and the General
- 1987: Minipli
- 1987: Playing with Fire ( Tatort series )
- 1987–1992: On the move (series, 4 episodes)
- 1988: Liebling Kreuzberg (home visits)
- 1988: golden boy
- 1988: Didi - The Expert
- 1988: The dollar trap
- 1989: The Fox (series)
- 1989: Hotel Paradies
- 1991: In Search of Salome (series, 6 episodes)
- 1992: Happy Holiday (series, 1 episode)
- 1993: Jeanmaire - A piece of Switzerland
- 1994–1995: The Director (TV series)
- 1994: Pumuckl and the blue Klabauter
- 1996: Game of Life (series)
- 1998: Walli, the ice cream woman
- 1998: Wisps
- 1999: Operation Phoenix - Hunters Between Worlds (series, 1 episode)
- 1999: marry me!
- 2000: comedian
- 2001: Escape to Paradise
- 2002: Exit
- 2004: Sternenberg
- 2004: Bienvenue en Suisse
- 2004: Oeschenen
- 2004: Wilhelm Tell
- 2005: The Madonna's Smile ( Tatort series )
- 2007: Letters and Other Secrets
- 2007: abandoned
- 2010: The big hangover
literature
- Thomas Hostettler: Walo Lüönd . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 2, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 1140 f.
Web links
- Walo Lüönd in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Hansruedi Lerch: Walo Lüönd. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Christoph Schneider: He cared more about the serious than the funny. In: Tages-Anzeiger from 27./28. June 2012
- Actor Walo Lüönd has died. In: glanz & gloria from June 27, 2012 (with video)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Claudia Schwartz : One to touch. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung of June 27, 2012
- ↑ a b Walo Lüönd is dead. In: Tages-Anzeiger .net / Newsnet from June 27, 2012
- ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Walo Lüönd
- ^ Honorary Prix Walo. Retrieved June 28, 2012
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lüond, Walo |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1927 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | train |
DATE OF DEATH | 17th June 2012 |
Place of death | Locarno |