Walter Bechmann

Walter Bechmann (actually Hubert Freiherr von Mauchenheim , born July 13, 1887 in Blankenburg , † May 3, 1967 in Berlin ) was a German actor .

Bechmann began as a young actor in Königsberg and developed into a reliable supporting actor in film from his first role in An ideal husband from 1935 to his last recorded appearance, The Trace Leads to Berlin , seventeen years later. In addition to pure entertainment films, he was also seen in adventurous materials and propaganda films; some of his seventy or so films have become classics. At the beginning of the 1950s, Bechmann played in Berlin, where he had lived for years, at the Theater am Kurfürstendamm in Berlin, and in 1953 at the Schlosspark Theater . At this time, Bechmann also worked on radio play productions.

Several times he was listed as Walther Bechmann.

Filmography (selection)

theatre

1948: Ludwig Thoma : Moral (Chamberlain von Schmettau) - Director: Peter Bejach ( Volksbühne Berlin in the Kastanienallee )
1951: Gerhart Hauptmann : Fuhrmann Henschel (veterinarian Grunert) - Director: Ernst Karchow ( Theater am Kurfürstendamm )

Web links

Walter Bechmann in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Die Schaubühne Volume 7, p. 532
↑ Cecil William Davies: Theater for the People. 1977, p. 128
↑ http://www.ibsen.net/index.gan?id=40994&subid=0
↑ Ulrike Schlieper, Rolf Geserick, German Broadcasting Archive: radio play 1954–1955. A documentation. 2007.

personal data
SURNAME	Bechmann, Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mauchenheim, Hubert Freiherr von (real name); Bechmann, Walther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German actor
DATE OF BIRTH	July 13, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH	Blankenburg
DATE OF DEATH	May 3, 1967
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Die Schaubühne Volume 7, p. 532

[2] Cecil William Davies: Theater for the People. 1977, p. 128

[3] ttp://www.ibsen.net/index.gan?id=40994&subid=0

[4] Ulrike Schlieper, Rolf Geserick, German Broadcasting Archive: radio play 1954–1955. A documentation. 2007.