Walter Giller
Walter Giller (born August 23, 1927 in Recklinghausen ; † December 15, 2011 in Hamburg ) was a German actor .
Life
Grew up as the son of the pediatrician Walter Giller and his wife Edwine, geb. Röver, in Hamburg, the high school student was drafted as a flak helper in early 1943 . After being a prisoner of war, he first began studying medicine. However, Giller then decided to become an actor. After an internship and assistant director at the Hamburger Kammerspiele with Ida Ehre , he got his first theater role in Thornton Wilder's We Got Off Again in 1947 . He took acting lessons from Eduard Marks in Hamburg .
From 1948 Giller received his first small film roles. He played his first leading role in 1951 in the film Primanerinnen . Giller became a familiar face in German cinema of the 1950s. Sometimes weird, sometimes shy, but always nice and never abusive, he represented the young man next door in numerous productions. He rarely had the opportunity to prove his great potential as a character actor. He played alongside Heinz Rühmann in Der Hauptmann von Köpenick (1956), alongside Martin Held in Spion für Deutschland (1956) and Rosen for the Public Prosecutor (1959, Federal Film Prize) and with Hardy Krüger in Zwei unter Millions (1961, also Federal Film Prize).
In the 1960s, Giller was mainly involved in some of the then popular crime, adventure and drama films, while in the 1970s he switched entirely to television roles. With Peter Frankenfeld as a sketch partner, he often played drunk bar-goers. He also intensified his theater work again and performed mainly on tours. He also emerged as the author of two children's books: Funny stories by Natascha and Jan (1968) and Walter Giller tells stories about good night (1969). Walter Giller played a leading role alongside Michael Nowka and Wolfgang Völz , directed by Dietrich Haugk, in the award-winning television game The Borrowed Christmas Tree . In the 1980s, Giller gave his voice as the narrator in the 12-part children's radio play series Schubiduu..uh by Peter Riesenburg .
Walter Giller and Nadja Tiller , with whom he had been married since February 5, 1956, were considered a dream couple in the 1950s and 1960s and often stood together in front of the camera until the end; Giller lived with his wife in Castagnola near Lugano since the late 1950s . On November 30th, 2006 they received a Bambi for their life's work. The marriage resulted in a daughter (* 1959) and a son (* 1964). Since the middle of March 2008, Giller lived with his wife in the Augustinum Hamburg .
Walter Giller died at the age of 84 in a Hamburg clinic of complications from cancer . He has had lung cancer since at least the end of 2008 . Giller was in the North Sea in Büsum buried .
Filmography
- 1949: Artist's Blood (Director: Wolfgang Wehrum )
- 1950: Insel ohne Moral (Direction: Volker von Collande )
- 1950: Girls from the South Seas (Director: Hans Müller )
- 1950: Whirling around Irene (Director: EW Emo )
- 1951: The wives of Mr. S.
- 1951: Counterfeiters at work (Director: Louis Agotay )
- 1951: Primanerinnen
- 1951: Sensation in San Remo
- 1951: Wild West in Upper Bavaria (Director: Ferdinand Dörfler )
- 1952: The colorful dream
- 1952: The day before the wedding
- 1952: The thief of Baghdad
- 1952: love in the tax office
- 1953: Miss Casanova
- 1953: Secretly, quietly and quietly ...
- 1953: hit parade
- 1953: Scandal in the girls' boarding school (Director: Erich Kobler )
- 1953: Southern nights
- 1953: Whirling around Irene (Director: EW Emo)
- 1954: ten on each finger
- 1954: The great Lola (Director: Hans Deppe)
- 1954: you
- 1954: With and without accompaniment
- 1955: The three from the gas station
- 1955: music, music and just music
- 1955: Swedish girl
- 1956: Charley's aunt
- 1956: The bath on the threshing floor
- 1956: The Sunday Child
- 1956: The captain of Köpenick
- 1956: Me and my sons-in-law
- 1956: Nothing but trouble with love
- 1956: Black Forest melody
- 1956: Spy for Germany
- 1956: What the swallow sang
- 1956: The weird Otto
- 1957: blue boys
- 1957: happiness is on the road
- 1957: The great opportunity
- 1957: three men on one horse
- 1957: Spring in Berlin
- 1958: Travel to Italy - love included
- 1958: Peter Voss, the millionaire thief
- 1958: Two hearts in May
- 1959: roses for the public prosecutor
- 1959: Bobby Dodd intervenes
- 1959: beloved beast
- 1959: love on crooked legs
- 1959: Peter Voss - the hero of the day
- 1959: This is not how you fish a man (Director: Hans Deppe)
- 1960: heroines
- 1960: Ingeborg
- 1960: no angel is so pure
- 1961: Beloved impostor
- 1961: two in a million
- 1961: Affair Nina B. (L'affaire Nina B.)
- 1961: three men in one boat
- 1961: Lieschen Müller's dream
- 1962: The Burning Court (Director: Julien Duvivier )
- 1962: Honey, I have to shoot you
- 1962: Snow White and the seven jugglers
- 1963: Meeting in Salzburg
- 1963: The great love game
- 1963: The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle
- 1963: The Queen Bee (Una storia moderna - l'ape regina)
- 1963: The Threepenny Opera
- 1963: Gripsholm Castle
- 1963: The last ride to Santa Cruz
- 1963: The dead of Beverly Hills
- 1964: Fanny Hill
- 1964: The wind blows hot
- 1964: Tonio Kröger
- 1964: DM killer
- 1965: Shots every 3/4
- 1965: The legacy of the Inca
- 1965: I'm looking for a man
- 1966: I was happy to kill women (episode film)
- 1966: pipes, beds, lovebirds
- 1966: The borrowed Christmas tree (Director: Dietrich Haugk)
- 1966: Gold for Montevasall
- 1967: Action Man - Bank robbery almost perfect (Director: Jean Delannoy )
- 1967: Jonny Banco - Beloved Good-for-nothing (Johnny Banco)
- 1967: don't forget to kiss your wife
- 1968: Escape to Egypt
- 1968: A fine couple (Director: Francesco Maselli )
- 1969: The gentlemen with the white waistcoat
- 1969: Grimm's fairy tale of lustful couples
- 1969: class wedges
- 1970: The Feuerzangenbowle
- 1970: At the goal of all dreams
- 1970: Jonas the artist at work
- 1973: A Beetle on an extra tour
- 1974: The craziest car in the world
- 1973: Albeit dividing up the years
- 1975: The Commissioner: Fall from a great height
- 1975: heart with a snout
- 1976: Omaruru (TV series)
- 1977: hot goods
- 1977: Not from yesterday (Director: Ludwig Cremer )
- 1977: Police Inspection 1 : And not a copeck less
- 1978: Karschunke & Son (TV series)
- 1978: Lady Dracula
- 1979: Another opera
- 1979: Easy from the stool (Or: It remains difficult, comedy series, until 1987)
- 1980: darling, I'm getting a divorce
- 1981: Be courageous
- 1982: You should be able to play the piano
- 1983: The dream ship
- 1985: Now sing nice ...
- 1989: Inspector Klefisch - An Unknown Witness (Director: Kaspar Heidelbach )
- 1991: death by the sea
- 1992: Stories from Home XX
- 1994: Cornelius helps (TV series, director: Klaus Gendries )
- 1994: The court reporter
- 1994: Halali or The Shot in the Bun
- 1995: Sylt Stories (TV series, director: Karsten Wichniarz )
- 1995: Evelyn Hamann's Stories from Life (TV series, season 3, episode 1 not reported )
- 1995: Open on Sundays (TV series)
- 1997: Rosamunde Pilcher: Hours of Decision (Director: Karola Zeisberg )
- 2000: Always (short film) (Director: Jophi Ries )
- 2000: My mother, my rival (Director: Peter F. Bringmann )
- 2001: Prelude with aftermath (Director: Uwe Janson )
- 2004: The Amber Amulet (Director: Gabi Kubach )
- 2005: Laura's wish list
- 2005: love like the first day
- 2007: darling, we inherited!
- 2008: And the men are forever silent (Director: Xaver Schwarzenberger )
- 2009: It's on the tip of my tongue
- 2009: Dinosaurs - You Look Old Against Us!
- 2011: Germaine Damar - The dancing star
Radio plays
- 1949: You can tell me a lot (waiter) - Director: Ulrich Erfurth , with Heinz Rühmann , Elfriede Kuzmany , Gisela Mattishent
- 1949: Paul Temple and the Gregory affair (by Francis Durbridge ) (Ober) - directed by Eduard Hermann , Fritz Schröder-Jahn , with René Deltgen , Annemarie Cordes , Heinz von Cleve , Georg Eilert , Bernd M. Bausch
- 1951: The devil rides on the express train (elevator operator) - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn , with Carl-Heinz Schroth , Jo Wegener , Franz Schafheitlin , Inge Meysel
- 1952: The big mesh (football player: Team der Rasenfreunde) - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn , with Wolfgang Wahl , Max Walter Sieg , Hardy Krüger
- 1977: Nothing new comes up with the nightingale or Against the standstill of the surf - Director: Klaus Mehrländer , with Louise Martini
- 1979: Röntgenaugen (Martin) - Director: Klaus Wirbitzky , with Achim Strietzel , Jürgen Scheller , Michael Thomas
- 1982: The house behind the church (Jean) - Director: Klaus Wirbitzky , with Heidelinde Weis , Doris Schade , Horst Johanning
- 2008: Afternoon Encounter (based on Henning Mankell ) (male) - Director: Rainer Clute , with Nadja Tiller , Julia Prigge
Awards
- 1960: Federal Film Prize : Film tape in silver for the best leading role in roses for the public prosecutor
- 1962: Federal Film Prize: Filmband in Gold for the best supporting role in Two Under Millions
- 1962: German Film Critics' Prize for Two Under Millions
- 1975: Hersfeld Prize
- 2000: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2005: DIVA-Award in the category Lifetime Achievement Award (Hall of Fame)
- 2006: Bambi in the Lifetime Achievement category
- 2009: Askania Award for his cinematic life's work
literature
- Walter Giller, Ruth Michelly (illustrator): Funny stories of Natasha and Jan . Schneider, Munich 1968. [Young people's book]
- Walter Giller tells good night stories . Illustrated by Ruth Michelly. Schneider, Munich / Vienna 1969.
- Walter Giller: Easy from the stool . Funny skits to replay. Falken, Niedernhausen 1986, ISBN 3-8068-4262-0 .
Web links
- Walter Giller in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Walter Giller at filmportal.de
- Literature by and about Walter Giller in the catalog of the German National Library
- Walter Giller in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b On the death of Walter Giller - character man in a world that is far too intact . In: sueddeutsche.de of December 16, 2011, accessed on December 16, 2011
- ↑ Nadja Tiller buries her husband Walter Giller . In: BILD , accessed on May 15, 2012
- ^ Walter Giller in: Hersfeld Prize
- ^ Mathias Raabe: Clocks for Tiller and Giller . In: Berliner Zeitung , February 4, 2009.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Giller, Walter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 23, 1927 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Recklinghausen , Westphalia Province, Germany |
DATE OF DEATH | December 15, 2011 |
Place of death | Hamburg , Germany |