Walter Grüters

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Walter Grüters (born April 15, 1899 ; † January 26, 1974 in Hamburg ) was a German actor , radio play speaker and director .

Life

Walter Grüters had engagements at various Hamburg theaters, for example at Ida Ehres Kammerspiele , at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus , whose ensemble he belonged to in the 1950s, and at the Operettenhaus , where he performed as a rabbi in 1968 alongside Shmuel Rodensky in the musical Anatevka . In addition, Grüters made guest appearances at the Kleiner Theater im Zoo in Frankfurt, where he appeared in Kleist's comedy Der zerbrochne Krug in 1963 alongside Fritz Rémond in the role of village judge Adam as judge Walter . Another stage in his stage career was the Schauspielhaus Zürich , where he played Terzky in Schiller's Wallenstein , as well as Colonel Pickering in Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw and King Alonso in Shakespearean Storm . His last engagement was in Hamburg at the Ernst-Deutsch-Theater as Pastor Harper in a lace cap and arsenic by Joseph Kesselring .

In 1928 Walter Grüters appeared on the screen for the first time in the film Herz ohne Ziel , directed by Gustav Ucicky . By the beginning of the war , other films followed, including 1937 Pat and Patachon in Paradise at the side of the Danish comedian duo Carl Schenstrøm and Harald Madsen . In the 1950s, Grüters was able to continue his work in front of the camera, for example he was seen in the 1962 feature film The Happy Years of the Thorwalds or in an episode of the series John Klings Abenteuer . He played his last role in the Tatort episode Nachtfrost .

In addition, Walter Grüters worked extensively as a radio play speaker. As early as 1926 he had taken on his first tasks at the Nordische Rundfunk AG (NORAG), after the Second World War he was a busy speaker until the end of the 1960s, mostly in productions of the North West German Broadcasting and later the North German Broadcasting . Among other things, Grüters worked in several episodes of the series The Court Withdraws for Advice and The Hunt for the Perpetrator , and he also played the role of Mr. Fitzgerald in the first season of the series Permit, My Name Is Cox . In addition, he directed several radio plays.

As a voice actor , Grüters lent Allan Jeayes his voice in the film Elefanten-Boy in 1936 , and in 1953 he spoke to Ferdy Mayne in seconds of desperation .

Walter Grüters died of the consequences of a traffic accident when he was run over by a car on Hamburg's Mittelweg in the Rotherbaum district in January 1974 .

Trivia

Since all male actors in the musical Anatevka had a beard, but the make-up artist would have overwhelmed the evening gluing of beards, the actors had agreed to grow beards during the rehearsals and had made a bet as to who would be at the premiere on 1 February 1968 had the longest beard. Main actor Shmuel Rodensky won with 15 centimeters in front of Walter Grüters, whose beard brought it to a length of 14.2 centimeters.

Filmography (selection)

Radio plays (selection)

As a speaker

  • 1926: From Wilhelm Tell, 1st act, 4th appearance and 2nd act, 1st act - Director: not mentioned
  • 1926: From Wallenstein's death, 2nd act, 2nd and 3rd appearance - Director: not mentioned
  • 1947: Shot in the Spotlight - Director: Cay Dietrich Voss
  • 1947: The Glorious Times - Director: Alfred Prugel
  • 1948: The Lion on the Square - Director: Carl Nagel
  • 1950: The White Lady - Director: Arno Haupt
  • 1950: The Odyssey of Johnny Wren - Director: Kurt Reiss
  • 1951: Murder Melody - Director: Otto Kurth
  • 1951: Poor father Philippe - Director: Detlof Krüger
  • 1951: Radium - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
  • 1952: The Dark Element - Director: Detlof Krüger
  • 1952: The Doppelkopf von Trum - Director: Kurt Reiss
  • 1952: The court withdraws to deliberate (episode: Eulenspiegel in court) - Director: Gerd Fricke
  • 1952: Allow me, my name is Cox (1st season) - Director: Hans Gertberg
  • 1954: The court withdraws to deliberate (episode: Kuppelei) - Director: Gerd Fricke
  • 1954: The fig leaf gondola - Director: Ludwig Cremer
  • 1955: Der Kommandant - Director: Gerlach Fiedler
  • 1955: The Beauty King - Director: SO Wagner
  • 1956: Excitement in the Zoo - Director: Kurt Reiss
  • 1956: Drei Piècen - Director: Armas Sten Fühler
  • 1956: The Death Ship - Director: Gustav Burmester
  • 1957: The hunt for the perpetrator (episode: The house in Mexico City) - Director: SO Wagner
  • 1957: The hunt for the perpetrator (episode: The first customer) - Director: SO Wagner
  • 1957: The hunt for the perpetrator (episode: Gift for four) - Director: SO Wagner
  • 1958: The Night Before the Judgment - Director: Eduard Kramer
  • 1958: In Another Land - Directed by Edward Rothe
  • 1959: Tennis - Director: Gert Westphal
  • 1959: The hunt for the perpetrator (episode: Lauter Schlüssel) - Director: SO Wagner
  • 1960: The Dragon Head - Director: Edward Rothe
  • 1960: Josephine - Director: Detlof Krüger
  • 1961: The hunt for the perpetrator (episode: Camels in Cairo) - Director: SO Wagner
  • 1961: The hunt for the perpetrator (episode: an express letter from Frankfurt) - Director: SO Wagner
  • 1962: The hunt for the perpetrator (episode: Telephone: Springfield 365) - Director: SO Wagner
  • 1962: The hunt for the perpetrator (episode: The Dilettante) - Director: SO Wagner
  • 1964: The hunt for the perpetrator (episode: The Voice from the Grave) - Director: SO Wagner
  • 1965: Diamonds make you happy - Director: Harald Vock
  • 1965: Brilliant Ghosts - Director: Günter Siebert
  • 1967: The Bridegroom - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
  • 1967: The Labyrinth - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
  • 1968: Judge for yourself! (Result: Millions make people) - Director: Günter Siebert
  • 1968: Report on the plague in London, submitted by citizens of the city who perished from it in 1665, between May and November - Director: Heinz von Cramer

As a director

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Willi Paetsch: Theaternotizen , Hamburger Abendblatt of June 18, 1963 , accessed on October 25, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b Die eiserne Straße , Hamburger Abendblatt, March 11, 1953 , accessed on October 25, 2015.
  3. ↑ a b New Enthusiasm about Anatevka , Hamburger Abendblatt dated August 2, 1968 , accessed on October 25, 2015.
  4. ↑ a b Walter Grüters died after an accident , Hamburger Abendblatt dated January 30, 1974 , accessed on October 25, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Grüters, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor, radio play speaker and director
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1899
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 1974
Place of death Hamburg