Walter Gross (actor)
Walter Hugo Gross (born February 5, 1904 in Eberswalde ; † May 17, 1989 in Berlin ) was a German actor , cabaret artist and voice actor .
Life
The son of master tailor Gustav Gross and his wife Antonie completed an apprenticeship as a freight forwarder after graduating from high school. From 1923 he took lessons at the drama school of the German Theater Berlin . After his debut in 1926, he played mostly comic characters. He also took on supporting roles in films, where he was seen in over 150 productions from 1933 onwards.
Because of an ambiguous appearance in the Tingel-Tangel-Theater cabaret , he was imprisoned in the Esterwegen concentration camp from the end of May to the end of July 1935 and was then banned from working for several months.
After the war he continued his career in the Berlin radio cabaret Die Insulaner . Here he became known as a constantly ranting Jenosse Funzionary . In the entertainment films of West German cinemas, Gross was a popular permanent actor, good-natured and a bit clumsy, but then also rascally. On television he participated in several series, for example in the leading role of Paul Lehmann in Drüben bei Lehmanns , alongside Brigitte Mira , with whom he would also play in Drei Damen von Grill years later . He proved his qualities as a voice actor when he gave the cartoon character Piggy Dick the unmistakable squeaky voice in the German version - always with the same closing words "And always stay happy".
Gross, who continued to play the theater, was first married to the actress Lou Seitz and from 1950 to Ingeborg Strakosch. He was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon in 1979 and the Gold Film Ribbon in 1988 for many years of outstanding work in German film.
After suffering a stroke in 1988, Gross died of heart failure on May 17, 1989 at the age of 85. His grave is in the Berlin Dahlem cemetery in field 9. His grave is dedicated to the city of Berlin as an honorary grave .
Filmography (selection)
- 1933: Once upon a time there was a musician
- 1933: The night of great love
- 1933: Two in the sunshine
- 1933: North Pole - Ahoy!
- 1934: Farewell waltz
- 1934: Old comrades
- 1934: Peer Gynt
- 1934: The two seals
- 1934: An autograph, please!
- 1934: The lonely villa
- 1934: The Senator
- 1935: Regine
- 1936: You are so beautiful, Berliner
- 1936: It's about my life
- 1936: Moscow - Shanghai (alternative: the way to Shanghai)
- 1937: The bomb idea
- 1937: Gleisdreieck
- 1937: Capers
- 1937: When you have a mother-in-law
- 1938: The stars shine
- 1938: spring air
- 1938: Napoleon is to blame for everything
- 1938: The conceited sick man
- 1938: The pious lie
- 1938: The lost smile
- 1939: Bel Ami
- 1939: D III 88
- 1939: family made to order
- 1939: Casilla sensational trial
- 1939: The rifle over
- 1939: The man with the plan
- 1939: Renate in a quartet
- 1939: detours to happiness
- 1940: Affair
- 1943: city melody
- 1943: then
- 1944: I dreamed of you
- 1944: A little summer tune
- 1944: Quax in Africa
- 1945: Dr. phil. Doederlein
- 1945: The Molander case
- 1945: Shiva and the gallows flower
- 1945: Under the bridges
- 1945: the stake
- 1946: Tell the truth
- 1947: No place for love
- 1947: raid
- 1949: The other
- 1949: The colored checkers
- 1949: Nights on the Nile
- 1949: Quartet of five
- 1949: Our daily bread
- 1950: Maharajah against his will
- 1950: When men cheat
- 1951: Through thick and thin
- 1951: Queen of one night
- 1951: do not disturb! - Assembly of officials
- 1951: Rhythm Inn
- 1951: Dance into happiness
- 1952: The Prince of Pappenheim
- 1952: homesick for you
- 1952: Mikosch moves in
- 1952: When the heather dreams in the evening
- 1953: The uncle from America
- 1953: We'll talk about love later
- 1953: What a monkey theater
- 1953: The night ghost
- 1953: Secretly, quietly and quietly ...
- 1953: hit parade
- 1954: ten on each finger
- 1954: Emil and the detectives
- 1954: Happy journey
- 1954: The faithful hussar
- 1955: the last man
- 1955: Music in the blood
- 1956: The beautiful master
- 1956: Carter Henschel
- 1956: If we were all angels
- 1957: three men on one horse
- 1957: Spring in Berlin
- 1957: The Fox of Paris
- 1957: The daring swimmer
- 1957: The Princess of St. Wolfgang
- 1957: Country innocence
- 1958: The green devils of Monte Cassino
- 1958: Small people turn out to be big
- 1958: My girl is a postilion
- 1958: My sweetheart is from Tyrol
- 1958: The black lightning
- 1958: Two hearts in May
- 1958: Mikosch, the pride of the company
- 1959: Guitars sound softly through the night
- 1959: Always the girls
- 1959: Yes, a girl like that at 16
- 1959: No man to marry
- 1959: mandolins and moonlight
- 1959: Mikosch in the secret service
- 1960: Conny and Peter make music
- 1960: The artificial silk girl
- 1960: My niece doesn't
- 1960: hit parade 1960
- 1960: Love at Königssee is beautiful
- 1961: My sweetheart wants to go sailing with me on Sunday
- 1961: A Berliner in Hamburg
- 1961: You have to be blonde on Capri
- 1961: That's what all girls dream of
- 1961: Always trouble with the bed
- 1961: Buy a colorful balloon
- 1961: This is how people love and kiss in Tyrol
- 1961: Great pike on a crooked tour
- 1962: Café Oriental
- 1962: Aurora Marriage Institute
- 1962: Gasparone
- 1962: The Turkish cucumbers
- 1962: crazy and sewn up
- 1962: The Gypsy Baron
- 1963: Berlin melody
- 1963: Exuberance in the Salzkammergut
- 1964: The three hypocrites
- 1964: The Swedish Virgin
- 1965: The pious Helene
- 1965: Hurray, the rattles are coming
- 1967–1968: The Joke Academy
- 1969: The mad local reporter
- 1970: Over at Lehmanns (TV series)
- 1971: That knocks out the strongest twin
- 1974: One of us both
- 1974: I was also only a mediocre student
- 1975: The Commissioner - A Border Crossing
- 1975: Decided and announced - gone along - caught up
- 1976: Derrick - an incomprehensible guy
- 1977 - 1985: Three ladies from the grill (TV series)
- 1978: The old man - night music
- 1982: My son, the minister
- 1982: Two dead on the station and Don Carlos on the PoGl (TV)
- 1983: The legs of the elephant
- 1983: Zausel
- 1984: Turf (TV series)
- 1985: Old Crooks - Blessed Meal
- 1985: Paulchen (TV)
theatre
- 1946: Author collective: Hold on tight - artist. Head: Walter Gross ( Cabaret Frischer Wind Berlin)
- 1946: Author collective: What if ... - Director:? (Cabaret Fresh Wind Berlin)
- 1947: Author collective: Wait a minute! - Director:? (Cabaret Fresh Wind Berlin)
- 1947: David Kalisch : 100,000 thalers - Director: Walter Gross ( Theater am Schiffbauerdamm Berlin)
Synchronous rollers (selection)
actor | Film / series | role |
---|---|---|
Bernard Miles | It started in Moscow | Joe Brooks |
Cliff "Fatty" Emmich | Halloween 2 - The horror returns | Mr. Garrett |
Gene Kelly | Today we're going for a stroll (Synchro 1952) | Gabey |
George Lindsey | Aristocats | Lafayette |
George Little | Me, Claudius, Kaiser and God (TV series) | Tortius |
Mel Blanc | Piggy Dick (Cartoon TV Series) | Piggy Dick |
Red Skelton | Texas Mardi Gras | Connie |
Men make fashion | Al Marsh | |
Sterling Holloway | Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (Synchro 1971) Winnie the Pooh and the Dog Weather (Synchro 1971) Winnie the Pooh and Tigger (Synchro 1975) |
Winnie Pooh |
Truman Smith | The Monte Carlo story | Mr. Fred Freeman |
Radio plays (selection)
- 1947: Erich Kästner : Ringelspiel 1947 - Director: Hanns Korngiebel ( RIAS Berlin)
- 1951: Günter Neumann : Salto mortale. A problem piece with song and dance (Willi Watzke) - composition: Günter Neumann, director: Ernst Schröder , Hans Rosenthal (theater recording - RIAS Berlin)
- 1973: Piggy Dick and his friends - 1 - Die Bärenfalle / Piggy Dick as a football coach - Director: Benno Schurr (Label Fontana , LP: 6434 167 / MC: 7172 092)
- 1973: Dick pig and his friends - 2 - The disturbed birthday party / adventure in the museum - Director: Benno Schurr (Label Fontana, LP: 6434 168 / MC: 7172 093)
- 1974: Piggy Dick and his friends - 3 - Die Geistermühle / Die Reise mit dem Ballon - Director: Benno Schurr (Label Fontana, LP: 6434 215 / MC: 7172 123)
- 1974 years: Piggy Dick and his friends - 4 - The fairground story / The castle secret - Director: Benno Schurr (Label Fontana, LP: 6434 216 / MC: 7172 124)
- 1975: Piggy Dick and his friends - 5 - Der Hotelschreck - Director: Benno Schurr (Label Fontana, LP: 9294 048 / MC: 7172 217)
- 1975: Piggy Dick and his friends - 6 - The invisible thief / The secret of the chair leg - Director: Benno Schurr (Label Fontana, LP: 9294 049 / MC)
Web links
- Walter Gross in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Walter Gross at filmportal.de
- Walter Gross in the German dubbing file
- Newspaper quotes from guenter-neumann-stiftung.de, accessed on November 11, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ German synchronous files. In: www.synchronkartei.de. Retrieved September 16, 2016 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Gross, Walter |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gross, Walter Hugo (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor , cabaret artist ( Die Insulaner ) and voice actor ( Piggy Dick ) |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 5, 1904 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Eberswalde |
DATE OF DEATH | May 17, 1989 |
Place of death | Berlin |