Walter Martin (actor)
Walter Martin (born May 30, 1901 in Leipzig , † September 19, 1985 in Weimar ) was a German theater and film actor and director.
Life
1918–1920 Martin took acting lessons in Braunschweig . He made his debut at the Staatstheater Braunschweig in 1920 as Moritz Stiefel in Frank Wedekind's Spring Awakening . After his engagement in Braunschweig, further stations were the theaters of Frankfurt (Oder), Bielefeld, Remscheid, Kaiserslautern, Meiningen, Saarbrücken, Trier, Halberstadt and Magdeburg. From 1954 he was senior director at the Volkstheater Halberstadt . This was followed by engagements in Dessau and in Halle / Saale until shortly before his death .
Filmography (selection)
- 1955: Ernst Thälmann - leader in his class
- 1974: Police call 110: wage robbery
- 1975: My blue bird flies
- 1976: an old model
- 1977: joke, satire, irony and deeper meaning (theater recording)
- 1978: Stories from the Vienna Woods (theater recording)
- 1983: Spring Symphony
literature
- Herbert A. Frenzel , Hans Joachim Moser (ed.): Kürschner's biographical theater manual. Drama, opera, film, radio. Germany, Austria, Switzerland. De Gruyter, Berlin 1956, DNB 010075518 , p. 468.
Web links
- Walter Martin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Martin, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theater and film actor and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 19, 1985 |
| Place of death | Weimar |