Walter Werner (actor)
Walter Gotthard Werner (born April 11, 1883 in Görlitz ; † January 8, 1956 in Berlin ) was a German film and theater actor .
Life
Walter Werner worked as a stage actor from 1900 , first in the provinces, and after the First World War finally in Berlin, where he was part of the Prussian State Theater ensemble from 1919 to 1944 . From 1921 the character actor worked in silent films and became a popular supporting actor with the emergence of the sound film . His more than seventy films include UFA classics such as The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes and Dance on the Volcano , but also Nazi propaganda works such as Jud Suess and Ohm Krüger .
After the war, Werner initially worked at the Deutsches Theater Berlin . In 1951 he moved to the Schiller and Schlossparktheater ; he also made guest appearances in the stands and at the theater on Kurfürstendamm . In addition, Walter Werner was also active as a voice actor. Of the more than 60 films in which he worked in this capacity, the best known are probably Gone with the Wind (Ger. 1952; Thomas Mitchell as Gerald O'Hara) and the cartoon Pinocchio (Ger. 1951; Master Gepetto).
His grave is in the Dahlem cemetery .
Filmography (selection)
As an actor
As a voice actor
- 1938: For Harry Baur in Rasputin as Rasputin (Synchro 1950)
- 1940: For George Hayes in Black Command as Andrew "Doc" Grunch
- 1952: For Charles Coburn in Darling, I'm Getting Younger than Mister Oxley
- 1953: Preferred for Charles Coburn in Blondes as Sir Francis Beekman
Radio plays
- 1945: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing : Nathan the Wise - adaptation and direction: Hannes Küpper ( Berliner Rundfunk )
- 1946: Carl Zuckmayer : Katharina Knie - Director: Hannes Küpper (Berliner Rundfunk)
- 1950: Jacques Roumain : Lord of the Dew - Director: Hanns Farenburg (Berliner Rundfunk)
literature
- Helga and Karlheinz Wendtland: Beloved Kintopp. All German feature films from 1929–1945. Artist biographies L-Z . Verlag Medium Film, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-926945-14-1 .
Web links
- Walter Werner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography at DEFA-Sternstunden.de
- Entry in the synchronous database
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Werner, Walter |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Werner, Walter Gotthard (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German film and theater actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 11, 1883 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Goerlitz |
DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 1956 |
Place of death | Berlin |