Werner Schumacher (actor)

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Werner Schumacher (born May 4, 1921 in Berlin , † April 18, 2004 in Bremen ) was a German actor .

Life

After the Second World War, Schumacher began his professional career, initially as the commercial and artistic director of a cabaret in Cuxhaven . He took acting lessons a. a. with Hermann Speelmans , followed by theater engagements a. a. at stages in Hamburg, Bielefeld, Bremen, Cologne, Mannheim, Stuttgart and Frankfurt.

In 1948 Schumacher made his film debut, followed by numerous appearances in film and television productions. He achieved particular popularity as Commissioner Eugen Lutz of the ARD crime series Tatort , whom he embodied in 16 episodes between 1971 and 1986 as a very human investigator. In the last episode, One saw the murderer (book: Fritz Eckhardt ), he was increasingly cornered because all the evidence and statements pointed to himself - Lutz - as the murderer. After he was finally able to uncover the plot and should actually resume work, he turned his back on the job of commissioner after this experience.

In 1984 Schumacher took on the lead role in the feature film Der Glockenkäufer by Frieder Schuller . The film was shot in communist Romania and was about the extinction of the German minority there in Transylvania .

Schumacher also worked as a narrator for radio plays and in dubbing (including Cyril Chamberlain in head up, chest out! And Mickey Spillane in Columbo: Write or Die ).

In 1998 Schumacher suffered a stroke from which he did not recover. He died on April 18, 2004 in Bremen. His grave is there in the Riensberg cemetery .

Filmography (selection)

crime scene

1971–1986 as Commissioner Lutz

Radio plays

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Schumacher, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 2004
Place of death Bremen