Wilfried Seyferth

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Wilfried Hermann August Seyferth (born April 21, 1908 in Darmstadt ; † October 9, 1954 near Zeilsheim ) was a German actor .

Life

Wilfried Seyferth was born as the son of the doctor Eugen Seyferth (1877–1952) and his wife Carola (1886–1971) in the Steinbergviertel in Darmstadt. He attended the Ludwig-Georgs-Gymnasium in his hometown. He studied medicine for three semesters and then received artistic training at the drama school of the German Theater in Berlin . There he made his debut in 1929 and then went to the Schauspielhaus Frankfurt .

In 1936 he returned to Berlin and played again at the Deutsches Theater under the direction of Heinz Hilpert . He also made guest appearances at the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna . The compact actor has also stood in front of the film camera several times since 1933.

In 1946 he went to the Schauspielhaus Zürich for three years , followed by an engagement at the Münchner Kammerspiele . Guest appearances have taken him to the Salzburg Festival , the Heidelberg Castle Festival and the Ruhr Festival . Seyferth acted mainly in classics by Shakespeare , Lessing , Chekhov , Gogol and Shaw .

In the 1950s he took on the role of villain in film several times. He played Nazis in the two US productions Decision before Dawn and Des Teufels Erbe , and Major Luschke in the German soldier film 08/15 .

Seyferth died as a result of a car accident. He was married to the actresses Tatjana Iwanow , Irene Naef , Lu Säuberlich and Eva-Ingeborg Scholz . His son from his marriage to Tatjana Iwanow, Andreas Seyferth , also took up the acting profession.

Wilfried Seyferth was buried in the old cemetery in Darmstadt.

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SURNAME Seyferth, Wilfried
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Seyferth, Wilfried Hermann August (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH October 9, 1954
Place of death Zeilsheim