Wilhelm Groothe
Wilhelm Groothe , also Wilhelm Grothe , (* 1903 ; † January 21, 1963 in Hamburg ) was a German actor .
Groothe had as a theater actor a. a. Engagements in Leipzig (Schauspielhaus) and Rostock . Until 1944 he played at the Munster Municipal Theaters . From 1945 to 1952 he worked as a theater director and theater director at the Ostfriesische Kammerspiele (also: Landesbühne Leer) in Leer , of which he was also the founder. 1953–1954 he was director of the Niedersachsenbühne Wilhelmshaven. From 1955 he was engaged on several stages in Hamburg . In Hamburg he played at the Junge Theater , the Theater im Zimmer and the Hamburger Kammerspiele . He also made a guest appearance at the Hamburger Schauspielhaus .
As its first film appearance, the IMDb film database has the comedy Frau nach Maß from 1940, a Terra Film production directed by Helmut Käutner , in which Groothe was seen together with Hans Söhnker , Leny Marenbach and Wilhelm Bendow . In the Nazi propaganda film Blood Brotherhood (1941) , later banned by the Allies , he had a supporting role as a chauffeur.
After the Second World War , Groothe played in the fairy tale films Rumpelstiltskin and Puss in Boots in 1955 . In the film Rumpelstiltskin he played the old miller Mehlsack, who wants to marry off his daughter Marie to the king and therefore tells him that Marie can spin straw into gold. In Puss in Boots he had a smaller role as a border guard.
In the crime series Stahlnetz in 1958 he had a proven episode role in the second episode of the series, Bank Robbery in Cologne (first broadcast: April 23, 1958). In 1961, directed by Franz Peter Wirth, he took on a supporting role in the local drama Up to the End of All Days, set on a Hallig in the North Sea .
In 1962 he played the role of landlord Fritz Grabow in a television production of the North German Radio in the tragic comedy Der Rote Hahn by Gerhart Hauptmann , directed by John Olden ; Inge Meysel was one of his partners .
He was buried in the Tonndorf cemetery in Hamburg-Tonndorf .
Filmography (selection)
- 1940: Made-to-measure woman
- 1941: blood brotherhood
- 1955: Puss in Boots
- 1955: Rumpelstiltskin
- 1956: Thérèse Raquin
- 1958: Death at the fairground
- 1958: Stahlnetz - The dead woman in the harbor basin
- 1960: In the evening at the Odeon
- 1961: Until the end of days
- 1961: Adventure in Norfolk
- 1962: The red rooster
Web links
- Wilhelm Groothe in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Groothe, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grothe, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1903 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 21, 1963 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |