Wilhelm Schmidt (actor)
Wilhelm Schmidt (born December 26, 1891 in Dresden , German Reich ; † March 26, 1963 in Vienna , Austria ) was an Austro-German actor in the stage and film industry.
Life
Schmidt attended grammar school, then went to the cadet corps and passed the school leaving examination. Not yet 18 years old, he took acting lessons in his hometown of Dresden from 1909 to 1911 with Lothar Mehnert and Hanns Fischer . His first permanent engagement brought him to the United Municipal Theaters in Graz in 1911 , and from 1914 Schmidt was a member of the Vienna Burgtheater ensemble . From 1919 onwards, various offers from (mostly Austrian) film were added, but Wilhelm Schmidt always remained primarily a theater actor.
In his adopted country he received several awards for his achievements at the theater, such as the appointment as professor and chamber actor . Schmidt's repertoire of roles at the castle includes: a. Melvil in Schiller's Maria Stuart , Arkas in Goethe's Iphigenie auf Tauris , Pantalone in Goldonis The Liar , the Kruger in Gerhart Hauptmann's The Beaver Fur and the Swallower in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream .
In later years, Schmidt was President of the Austrian Stage Union and the Austrian Center of the International Theater Institute, as well as deputy head of the Working Group for Art and Science Vienna.
Schmidt was married to the actress Else Godeck (1875-1960).
Filmography
- 1917: fairy hands
- 1920: Monica Vogelsang
- 1920: the fourth commandment
- 1920: Prince and beggar boy
- 1921: The Emperor's actress
- 1921: The trail in the dark
- 1921: Clothes make the man
- 1922: The Brigadier's daughter
- 1922: Meriota, the dancer
- 1926: The arsonists of Europe
- 1932: Melody of Love
- 1939: Honeymoon for three
- 1943: travel acquaintance
- 1945: friends
- 1948: The trial
- 1953: the spendthrift
- 1954: The pearl of Tokay
- 1954: King of the ring
- 1956: Wilhelm Tell
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. 652.
- Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 3: Peit – Zz. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1961, DNB 451560752 , p. 1514.
- Deutsches Theater-Lexikon, founded by Wilhelm Kosch , Volume 3, Bern 1992, p. 2036
Web links
- Wilhelm Schmidt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Wilhelm Schmidt at filmportal.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmidt, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schmidt, Willy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian-German actor on stage and film |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 26, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden , German Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 26, 1963 |
| Place of death | Vienna , Austria |