Will Dohm
Will Dohm (born April 8, 1897 in Cologne-Dellbrück as Wilhelm Dohm , † November 28, 1948 in Munich ) was a German actor .
Life
After the end of the First World War , Dohm initially worked as a bank clerk in Cologne and at the same time took private acting lessons from the then acting director Georg Kiesau. He made his debut in 1921 at the Stadttheater in Mühlhausen in Thuringia. This was followed by stage stations in Aachen, Cologne and Stuttgart. Finally, in 1926, he moved to the Kammerspiele in Munich .
Dohm stayed at the Münchner Kammerspiele until 1937. He played here, among others, Franz Moor in Die Räuber , Leguerche in Georg Kaiser's October Day (1928, directed by Otto Falckenberg ) and Alexander in Rauhnacht (1931). From 1937 to 1945 he was employed by the State Theater in Berlin . Here he played Sosias in Amphitryon in 1937 (directed by Lothar Müthel ) and, with great success, in 1941 Falstaff in The Merry Women of Windsor (directed by Gustaf Gründgens ). After 1945 he returned to the Münchner Kammerspiele.
In 1928 Dohm made his film debut in two productions by Karl Grune . In 1932 he starred in the sound film remake of this film ( Kreuzer Emden ) alongside young and still unknown colleagues such as OE Hasse and Helmut Käutner . This was followed by roles in productions such as Curtis Bernhardt's science fiction film Der Tunnel , the comedy Allotria (alongside Heinz Rühmann ) and the drama Tanz auf dem Vulkan (with Gustaf Gründgens as the main actor).
In most of his more than 50 films, Dohm embodied comical characters, exaggerated popular figures and buffalo roles , including in his last role as theater director Michel Falke in Géza of Bolváry's operetta adaptation Die Fledermaus (1946).
He also worked as a spokesman for radio (including Hans Sonnenstösser's Höllenfahrt , RRG 1937) and film dubbing, lending his voice to Lionel Barrymore ( life artist ) and Oliver Hardy ( Ritter ohne Furcht und Blame / Way Out West , German version 1937) .
Will Dohm was married to fellow actress Heli Finkenzeller , with whom he had two children, a son and a daughter. Their daughter Gaby Dohm also works as an actress. After being in the film comedy for health reasons The apple is off by Helmut Käutner could not participate, Dohm died on 28 November 1948 at the age of only 51 years from a serious heart disease in Munich. He was buried in the forest cemetery in Munich .
Filmography
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Web links
- Will Dohm in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Willi Dohm at www.cyranos.ch
- Will Dohm in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fechner, Dieter: Mühlhäuser Theaterbuch: Since 1600, p. 64 ( Memento of the original from September 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Will Dohm ( Memento of the original from October 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , film-zeit.de
- ↑ C. Bernd Sucher (ed.): Theater Lexikon. Authors, directors, actors, dramaturges, stage designers, critics , Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 1995, 2nd edition 1999, p. 139
- ↑ Will Dohm , Der Spiegel, 49/1948, December 4, 1948
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Dohm, Will |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dohm, Wilhelm (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne-Dellbrück |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 28, 1948 |
| Place of death | Munich |