Willy Witte

This article is about the actor Willy Witte. For other people see Willi Witte .

Willy Witte grave

Willy Witte (born July 26, 1908 in Braunschweig ; † December 8, 1998 ) was a German actor .

biography

At the age of seven, Witte received his first extra role in Braunschweig. After graduating from school, he completed an acting training and found an artistic home in Hamburg. There he played u. a. at the Operettenhaus , but also made a name for himself as a folk actor at the St. Pauli Theater .

Witte had a long friendship with Richard Tauber , whom he brought to the Netherlands in 1933 by bribing the German customs officers.

In 1937 Witte also made his feature film debut in the comedy Five Million Looking for an Heir . In the following years he played in light entertainment such as Der Florentiner Hut (with Heinz Rühmann ), Women Are Better Diplomats , We Dance Around the World , Guest Performance in Paradise , Bachelor's Paradise , Opera Ball , crime films such as Detective Inspector Eyck and counterfeiters , adventure films such as Alarm on Station III , historical dramas like The Great King , but also in tendentious war films like Stukas and … riding for Germany . His few post-war productions include the music film The Third From Right and Gripsholm Castle by Kurt Tucholsky .

On television he took on various guest appearances in series and film series such as Stahlnetz , Tatort , Special Department K1 , Percy Stuart and Großstadtrevier from the 1950s .

Witte also worked as a spokesman for radio (including Die Hour des Huflattichs , NDR 1980) and children's radio plays (including Der Schut ) and as a voice actor lent his voice to various German-language versions of American film productions (including Eugene Deckers in Nacht ohne Sterne ).

Willy Witte died at the age of 90. He was buried in the Ohlsdorf cemetery . The grave is in grid square H 13.

Filmography (selection)

1937: Five million are looking for an heir 1938: Pour le Mérite 1938: Guest performance in paradise 1938: One night in May 1939: We dance around the world 1939: white lilac 1939: hen party 1939: Bachelor's Paradise 1939: Opera Ball 1939: Hurray! I am dad! 1939: women are better diplomats 1939: The strange woman 1939: The Florentine hat 1939: Three fathers around Anna 1939: Alarm on Station III 1940: girl in the anteroom 1940: Detective Inspector Eyck 1940: counterfeiter 1940: Bismarck 1940: Kora Terry 1940: imperfect love

1942: the great king 1940: Warning! Enemy hears with! 1941: … rides for Germany 1941: Light muse 1941: Stukas 1941: illusion 1942: hands up! 1942: love me! 1943: I entrust you with my wife 1950: The third from the right 1950: Abundance of life 1954: dance in the sun 1958: The money that's on the street 1958: steel net - the blue cap 1959: The Other ( Durbridge Multipart ) 1963: Gripsholm Castle 1970: On the trail of the perpetrator (TV series) - wanted woman 1970: On the trail of the perpetrator - dolls don't talk 1972: crime scene - flotsam 1973: On the trail of the perpetrator - blind hatred 1980: Crime scene - grazing shot 1982: Tatort - Trimmel and Isolde

Web links

• Willy Witte in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Some sources, u. a. filmportal.de give Witte 1912 as the year of birth. However, on July 26, 1993, the Hamburger Morgenpost dedicated an article to him on the occasion of his 85th birthday ( The good god means good to me ) in which the jubilee commented on his special day.
2. ↑ The dear God means well with me , Hamburger Morgenpost, July 26, 1993.
3. ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Willy Witte