Gustav Knuth
Gustav Adolf Karl Friedrich Knuth (* July 7, 1901 in Braunschweig, † 1 February 1987 in Küsnacht, Switzerland ) was an actor. Originally German nationality, he took in the period after the Second World War, the Swiss citizenship.
Life
From Father forced into a locksmith apprenticeship, he broke off the course and took acting lessons with the actor Casimir Paris in Braunschweig. He received in 1918 in Hildesheim his first engagement. This was followed from 1919 to 1922 the city theater Harburg. Between 1922 and 1925 he played in Basel; 1933 to 1936 he worked at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. From there he was committed to the Prussian State Theater in Berlin, where he remained until 1945.
Between 1945 and 1949, Knuth was, inter alia, again worked at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. 1946 appointed him to the British occupying power as representatives of the cultural sector in the appointee citizenship Hamburg. In the first election for citizenship in the same year he appeared as the leading candidate of the Free Cultural Policy at the Federal, but was unsuccessful and did not soak into the Parliament.
From 1949 he was part of the ensemble of the Schauspielhaus Zurich. There he played, among others, along with Therese Giehse.
Friedrich Dürrenmatt wrote Knuth for the role of the scientist Beutler in his play The Physicists. This piece was staged in 1964 by Fritz Umgelter with Knuth and Giehse in them written on the body of roles for television. He was also seen in the Sissi trilogy as Duke Max in Bavaria on the side of Romy and Magda Schneider.
Since 1935, Knuth was also in front of the film camera. As his best film he described the 1944 rotated, but only in 1946 listed the film Under the bridges under the direction of Helmut Käutner. With the success of television in the 1960s, Knuth opened up a wider audience. In the role of the veterinarian Dr. Hofer in the series all my animals he played quickly in the hearts of his audience. During the 1960s and 1970s he was one of the most prominent German television actors and has starred in numerous films and series popular, good-natured characters.
Another television had success Gustav Knuth in 1967/68 with the family series Big man, what now? . In popular circus series somersault he embodied the head of the family of artistes. The 26-part family series Over at Lehmann in 1971 was well received. 1979 Knuth was seen under the direction of Wolfgang Staudte as Iron Gustav in the eponymous miniseries. His last movie role came in 1981 in The Bockerer.
He was also every now and then worked as a radio speaker. So he had held in 1953 under the direction of Edward Hermann as Philip Droste one of the lead roles in the third Paul Temple mini-series Paul Temple and the Vandyke by Francis Durbridge.
Gustav Knuth was married to Gustl bush; their son Klaus Knuth (1935-2012) was also an actor. They were divorced in the 1930s. Knuth then married his colleague Elisabeth Lennartz. His granddaughter is actress Nicole Knuth, who was honored as one half of the duo stages Knuth and Tucek 2011 with the Salzburger Stier.
Published in 1974 Knuth his memoirs with a smile in his buttonhole. He died in 1987 of a heart attack. His final resting place is located in the cemetery of background Riet / Küsnacht near Zurich.
Awards
Gustav Knuth in 1935 appointed to the state actresses. For his performance in The Liar, he was in 1962 awarded the Ernst Lubitsch Prize. In the years 1967, 1968 and 1980 respectively Knuth received a Golden, and in 1970 a Silver Bambi, in 1976 he received the Golden Camera. For his many years of excellent work in German films, he was honored in 1974 with the film strip in gold.
Films (selection )
Gustav Knuth has participated in more than 100 film and television productions.
Movies
TV Games
TV series
Quotes
" Those who hold a position for too long, gets crooked heels. "