Emil Hegetschweiler
Emil Hegetschweiler (* October 15, 1887 in Zurich as Emil Johann Hegetschweiler; † October 1, 1959 in Zurich ) was a Swiss actor. In addition to Henry Gretler, Alfred Rasser, Max Haufler and Ruedi Walter he was one of the five great nation actors Switzerland.
Life
Emil Hegetschweiler was the son of confectioner Emil Rudolf Hegetschweiler and Lina Ottiker. He made his father the doctrine as a baker and pastry-makers and took over his father's business in 1917. As a branch 1927 Confectionery helmet house was attached to the tea room a popular meeting place for artists was. He debuted in 1907 as an amateur actor and counted in 1934 to the founders of the Cabaret Cornichon. He joined at the Schauspielhaus and the Stadttheater on in Zurich and had his own Hegi Theatre. In addition to his theater work, he was also working for the radio and television.
The short film Hello United States! 1929 marked his debut in the cinema. With seduction in Switzerland followed in 1935, another short film. He also appeared in commercials as Füür the Huus! (1939 ), family M (1949 ), Mitenand gahts better ( 1949), A Song of Travel (1952 ), Family Junior M (1953) and Dream and Reality (1957 ) on. At the screenplay for Emil, stop talking about me mues mitenand! he wrote. However, his undiminished popularity he owed his many major and minor roles in the Swiss dialect film between 1933 and 1959. At the peak of his film work, the main role was in the film Bakery Zürrer who had written to him director Kurt Früh on the body.
Emil Hegetschweiler was married three times, most recently by Julia Honegger the sister of the composer Arthur Honegger. He died in 1959 during the filming of the movie you still have the Sons, yes ...? Director Lukas Ammann jumped in to replace him.