Hans Junkermann (actor)

Hans Ferdinand Jungermann ( born February 24, 1872 in Stuttgart, † June 12, 1943 in Berlin) was a German actor.

Life

The son of the court actor August Junker man and his wife, actress Rosa Laseur, graduated from high school and joined after an aborted study on to a Militärpädagogium in Berlin of his father's touring company. There was a theater tour in the U.S. and his debut in the play Uncle Bräsig of Fritz Reuter on October 31, 1893 at the Central Theater in Berlin, where his father had taken the lead. Further stations Junker 's as a theater actor was 1895, the Thalia Theater in Hamburg, the theater of Weimar, the Court Theatre in Wiesbaden and since 1896, the Thalia Theater in Berlin. From 1902 to 1915 he was part of the ensemble of the Trianon theater.

In 1911 he made ​​his debut as a silent film actor. Because of enticing other movie offers he dissolved in 1915 his theater contract and was limited in the following years to guest appearances on the Berlin stage. The lanky acting Junker man whose trademark was his mustache, evolved into the busy supporting cast of German film. In 1930 he played in Hollywood three times in the German versions of American productions. Back in Germany, he took over from 1931 to 1934 head of the Schauspielhaus Steglitz, 1933, he was co-founder of film and theater clubs fellowship of the German artist. In 1940 he received the appointment to the state actresses.

To the last he stood at theaters in Berlin on the stage, for example, in the theater at Schiffbauerdamm. Junker man was married since 1911 to actress Julia Serda and the stepfather of Charlotte Serda. His tomb is located in the cemetery army in Berlin. This has already been leveled.

Junker 's brother Fritz (1883-1942) was also an actor.

Filmography (selection)

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