Hans Marr
Hans Marr, born Johann Julius Richter ( born July 22, 1878 in Breslau, German Empire; † 30 March 1949 in Vienna, Austria ) was a German actor.
Life
He began to study art history, but then took acting lessons and made his debut in 1897 at the Royal Theatre in Berlin. His other stage stations were Gotha and Görlitz (1898 ), Breslau (1901 ), Graz (1902 ) and Cologne ( 1904).
In 1905 he came to the Lessing Theater in Berlin, finally caught up with him in 1914 Hugo Thimig at the Burgtheater in Vienna, where he apart from the period 1919-1924 was a member until his death. The stately Marr was especially heroic performer and played particularly in plays by Gerhart Hauptmann, with whom he was friends.
Since 1913, he received film roles and also took over here character roles like that of Moses in the epic film The Slave Queen (1924 ) and twice in the title role of William Tell (1923 and 1934, also in a French-language version). In the Haydn Biography The musician of Eisenstadt he embodied the Prince Esterhazy.