Kurt Waitzmann

Kurt Friedrich Rudolf Waitzmann ( born January 30, 1905 in Sander village; † 21 May 1985 in Berlin) was a German actor and voice actor.

Biography

Waitz man took the end of the 20's acting classes in Mannheim, where he made ​​his stage debut. Other stage stations were Dessau and Berlin. This Waitzmann played with not only in dramatic productions but also in musicals, for example as Colonel Pickering in My Fair Lady ( Berlin).

In 1937 he was in Karl Ritter war film company Michael made ​​his feature film debut. He played alongside Gustav Knuth in melodrama between Hamburg and Haiti, Erik Odes film adaptation of Wilhelm Speyer struggle of Tertia, in Robert Siodmak's East-West drama tunnel 28 and Paul Verhoeven's novel of a seventeen year old.

From 1964 his face was known to the West German cinema audiences for crime novels by Edgar Wallace. In a total of seven films he played under three different directors (Franz Josef Gottlieb, Alfred Vohrer and Harald pure linen ) mostly dubious characters: the tomb with the Mystery Castle, The Witcher (both 1964), Neues vom Hexer, The sinister monk (both 1965), the hunchback of Soho (1966 ), the Monk with the whip (1967) and the Monster of Blackwood Castle ( 1968).

In the second major film series of the German cinema of the 60s had Waitzmann with: in the Karl May movies Income wilde Kurdistan (1965 ) Winnetou and Shatterhand in the Valley and the Dead (1968 ).

He has also appeared in numerous television productions such as road sweepers with time has come and Tim Frazer from the series of film adaptations Durbridge.

In addition, he worked from 1950 as extensive as voice actors and lent his voice to, inter alia, Eddie Albert ( Airport 80), Lew Ayres ( Battlestar Galactica ), Whit Bissell ( Warlock ), Cyril Cusack ( The Black Fox ), Leif Erickson ( u Each house of cards a break ), James Mason ( the Verdict ), André Morell ( Ben Hur ), Harry Morgan ( Cimarron ), Charles Vanel ( Three Brothers ) and Robert Sterling in the film version of the musical Show Boat Mississippi melody.

Waitz man was in his first marriage from 1939 married to fellow actress Anneliese Uhlig and his second wife, Waltraud Hongxin, who was also active as an actress and voice actress. His brother Ottokar Runze made ​​himself as a director, performer and speaker name.

Filmography (selection)

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