Werner Peters
Werner Peters ( * July 7, 1918 in Werlitzsch, † March 30, 1971 in Wiesbaden ) was a German actor and voice actor.
Life
Peters got acting lessons from Lina Carstens ( 1935-37 ) in Leipzig. His first engagement was as a young comedian with 18 years of Stralsund. He then worked at the old theater in Leipzig and by 1939 in Mainz.
After the Second World War, Peter was brought by Erich Engel at the Munich Chamber Games and 1947 committed by Wolfgang Langhoff to East Berlin to the chamber games and the German theater. His first film role was played by Peters then in Between Yesterday and Tomorrow (1947). Between 1948 and 1955, Werner Peters turned in the East German DEFA, including his best-known film, the adaptation of Heinrich Mann 's novel Man of Straw (1951 ) directed by Wolfgang Staudte.
For the role of opportunistic up fawning and passing down Diederich Hessling Peters was awarded the National Prize of the GDR. This role type should adhere Peters steadily during his film career further. Staudtes film was released in the West German reality of the Adenauer era until 1957 and then only in circumcised at 12 minutes version. Until he could be shown in full, again had to pass around 30 years. Other well-known films from Peters DEFA time are The Beaver Coat (1949 ), The Story of Little Mook (1953) and Ernst Thalmann - leader in its class (1954).
Since 1955, Peters lived in Germany, first in Dusseldorf, then in Berlin. Here he first played with in the Hotel Adlon (1955 ) by Josef von Baky and July 20 (1955 ) by Falk Harnack. 1958, Werner Peters in Berlin, the dubbing studio Rondo movie. In the following years, Peters was a busy actor in German and international films, predominantly occupied as a negative character in supporting roles.
Among the best known films include night, when the devil came (1957 ) with Mario Adorf, The Heart of St. Pauli (1957 ) with Hans Albers, Das Mädchen Rosemarie (1958 ) with Nadja Tiller, The Claw (1958 ) with Hansjörg Felmy. Roses for the Prosecutor (1959 ) with Walter Giller and Martin Held led Peter back together with director Wolfgang Staudte.
The 1960s were extremely productive for Werner Peters. He was, among other things in four Doctor Mabuse and Edgar Wallace movies, and in the Johannes Mario Simmel film must not always be caviar ( 1961). On television, was Werner Peters, among other guest in the series The Criminal Museum and Crimes of the track. Aside from acting, he has written the dialogues to The Avengers and melon.
In addition, Peters still found the time to lend various international films starring his distinctive voice as a voice actor. In 1963 produced resynchronization of the classic The Third Man Orson Welles he said. He lent his voice and Rod Steiger, Walter Slezak, Mickey Shaughnessy, George C. Scott, Donald Pleasence, Van Heflin, Dan Duryea, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Carson, and many others. Even his German colleague Friedrich Joloff ( known from the series Space Patrol ) once had to make do with his voice, in Secret Files: M ( 1959).
Peters, who was married from 1966 to Ursula Burow and had a son, died during the premiere tour for his last feature film The dead from the Thames to a heart attack. His grave is in the cemetery military road in the Berlin district of Westend.