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Walther Süssenguth


1900 - 1964

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The actor Walther Süssenguth got in touch with the world of the theater at an early age because his father was a theater director.
After an education at the conservatory in Dresden Walther Süssenguth began his stage career in 1919 in Gera. It followed other engagements in Lübeck, Erfurt, Hannover, Frankfurt and Hamburg.

Finally he went ot Berlin where he appeared at different theaters. Later he also realised some plays as a director.

Walther Süssenguth joined the film business in 1934 and he impersonated numerous support roles in some big productions.
To his well-known movies of those years belong "Der Schimmelreiter" (34), "Der alte und der junge König" (35), "Familie Schimek" (35), "August der Starke" (36), "Kautschuk" (38), "Das Herz der Königin" (40), "Der Sündenbock" (40), "Ohm Krüger" (41), "Rembrandt" (42) and "Das alte Lied" (45).

He continued his film career successfully after World War II, besides feature movies he also took part in TV productions.
To these works belong "So ein Affentheater" (53), "Rittmeister Wronski" (54), "08/15 - 2. Teil" (55), "Die Ratten" (57), "Der Verdammte" (57), "Die kleinen Füchse" (62), an episode of the serial "Tim Frazer" (63) and "Der Fall Pinneberg" (64).

Besides his activity as an actor Walther Süssenguth also shot some movies as a director like "Die Ratten" (57) and "Der Mann unterm Bett" (64) and he wrote the screenplay for "Der Mann, der seinen Namen änderte" (58), "Der Mann unterm Bett" (64), "Der Diamant des Herrn Blomdal" (64) and "Der Fall Pinneberg" (64).

Moreover he was busy as a dubbing actor for famous Hollywood stars like Orson Welles, John McIntire, Spencer Tracy, Lon Chaney and Herbert Marshall.

His brother Richard Süssenguth became an actor too.


Other movies with Walther Süssenguth:
Ich sehne mich nach dir (34) Stützen der Gesellschaft (35) Frühlingsluft (38) Der grüne Kaiser (39) Zentrale Rio (39) Der Weg ins Freie (41) Menschen im Sturm (41) Die Entlassung (42) Der Verteidiger hat das Wort (44) Jan und die Schwindlerin (47) Die Stadt ist voller Geheimnisse (55) Oberarzt Dr. Solm (55) Eine Frau genügt nicht? (55) Zar und Zimmermann (56) Betrogen bis zumjüngsten Tag (57) Die Herberge (57) So war Mama (62) Der Diamant des Herrn Blomdal (64)

 
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