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Walter Werner


1883 - 1956

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The actor Walter Werner began his career in the theater, where he initially appeared on small stages from 1900.
In 1919 he went to Berlin, where he appeared regularly at the Prussian State Theater for 25 years.
Walter Gotthard Werner (* 11. April 1883 in Görlitz; † 8. Januar 1956 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Film- und Theaterschauspieler, Hörspiel- und Synchronsprecher.
During this time he also came into contact with film and he impersonated his first roles in silent movies from 1920.
Among them were "Ships and Men" (20), "The Wandering Suitcase" (21), "I.N.R.I." (23), "Nju" (24) and "The Found Bride" (25).

After that he concentrated again more to his stage career, only from 1931 he appeared again in movies and he was cast in numerous supporting roles in well-known productions.
To his movies of the next years belong "Danton" (31), "Der Schimmelreiter" (34), "Der alte und der junge König" (35), "Der zerbrochene Krug" (35), "Togger" (37), "Der Mann, der Sherlock Holmes war" (37), "Zu neuen Ufern" (37), "Der Biberpelz" (37) and "Du und ich" (38).

Walter Werner continued his film career during the war years and he appeared in "Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes" (39), "Jud Süss" (40), "Ohm Krüger" (41), "Der grosse Schatten" (42), "Die Feuerzangenbowle" (44), "Der Engel mit dem Saitenspiel" (44) and "Der Fall Molander" (45).
Seine Grabstätte befindet sich auf dem Friedhof Dahlem.
After the war he continued his career both at the theater and in the film business and he remained active as an actor till his death.

His last appearances in front of the camera include "Herzkönig" (47), "Träum' nicht, Annette" (49), "Ruf des Gewissens" (49), "Meine Schwester und ich" (54) and "Alibi" (55).


Other movies with Walter Werner:
Die im Schatten gehen (21) Telephon 1313 (21) Freies Volk (25) Goethe lebt...! (32) Das Meer ruft (33) Hermine und die sieben Aufrechten (35) Traumulus (36) Schlussakkord (36) Stärker als Paragraphen (36) Maria, die Magd (36) Susanne im Bade (36) Die Kreutzersonate (37) Der Herrscher (37) Ein Volksfeind (37) Fanny Elssler (37) Gewitterflug zu Claudia (37) Die kleine und die grosse Liebe (38) Dreiklang (39) Schatten über St. Pauli (38) Der Fall Deruga (38) Flucht ins Dunkel (39) Waldrausch (39) Kornblumenblau (39) Wir tanzen um die Welt (39) Lauter Liebe (40) Der Triumph eines Genies (40) Fahrt ins Leben (40) Mein Leben für Irland (41) Friedemann Bach (41) Immer nur Du (41) Jakko (41) Jovan und Jovana (42) Die Entlassung (42) Ein glücklicher Mensch (43) Eine kleine Sommermelodie (44) Der Mann, dem man den Namen stahl (44) Der Erbförster (45) Das Leben geht weiter (45) Die Schenke zur ewigen Liebe (47) Corona (48) Strassenbekanntschaft (48) Retter der Mütter (50) Das Apostelspiel (55) Geheimnisse einer Ehe (56)

 
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