Biography of willy fritsch death

Source: DIF. In , after his company went bankrupt, the father took a position as head of production at the Siemens factory in Berlin. Young Wilhelm followed him two years later, and after finishing school, he took up an apprenticeship as a mechanic for Siemens which he didn't finish. Subsequently, he worked as a messenger and scrivener at the Distict Court in Berlin.

In , he took up acting lessons and was cast in smaller roles at the Deutsches Theater and the affiliated Kammerspiele, and finally was put under contract as an ensemble actor.

The younger one, Thomas Fritsch, was a successful actor as well.

He predominately played young lovers and comic parts, and in , he joined the Reinhardt Ensemble on its tour through Scandinavia. From on, Fritsch began to appear in movies, for instance "Miss Venus". In , he auditioned for the leading role of the blind artist in the melodrama "Seine Frau, die Unbekannte", which was then re-written in order to fit his rather sunny nature.

Fritsch convincingly played the would-be son of an aristocrat in Joe May's "Der Farmer aus Texas", which made him the new star of the production company Ufa, and the dashing Lieutenant Niki in Ludwig Berger's "Ein Walzertraum". In order to prepare him for his first sound film "Melodie des Herzens", Ufa had Willy Fritsch take singing lessons.

They followed "Liebeswalzer" with a string of successful musical comedies, including "Einbrecher", the box-office hit "Die drei von der Tankstelle", "Der Kongress tanzt" and "Ein blonder Traum".

Kattowitz, Upper Silesia, Germany [now Katowice, Slaskie, Poland] ; Died.

Fritsch had a long-term contract with Ufa and was paid a monthly salary of In , "Frau am Steuer" was to be the last collaboration between Fritsch and Harvey, who made twelve films together. After the end of the war, Fritsch relocated to Hamburg. Although still in high demand, Fritsch didn't find satisfying roles in West-Germany's post-war cinema.

He remained a popular figure, partly due to his work as the host of nostalgic radio shows.