Famous Germans – Theo Lingen

Image attribution: Willy Pragher “Theo Lingen (10 June 1903 – 10 November 1978), born Franz Theodor Schmitz, was a German actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1929 and 1978, and directed 21 films between 1936 and 1960.” (source Wikipedia) Fancy reading about him in German? Here is the … Read more

German actors: Joachim Fuchsberger

Image attribution: Manfred Werner  German actor Joachim Fuchsberger was born on the 11th March 1927 in Stuttgart and died on the 11th September 2014 in Grünwald, Bavaria.   Joachim, also known as ‘Blacky’, Fuchsberger was a successful actor and TV host. He played many good characters in Edgar Wallace films. I found a few interesting videos on … Read more

German actors: Götz George

Image attribution: Schrapers German actor Götz George was born on the 23rd July 1938 in Berlin and died on the 19th June 2016 in Hamburg. His acting career started off on stage and with small film roles until in 1981 he became Horst Schimanski in Tatort. Tatort is the longest-running German TV drama, showing feature-length episodes … Read more

German actors: Willy Millowitsch

Image credit: Elke Wetzig German stage and TV actor Willy Millowitsch was born on the 8th January 1909. He had his own theatre, the Volkstheater Millowitsch in Cologne (now in the hands of his son Peter). For non Germans he was probably most known for his part in ‘National Lampoon’s European Vacation’ (German title ‘Hilfe, die … Read more

German actors: Heinz Rühmann

Image attribution: Deutsche Fotothek Heinz Rühmann is one of my favourite German actors and as it would have been his birthday today I thought I would be a good idea to tell you a bit about him. Heinz Rühmann was born on the 7th March 1902 in Essen, Germany. He became famous in the 1930 … Read more

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