Willy Fritsch

Infobox actor

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name = Willy Fritsch
birthdate = birth date|1901|1|27
birthplace = Kattowitz, Silesia Imperial Germany
deathdate = death date and age|1973|7|13|1901|1|27
deathplace = Hamburg, Germany
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occupation = Actor
yearsactive = 1921 - 1964
imdb_id = 0295992 Willy Fritsch (27 January 1901 - 13 July 1973) was a popular leading man in German silent motion-pictures, and the father of actor Thomas Fritsch.

Biography

Born Wilhelm Anton Frohs in Kattowitz in German Silesia, in 1912 he moved with his family to Berlin, where he planned to become a mechanic. In 1919 he debuted with a small role at prestigious "Max Reinhardt Denkmal" theatre, and made his feature debut in films as a supporting player in 1921's "Miss Venus". Fritsch remained a popular juvenile figure in films and the theater, but his real success came after being paired with Lilian Harvey in 1928, and they appeared regularly together in movies released every year thereafter until 1937. He managed to survive the Hitler era without any loss of prestige, and continued to appear on stage and in films until the early 1960s; his final film was 1964's "I Learned It From Father".

Filmography

Actor

Writer

*"Traumbus" (1979)
*"Rich and Respectable" (1976)
*"Die Kleine mit dem süßen Po" (1975)
*"Venus Raiders" (1974)
*"Cutting Loose at the Wolfgangsee" (1972)
*"Einer spinnt immer" (1971)
*"Elisabeth von Österreich" (1971)
*"Fall Regine Krause" (1970)

External links

*imdb name|id=0295992|name=Willy Fritsch
* [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=607 Photographs of Willy Fritsch]