Ernst Dumcke

Born: 1887-11-13 in Mannheim, Germany

Died: 1940-06-21

Known For: Acting

Biography

Ernst Dumcke was a German actor. He was married to actress Traute Carlsen for a few years. Character actor, the son of the C.E.O. of a major Frankfurt insurance company. On stage from 1902 and ensemble member of the Deutschen Theater from 1919. Gave up acting for a decade to work in his father's insurance business, before resuming his career in 1929. On screen, invariably cast as authority figures, with a special penchant towards high-ranking officers and noblemen.

Filmography

1940

Verwandte sind auch Menschen as Buddy Drops
Angelika as Generalstaatsanwalt

1939

Parkstrasse 13 as Krininalrat Marquardt
Another Experience as Helmut von Langendorff
It Was a Gay Ballnight as Dmitri Pawlowitsch Miljukin
War es der im 3. Stock? as Direktor Wolters
Kennwort Machin as Ernst Dumcke
Hallo Janine as Revuedirektor

1937

Pan as Der Baron
Wenn du eine Schwiegermutter hast as Thomas Möbius
The Glass Ball as Hofrat Dr. Hörnigger
Manja Valewska as Graf Bodo Valewski

1936

Familienparade as Graf Sven Stjernenhö
Skandal um die Fledermaus
Mädchen in Weiß as Opera Director

1935

General Housecleaning as Sein Vater
The King's Prisoner as Fürst von Fürstenberg
Petersburger Nächte as Count Vassitchikoff
Hangmen, Women, and Soldiers as Capt. Eckau
Der Außenseiter as Torsten

1934

The Fugitive from Chicago as Generaldirektor v. Oetten
Schön ist es, verliebt zu sein as Kammersänger Larsen
Der letzte Walzer as Großfürst Paul Iwanowitsch
The Eternal Dream as Der Dichter
A Woman with Power of Attorney as Bankdirektor Brüggemann
Love and Alarum as Russian colonel

1933

Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez as Kommissar Léron
Das Lied der Schwarzen Berge as Schenk
Spione am Werk as Hauptmann Romanelli

1932

Grandstand for General Staff as Hoheit
Strafsache van Geldern as Dr. Vierklee, Verteidiger
The Countess of Monte Cristo as Filmregisseur

1931

Madame Has an Exit as Herr Venier
Panic in Chicago as Kommissar Renard