Willy Fritsch

Born: 1901-01-27 in Kattowitz, Upper Silesia, Germany [now Katowice, Slaskie, Poland]

Died: 1973-07-13

Known For: Acting

Biography

Willy Fritsch war der bekannteste deutsche Schauspieler neben Hans Albers und Heinz Rühmann in den vierziger Jahren, er drehte mehrere Filme mit Lillian Harvey bis diese nach Frankreich emigrierte Er ist der Vater des Schauspielers Thomas Fritsch

Filmography

1961

Was macht Papa denn in Italien? as Studienrat Hanselmann
Isola Bella as Konsul Stülcken

1960

Sweetheart of the Gods as Gunzel
Wenn die Heide blüht as Dr. Erdmann

1959

Hubertusjagd as Otto von Lindenberg

1958

Sin Began with Eve as Gregor
Schwarzwälder Kirsch as Arthur Altenberg
Zwei Herzen im Mai as Gesenius

1957

Crazy Otto as Alexander Korty
Die Beine von Dolores as Herr Lehmann

1956

Schwarzwaldmelodie as Herbert Olberg
The Three from the Filling Station
The Song of the Don Cossacks as Chefarzt Dr. Burger
Wo die alten Wälder rauschen as Harald Rehm
Solange noch die Rosen blüh'n as Richard Kühn

1955

Liebe ist ja nur ein Märchen as Dr. Lindenberg
Der fröhliche Wanderer as Kurt Henner
Adventure in Rio as Silvester
Three from the Gasoline Station as Konsul Willy Kossmann
Drei Tage Mittelarrest as Major von Faber

1954

Hungarian Rhapsody as Großherzog
Weg in die Vergangenheit as Werner Schrey
At the Order of the Czar as Le Grand-Duc
Maxie as Direktor Walter Rhomberg

1953

Lady's Choice as Herbert Blank
When the White Lilacs Bloom Again as Willy Forster
Von Liebe reden wir später as Professor Christian Hollmann

1952

Ferien vom Ich as Dr. Hartung
Am Brunnen vor dem Tore as Roberts Vater
Mikosch rückt ein as Oberst von Körömsbös

1951

German Film Award as Self
Schön muß man sein as Jupp Holunder
Die verschleierte Maja
The Heath Is Green as Amtsrichter

1950

Mädchen mit Beziehungen as Dr. Kobel
Schatten der Nacht as Ernst Magnus
König für eine Nacht as King Ludwig I of Bavaria
Die wunderschöne Galathee as Marcel Thomas

1949

Kätchen für alles as Georg Vorster
Derby as Dahlen
Zwölf Herzen für Charly as Dr. Wolfgang Amadeus Wagenbichler / Charly
Hallo - Sie haben Ihre Frau vergessen as Dr. Hans Ollendorf

1948

Bambi as Self
Finale as Dr. Thomas Benninghoff
Film Without Title as als er selbst

1946

Die Fledermaus as Gefängnisdirektor Frank

1945

Die tolle Susanne
Das Leben geht weiter as Axel Aressen

1944

Junge Adler as training manager Roth

1943

Der kleine Grenzverkehr as Georg Rentmeister
Die Gattin as Walter Baumann
Liebesgeschichten as Werner Lüdtke

1942

Geliebte Welt as Generaldirektor Dr. Blohm
Vienna Blood as Count Georg Wolkersheim
Attack on Baku as Hans Romberg, Security Service Officer

1941

Dreimal Hochzeit as Fürst Alexander Woronin
Women Are Better Diplomats as Rittmeister von Karstein
Leichte Muse as Pe Pe Müller

1940

Das leichte Mädchen as Dietz Frobelius
Die unvollkommene Liebe as Thomas Holk
The Chaste Beloved as Pierre Dugard, Plantagenbesitzer

1939

Die Geliebte as Therese
Woman at the Wheel as Paul Banky
Streit um den Knaben Jo as Hans Eckardt

1938

A Prussian Love Story as Prinz Wilhelm von Preußen
Am seidenen Faden as Richard Hellwerth
Das Mädchen von gestern Nacht as Stanley Stalton
Between the Parents as Dr. Hans Ravenborg, Arzt

1937

Seven Slaps as William Tenson MacPhab
Menschen ohne Vaterland as Oberleutnant Maltzach
Gewitterflug zu Claudia as Droste - Flugkapitän

1936

Boccaccio as Petruccio, Stadtschreiber
Lucky Kids as Gil Taylor, Reporter

1935

Amphitryon: Happiness from the Clouds as Jupiter / Amphitryon
Black Roses as Erkki Collin

1934

The Island as Raak, Handelsattaché
Die Töchter ihrer Exzellenz as Graf Marenzi d. Jüngere
Prinzessin Turandot as Kalaf

1933

Waltz War as Pauker Gustl
Cairo Season as Tobby Blackwell
A Prince's Young Love as Fürst Leopold von Anhalt-Dessau

1932

The Cheeky Devil as Junger Mann
A Mad Idea as Paul Lüders
I by Day, You by Night as Hans
A Blonde Dream as Willy I

1931

In the Employ of the Secret Service as Thomas Higgins
Her Grace Commands as Leutnant Karl von Conradi
Congress Dances as Zar Alexander von Russland / Uralsky

1930

Burglars as Durand
The Three from the Filling Station as Willy
Hokuspokus as Peter Bille
Liebeswalzer as Bobby Fould

1929

Woman in the Moon as Wolf Helius
Her Dark Spot as Erik Termeulen
Melody of the Heart as János Garas

1928

Spies as No. 326
Schuldig
Hungarian Rhapsody as Lt. Franz Graf v. Turoczy
Der Tanzstudent as Hans Amberg (Tanzstudent)
Docks of Hamburg as Klaus Brandt

1927

The Last Waltz as Graf Dimitri Sarrasow
His Late Excellency as Fürst Ernst Albrecht

1926

Die Boxerbraut as Fritz Spitz
The Waltz Dream as Nicholas Graf Preyn
The Chaste Susanne as René Boislurette
A Sister of Six as Count Horkay
Die Fahrt ins Abenteuer