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

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

1959

Hubertusjagd as Otto von Lindenberg

1958

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

1957

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

1956

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

1955

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

1954

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

1953

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

1952

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

1951

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

1950

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

1949

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

1948

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

1946

Die Fledermaus as Gefängnisdirektor Frank

1945

Das Leben geht weiter as Axel Aressen
Die tolle Susanne

1944

Junge Adler as training manager Roth

1943

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

1942

Vienna Blood as Count Georg Wolkersheim
Geliebte Welt as Generaldirektor Dr. Blohm
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
Streit um den Knaben Jo as Hans Eckardt
Woman at the Wheel as Paul Banky

1938

A Prussian Love Story as Prinz Wilhelm von Preußen
Das Mädchen von gestern Nacht as Stanley Stalton
Am seidenen Faden as Richard Hellwerth
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

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

1935

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

1934

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

1933

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

1932

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

1931

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

1930

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

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
Docks of Hamburg as Klaus Brandt
Der Tanzstudent as Hans Amberg (Tanzstudent)
Schuldig
Hungarian Rhapsody as Lt. Franz Graf v. Turoczy

1927

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

1926

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