Portrait of Willy Fritsch

Willy Fritsch

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

Born: January 27, 1901

Place of Birth: Kattowitz, Upper Silesia, Germany [now Katowice, Slaskie, Poland]

Filmography

1964
I Learned It from Father

as Clemens Andermann

1961
Isola Bella

as Konsul Stülcken

1961
Was macht Papa denn in Italien?

as Studienrat Hanselmann

1960
Wenn die Heide blüht

as Dr. Erdmann

1959
Hubertusjagd

as Otto von Lindenberg

1958
Schwarzwälder Kirsch

as Arthur Altenberg

1957
Crazy Otto

as Alexander Korty

1957
Die Beine von Dolores

as Herr Lehmann

1956
1956
The Song of the Don Cossacks

as Chefarzt Dr. Burger

1956
Schwarzwaldmelodie

as Herbert Olberg

1955
Three from the Gasoline Station

as Konsul Willy Kossmann

1955
1955
Drei Tage Mittelarrest

as Major von Faber

1955
Adventure in Rio

as Silvester

1955
1954
Weg in die Vergangenheit

as Werner Schrey

1954
Maxie

as Direktor Walter Rhomberg

1954
1954
Hungarian Rhapsody

as Großherzog

1953
Damenwahl

as Herbert Blank

1953
Von Liebe reden wir später

as Professor Christian Hollmann

1952
Ferien vom Ich

as Dr. Hartung

1951
The Heath Is Green

as Amtsrichter

1951
Schön muß man sein

as Jupp Holunder

1950
König für eine Nacht

as King Ludwig I of Bavaria

1950
1949
Kätchen für alles

as Georg Vorster

1949
Derby

as Dahlen

1948
Finale

as Dr. Thomas Benninghoff

1948
Film Without Title

as als er selbst

1948
Bambi

as Self

1946
Die Fledermaus

as Gefängnisdirektor Frank

1944
Junge Adler

as training manager Roth

1943
Die Gattin

as Walter Baumann

1943
Der kleine Grenzverkehr

as Georg Rentmeister

1943
Liebesgeschichten

as Werner Lüdtke

1942
Geliebte Welt

as Generaldirektor Dr. Blohm

1942
Attack on Baku

as Hans Romberg, Security Service Officer

1942
Vienna Blood

as Count Georg Wolkersheim

1941
Women Are Better Diplomats

as Rittmeister von Karstein

1941
Dreimal Hochzeit

as Fürst Alexander Woronin

1940
Die keusche Geliebte

as Pierre Dugard, Plantagenbesitzer

1940
1939
1939
Woman at the Wheel

as Paul Banky

1938
1937
Seven Slaps

as William Tenson MacPhab

1937
Menschen ohne Vaterland

as Oberleutnant Maltzach

1936
Lucky Kids

as Gil Taylor, Reporter

1935
Black Roses

as Erkki Collin

1935
1934
Die Insel

as Raak, Handelsattaché

1934
Die Töchter ihrer Exzellenz

as Graf Marenzi d. Jüngere

1933
A Prince's Young Love

as Fürst Leopold von Anhalt-Dessau

1933
Waltz War

as Pauker Gustl

1933
Cairo Season

as Tobby Blackwell

1932
A Blonde Dream

as Willy I

1932
A Mad Idea

as Paul Lüders

1932
The Cheeky Devil

as Junger Mann

1931
The Congress Dances

as Zar Alexander von Russland / Uralsky

1931
Her Grace Commands

as Leutnant Karl von Conradi

1930
Burglars

as Durand

1930
Hokuspokus

as Peter Bille

1930
Liebeswalzer

as Bobby Fould

1929
Melody of the Heart

as János Garas

1929
Woman in the Moon

as Wolf Helius

1929
Her Dark Spot

as Erik Termeulen

1928
Docks of Hamburg

as Klaus Brandt

1928
Der Tanzstudent

as Hans Amberg (Tanzstudent)

1928
Spies

as No. 326

1928
Hungarian Rhapsody

as Lt. Franz Graf v. Turoczy

1927
His Late Excellency

as Fürst Ernst Albrecht

1927
The Last Waltz

as Graf Dimitri Sarrasow

1926
A Sister of Six

as Count Horkay

1926
The Chaste Susanne

as René Boislurette

1926
Die Boxerbraut

as Fritz Spitz

1925
1924
1923
His Wife, the Unknown

as Wilbur Crawford