# Walter Giller

Walter Giller (23 August 1927 – 15 December 2011) was a German actor. He was very successful in the 1950s and 1960s, when he was often seen as a comedic leading man. One of his most successful and more serious roles was in Roses for the Prosecutor.
Giller was born in Recklinghausen. In 1956, he married actress Nadja Tiller; they had two children and appeared together in a number of films. The couple resided in Lugano, Switzerland for many years. In 2009, he was diagnosed with lung cancer. He underwent a major (but unsuccessful) operation. He died in Hamburg in 2011, aged 84.

## Selected filmography

* Artists' Blood (1949)
* Kein Engel ist so rein (1950)
* The Girl from the South Seas (1950) .... Lothar
* Insel ohne Moral (1950) .... Dicky
* Falschmünzer am Werk (1951) .... Conny Hauser
* Die Frauen des Herrn S. (1951) .... Platon
* Sensation in San Remo (1951) .... Ernst
* Wildwest in Oberbayern (1951) .... 2.Aufnahmeleiter Schmittchen
* Primanerinnen [de] (1951) .... Thomas
* The Colourful Dream (1952) .... Benno
* The Thief of Bagdad (1952) .... Ommar
* Der Mann in der Wanne (1952)
* Weekend in Paradise (1952) .... Ewald Bach
* The Day Before the Wedding (1952) .... Schurisch
* Fräulein Casanova [de] (1953) .... Fritz Schromm
* Scandal at the Girls' School (1953) .... Paul Heller
* Irene in Trouble (1953) .... Dr. Konrad Berko
* Southern Nights (1953) .... Thomas
* Secretly Still and Quiet (1953) .... Peter Vondenhoff
* Hit Parade (1953) .... Walter Lorenz
* The Great Lola (1954) .... Dr. Hugo Bendler
* She (1954) .... Ypsilon
* Ten on Every Finger (1954) .... Fips
* Music, Music and Only Music (1955) .... Karl Zimmermann
* Swedish Girl [de] (1955) .... Rolf
* The Three from the Filling Station (1955) .... Fritz
* Charley's Aunt (1956) .... Charley Sallmann
* The Bath in the Barn (1956) .... Peter Korff
* Ich und meine Schwiegersöhne (1956) .... Fred Windberg
* Black Forest Melody (1956) .... Luggi
* The Captain from Köpenick (1956) .... Willy Wormser
* Das Sonntagskind (1956) .... Bosty Mc. Millar
* Was die Schwalbe sang (1956) .... Rudi Winter, Student
* Nichts als Ärger mit der Liebe [de] (1956)
* Spy for Germany (1956) .... Billy Cole
* Der schräge Otto (1957) .... Otto Schräge
* Das Glück liegt auf der Straße (1957) .... Felix Rabe
* Seamen [de] (1957) .... Rolli
* The Big Chance (1957) .... Walter Gerber
* Drei Mann auf einem Pferd (1957) .... Erwin Tucke
* Spring in Berlin (1957) .... Peer Peterson
* Two Hearts in May (1958) .... Ralf Siedler
* Voyage to Italy, Complete with Love (1958) .... Hans Fichte
* Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1958) .... Bobby Dodd
* Arena of Fear (1959) .... Dody, Musical-Clown
* Liebe auf krummen Beinen [de] (1959) .... Daniel Mogge
* Du rififi chez les femmes (1959) .... Clochard (uncredited)
* Bobby Dodd greift ein (1959) .... Bobby Dodd
* Roses for the Prosecutor (1959) .... Rudi Kleinschmidt
* Peter Voss, Hero of the Day (1959) .... Bobby Dodd
* That's No Way to Land a Man (1959) .... Micki Flunder
* Heldinnen [de] (1960) .... Just
* Ingeborg (1960) .... Ottokar
* The Nina B. Affair (1961) .... Holden
* Three Men in a Boat (1961) .... Jerome (Jo) Sommer
* Two Among Millions (1961) .... Paulchen
* Beloved Impostor (1961) .... Robert Bolle
* The Dream of Lieschen Mueller (1961) .... Autograph hunter
* The Burning Court (1962) .... Michel Boissand
* Liebling, ich muß dich erschießen [de] (1962) .... Tom Fleming
* Snow White and the Seven Jugglers (1962) .... Norbert Lang, Hotelier
* Three Penny Opera [de] (1963) .... Beggar Filch
* The Conjugal Bed (1963) .... Father Mariano
* The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle (1963) .... Edgar
* Gripsholm Castle (1963) .... Kurt
* And So to Bed [de] (1963) .... Polizist
* Encounter in Salzburg (1964) .... Kröner, Insurance Agent
* The Last Ride to Santa Cruz (1964) .... Woody Johnson
* Dead Woman from Beverly Hills (1964)
* Tonio Kröger (1964) .... Merchant
* Fanny Hill (1964) .... Hemingway
* Legend of a Gunfighter (1964) .... Spike Sunday
* DM-Killer [de] (1965) .... Charly Bauer
* Shots in Threequarter Time (1965) .... Renato Balli
* Legacy of the Incas (1965) .... Fritz Kiesewetter
* I Am Looking for a Man (1966) .... Dr. Pleskau
* Killer's Carnival (1966) .... Karl (Vienna segment)
* The Pipes (1966) .... George Randy
* Action Man (1967) .... Maurice Labrousse
* Johnny Banco (1967) .... Inspector Jakubowski
* Love Thy Neighbour (1967) .... Forfatter Sven Gjeholm
* A Fine Pair (1968) .... Franz
* Klassenkeile [de] (1969) .... Dr. Wagner
* The New Adventures of Snow White (1969) .... Hans I
* Gentlemen in White Vests (1970) .... Inspektor Walter Knauer
* Die Feuerzangenbowle (1970) .... Dr. Hans Pfeiffer
* Ein Käfer auf Extratour (1973) .... Ritchie
* The Maddest Car in the World (1975) .... Jean-Pierre
* Lady Dracula (1977) .... Herr Oskar
* Halali [de] (1995) .... Dr. Dittmers
* Mein Vater, die Tunte (2001) .... Wanda
* Dinosaurier – Gegen uns seht ihr alt aus! [de] (2009) .... Siegfried (final film role)
* Germaine Damar – Der tanzende Stern (2011, documentary) .... Himself