Hans Richter (actor)

Hans Richter (actor)
Hans Richter (12 January 1919 – 5 October 2008) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1931 and 1984, mostly in supporting roles. He was born in Brandenburg, Germany and died in Heppenheim, Germany.
Life and career
Hans Richter made his film debut as "Fliegender Hirsch" in Gerhard Lamprecht's Emil and the Detectives (1931), based on the novel of the same name by Erich Kästner. In the following years, Richter become a popular juvenile actor; often playing clever, somewhat cheeky boys (a type similar to Mickey Rooney in the American film during the 1930s). When he reached legal age, he had appeared in over 50 films. After his supporting role as a lazy schoolboy in Die Feuerzangenbowle (1944), Richter got drafted into the German Wehrmacht and was also in war imprisonment for some time.
After the World War, Richter worked as a cabaret artist and also appeared in numerous of the popular Heimatfilms, among them The Black Forest Girl (1950) and The Heath Is Green (1951). He also worked as a film director on two films during the 1950s: Vatertag and Hurrah – Die Firma hat ein Kind, both released in 1955. Since the late 1950s, Richter moved more and more to theatre work, making only sparsely film and television appearances during his later years. He appeared at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus and the Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt. In 1974, he founded the Festspiele Heppenheim, a summer theatre, in which he worked as an actor/director/producer until his retirement in the 1990s.
Personal life
Hans Richter was married to his wife Ingeborg Bieber for 63 years until his death, aged 89. They had two children. He was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1983.
Selected filmography
Emil and the Detectives (1931) - Fliegender Hirsch
The Night Without Pause (1931) - Piccolo
The Blue of Heaven (1932) - Tommy
The Burning Secret (1933) - Fritz, Page
Manolescu, Prince of Thieves (1933)
Hände aus dem Dunkel (1933) - Fritz, Laufbursche
Love Must Be Understood (1933) - Hotel-Page (uncredited)
A Trip to the Country (1933) - Max
S.O.S. Eisberg (1933) - Amateurfunker (uncredited)
Hitlerjunge Quex (1933) - Franz
Three Bluejackets and a Blonde (1933) - Fritz, Ilses Bruder
The Tsarevich (1933)
The Page from the Dalmasse Hotel (1933) - Der Page Ottokar
Keine Angst vor Liebe (1933) - Fritz
A Precocious Girl (1934) - Kurt - ein 14jähriger Junge
The Black Whale (1934) - Ein Heizerjunge
Adventure on the Southern Express (1934) - Max, Pikkolo im Speisewagen
The Flower Girl from the Grand Hotel (1934) - Tommy, ein Straßenjunge
Liebe dumme Mama (1934) - Der Junge
Spring Parade (1934) - Lehrling Fritzi (uncredited)
Abenteuer eines jungen Herrn in Polen (1934) - Fritz, sein Sohn
The English Marriage (1934) - Tuck Mavis
Peter (1934) - Hobby, apprentice
Peter, Paul and Nanette (1935) - Fritz
Wenn ein Mädel Hochzeit macht (1935) - Ludwig, ihr Bruder
Knockout (1935) - Page
Fresh Wind from Canada (1935) - Josef, Hilfsbeleuchter
Großreinemachen (1935) - Tommy
Ein ganzer Kerl (1935) - Otto, ein Lehrling
Pygmalion (1935) - Jonny
Ein Walzer um den Stephansturm (1935) - Fritz
Königstiger (1935) - Hans
The Dreamer (1936) - Graf Franz von Mettke, Gymnasiast
Soldier Comrades (1936) - Kurt - sein Sohn
Hilde Petersen postlagernd (1936) - Hans, der Page
Der verkannte Lebemann (1936) - Ein Boy
Inkognito (1936) - Lehrling Ewald Panse
A Hoax (1936) - Manz, Liftboy 'Hotel Kronprinz'
Uncle Bräsig (1936) - Triddelfitz, Volontär
Das Frauenparadies (1936) - Fritz, Laufbursche
The Girl Irene (1936) - Philip
The Violet of Potsdamer Platz (1936) - Fritz
The Court Concert (1936) - Gefreiter der Grenzwache Veit
Der lustige Witwenball (1936)
Eine Nacht mit Hindernissen (1937) - Peter Mitscherling
Vor Liebe wird gewarnt (1937) - Alex Palme, Sohn
The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (1937) - A clever boy from Berlin (uncredited)
Fremdenheim Filoda (1937) - Tom - Führer der 'Singing Boys'
Ein Volksfeind (1937) - Walter Stockmann
Das große Abenteuer (1938) - Zeitungsjunge
Mit versiegelter Order (1938) - Dagor Khan - sein Bruder
Storms in May (1938) - Hein Andresen
The Night of Decision (1938) - Pedro
Drei wunderschöne Tage (1939)
New Year's Eve on Alexanderplatz (1939) - Klingenberg
A Hopeless Case (1939) - Student (uncredited)
In letzter Minute (1939) - Peter Pelle
Der letzte Appell (1939)
The Fox of Glenarvon (1940) - Robin Cavendish
Ein Leben lang (1940) - Notar
Herz - modern möbliert (1940) - Regissør
Our Miss Doctor (1940) - Heinz Müller, Primaner
5 June (1942) - Norbert Nauke
A Salzburg Comedy (1943) - Detlef
Die Jungfern vom Bischofsberg (1943) - Otto Kranz
Die Gattin (1943)
Die Feuerzangenbowle (1944) - Rosen
Young Hearts (1944)
Altes Herz geht auf die Reise (1947) - Philipp
Arlberg-Express (1948)
Blocked Signals (1948) - Sein Assistent
The Last Night (1949) - Willem, Ordonnanz
I'll Never Forget That Night (1949) - Dick Jaefferson
Nothing But Coincidence (1949) - Emil Patzenberger
Artists' Blood (1949) - Antonio - Artist & Anton Lammbein
Doktor Rosin (1949) - Professor Moeller
Kätchen für alles (1949) - Herbert John
Um eine Nasenlänge (1949) - Sperling, Rennbahnbesucher
Unknown Sender (1950) - Dr. Alfred Braun
Blondes for Export (1950) - Artist Freddie
The Black Forest Girl (1950) - Theo Patzke
No Sin on the Alpine Pastures (1950) - Paul Wittke, Fotoreporter
You Have to be Beautiful (1951) - Walter Schippe
Stips (1951) - Albert Pollmann, Friseuer
Durch dick und dünn (1951) - Schindler
Johannes und die 13 Schönheitsköniginnen (1951) - Johannes Klettke, genannt Jonny
Dance Into Happiness (1951) - Antonio Vicente
The Heath Is Green (1951) - Hannes
In München steht ein Hofbräuhaus (1951) - Hermann Busch
Season in Salzburg (1952) - Werner Mack
Knall and Fall as Imposters (1952) - Knall
1. April 2000 (1952) - Reporter
At the Well in Front of the Gate (1952) - Hans, Landstreicher
Cuba Cabana (1952) - Billy
The Rose of Stamboul (1953) - Fridolin Müller jun.
Knall and Fall as Detectives (1953) - Knall
Red Roses, Red Lips, Red Wine (1953) - Alfred Berg
The Cousin from Nowhere (1953) - August Kuhbrot
Girl with a Future (1954) - Peter
Clivia (1954)
König der Manege (1954) - Heinz
The Little Czar (1954) - Boris
The Spanish Fly (1955) - Dr. Gerlach
Stopover in Orly (1955) - Fred (uncredited)
Love Is Just a Fairytale (1955) - Fritz Keller
Father's Day (1955)
Wilhelm Tell (1956) - Struth von Winkelried
Black Forest Melody (1956) - Aribert
Holiday am Wörthersee (1956) - Eduard, Chauffeur
Das Donkosakenlied (1956) - Karl, Chauffeur
Frauen sind für die Liebe da (1957) - Peter Bock
Zwei Herzen voller Seligkeit (1957) - Franz, Chauffeur
The Heart of St. Pauli (1957) - Moses, Kellner bei Jonny
Wenn die Bombe platzt (1958) - Schnecke
The Muzzle (1958) - Maler Ali
The Blue Moth (1959) - Regisseur Olten
Dream Revue (1959) - Ferdy Nuschler, Pressefotograf
When the Heath Is in Bloom (1960) - Musician Peter
The Young Sinner (1960) - Müller
The Haunted Castle (1960) - Jockel
Ach Egon! (1961) - Behnke
Davon träumen alle Mädchen (1961) - Referent Mayer
Beloved Impostor (1961) - Steward Pfister
Drei Liebesbriefe aus Tirol (1962) - Peter Zwanziger
Dance with Me Into the Morning (1962) - Privatdetektiv Egon Blume
His Best Friend (1962) - Max
Don't Fool with Me (1963) - Gag-Man Klaus Fuchs
Our Crazy Nieces (1963) - Dr. Heribert Wippel
The Black Cobra (1963) - Inspektor Knecht
Glorious Times at the Spessart Inn (1967) - Toni
Die Feuerzangenbowle (1970) - Dr. Brett
Section spéciale (1975) - Le général Otto von Stülpnagel, le gouverneur militaire de Paris
Neues vom Räuber Hotzenplotz (1979) - Bürgermeister
At the Beginning of Glorious Days (1980)
Deutschland-Tournee (1984, TV Movie) - Robert
References
Bibliography
John Holmstrom, The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995, Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p.90.
External links
1919 births
2008 deaths
20th-century German male actors
German male film actors
Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Actors from Brandenburg
German male child actors
German military personnel of World War II
German prisoners of war in World War II