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
(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
(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
(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
(1956)
Spy for Germany (1956) .... Billy Cole
Der schräge Otto (1957) .... Otto Schräge
Das Glück liegt auf der Straße (1957) .... Felix Rabe
(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
(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
(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
(1962) .... Tom Fleming
Snow White and the Seven Jugglers (1962) .... Norbert Lang, Hotelier
(1963) .... Beggar Filch
The Conjugal Bed (1963) .... Father Mariano
The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle (1963) .... Edgar
Gripsholm Castle (1963) .... Kurt
(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
(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 (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
(1995) .... Dr. Dittmers
Mein Vater, die Tunte (2001) .... Wanda
(2009) .... Siegfried (final film role)
Germaine Damar – Der tanzende Stern (2011, documentary) .... Himself
References
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1927 births
2011 deaths
People from Recklinghausen
German male film actors
German male television actors
20th-century German male actors
21st-century German male actors
German Film Award winners
Deaths from lung cancer in Germany