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Walter Otto Hugo Karl Amtrup (15 March 1904 – 7 August 1974) was a German actor, film dubber, opera singer (bass), and acting teacher.
Early life and education
Walter Amtrup was born in Altona, Hamburg as the son of a state court judge. He attended the gymnasium in Lüneburg and, following his Abitur graduation, enrolled at the Berlin University of the Arts where he was educated as an opera singer and a stage actor from 1925 until 1931.
Opera and acting career
Amtrup made his professional opera debut in 1932 at the Landestheater Altenburg. This was followed by many appearances in Meißen, Neisse, Wilhelmshaven, Hanau, Bunzlau, at the Staatstheater Schwerin (state theater of Mecklenburg) and until the end of the Second World War at the municipal Städtische Bühnen in Chemnitz.
German Democratic Republic
Ten years after the End of World War II the Amtrup family moved to Central Germany in 1955, where Amtrup was employed as a character actor by the Städtische Bühnen Erfurt. In 1966 he was booked by the Meiningen Court Theatre, where his artistic career ended 1969.
Family
Walter Amtrup was married to former opera singer Johanna Amtrup, née Kieling. The couple had three children: Karin (born 1936), Turid (born 1943), and Niels-Torsten (born 1951). The German marine biologist and dolphin research scientist Karsten Brensing is Walter Amtrup’s grandson.
Artistic career
= Education and engagements
=1925–1931: Education at the Berlin University of the Arts, specializing in drama/opera
1932–1933: Landestheater Altenburg
1933: Stadttheater Meißen
1934: Stadttheater Neiße
1935: Neues Schauspielhaus der Jadestädte, Wilhelmshaven
1936: Stadttheater Hanau
1937–1941: Staatstheater Schwerin
1941–1945: Städtische Bühnen Chemnitz
1947–1951: Städtische Bühnen Flensburg
1955–1966: Städtische Bühnen Erfurt
1966–1969: Meininger Theater
= Roles
=Theater
Theater Altenburg
Film and television
Actor
1957: Polonia-Express
1959: Der Spekulant (TV)
1960: Die Hunde bellen nicht mehr (TV)
Film dubber
1958: Kassendiebe – as Bocek (Czechoslovakian Film)
1958: Testpiloten – as Anufrijew (Mosfilm)
1959: Die Erfindung des Verderbens – as Graf Artigas (Czechoslovakian Film)
1959: Die letzte Chance (Italian Film)
1960: Tierfänger – as animal catcher – not mentioned by name (Soviet Film)
1961: Das schwarze Gesicht – not mentioned by name (Hungarian Film)
References
External links
Walter Amtrup: Ringparabel (Nathan der Weise; Lessing)