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Erich Ponto (1884–1957)

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Incisive German character actor, on stage from 1908. The son of a manufacturer, he was initially trained as a pharmacist, but instead decided to take on acting lessons under Hans Lackner in Munich. Ponto rarely enjoyed leads (except for playing the title role in Schneider Wibbel), but was consistently impressive in eccentric... See more trivia »

Born:

in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Died:

(age 72) in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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1957 The Star of Africa
Ein alter Franzose
 
1957 The Affairs of Julie (uncredited)
 
1957 The Girl and the Legend
Daniel Defoe
 
1957 Made in Germany - Die dramatische Geschichte des Hauses Zeiss
Professor Virchow
 
1956 Wenn wir alle Engel wären
Amtsrichter
 
1956 Ballerina
Schimanski, Pförtner
 
1955 Sky Without Stars
Vater Kaminski
 
1954 Die goldene Pest
Dr. Sierich
 
1954 Die verschwundene Miniatur
 
1954 Keine Angst vor Schwiegermüttern
 
1954 Flying Classroom
Der Sanitätsrat
 
1954 ...und ewig bleibt die Liebe
 
1954 The Life of Surgeon Sauerbruch
Chefarzt Psychiatrie
 
1953 Hocuspocus
Mr. Arthur Graham
 
1953 Keine Angst vor großen Tieren
Polizei-Kommissar
 
1953 Tobias Knopp, Abenteuer eines Junggesellen (voice)
 
1952 Die große Versuchung
Professor Dr. Gandolphi
 
1952 Der weißblaue Löwe
Regierungspräsident
 
1952 Mönche, Mädchen und Panduren
Fellerer, Goldschmied
 
1952 Haus des Lebens
Geheimrat Merk
 
1952 Wochenend im Paradies
Giersdorfs Onkel
 
1952 No Greater Love
Minister
 
1951 Primanerinnen
Krautkopf
 
1951 Veronika, die Magd
 
1951 Das fremde Leben
Prokurist Knopp
 
1950 Frauenarzt Dr. Prätorius
Professor Speiter
 
1950 Geliebter Lügner
Plage
 
1949 Hans im Glück
 
1949 Schicksal aus zweiter Hand
Professor Sapis
 
1949 Verspieltes Leben
Mathematik-Professor
 
1949 The Third Man
Dr. Winkel
 
1949 Love' 47
Alter Mann
 
1948 Palace Scandal
Serenissimus
 
1948 Die kupferne Hochzeit
Alter Lehrer
 
1948 Secrets of a Soul
Wissenschaftler
 
1948 Film Without a Name
Herr Schichtholz
 
1947 Zwischen gestern und morgen
Professor von Walther
 
1945 Am Abend nach der Oper
Stephan Schneider
 
1945 Der Fall Molander
Dannemann
 
1945 Der Scheiterhaufen
 
1944 Der Engel mit dem Saitenspiel
Barnabas, Diener bei Strengholt
 
1944 Philharmonic
Straehle
 
1944 Der Meisterdetektiv
Gutsbesitzer Theobald Langendorff
 
1944 The Punch Bowl
Professor Grey - called Schnauz
 
1943 Die beiden Schwestern
Adolph Menzel
 
1943 Ein glücklicher Mensch
Pauly
 
1942 Diesel
Theodor Diesel
 
1942 The Big Shadow
Oswald Siebel
 
1942 Anschlag auf Baku
Jenssen, dänischer Ölherr in Baku
 
1942 Der Fall Rainer
Hotelwirt
 
1942 The Night in Venice
Direktor Arnold Richard Schmitz, Parfümfabrikant
 
1941 Das andere Ich
Geheimrat Wuellner
 
1941 Leichte Muse
Chorleiter Palitsch
 
1941 I accuse
Professor Werther
 
1941 Blutsbrüderschaft
Direktor Gösch
 
1940 The Heart of a Queen
Der Gaukler (Singer)
 
1940 Das Fräulein von Barnhelm
Wirt
 
1940 Kleider machen Leute
 
1940 Achtung! Feind hört mit!
Monsieur Bock
 
1940 Wie konntest Du, Veronika!
Bankier
 
1940 Aus erster Ehe
Professor Skutor
 
1940 The Rothschilds
Mayer Amschel Rothschild
 
1940 Der Feuerteufel
Kaiser Napoleon Bonaparte
 
1939 In letzter Minute
Alexander Piepenbrink
 
1939 Schneider Wibbel
Schneider Anton Wibbel
 
1939 Hello Janine!
Monsieur Pamion
 
1938 Dreizehn Mann und eine Kanone
 
1938 Die vier Gesellen
Regierungsrat Alfred Hintze
 
1938 Am seidenen Faden
Theodor Kalbach
 
1938 Das Geheimnis um Betty Bonn
Kapitän Spurling
 
1937 Tango Notturno
Ein armer Kerl
 
1937 The Hound of the Baskervilles
Stapleton
 
1936 Final Accord
Vorsitzender des Schwurgerichts
 
1936 Die letzten Vier von Santa Cruz
Alexander Ghazaroff
 
1935 Der Gefangene des Königs
Friseur
 
1935 Das Mädchen Johanna
Lord Talbot
 
1934 Liebe, Tod und Teufel
The Old Man
 
1931 Der Mann, der den Mord beging
Boucher - franz. Gesandter
 
1931 Weib im Dschungel
Joyce
 
1929 1. Klangfilm (short)
 
1921 Der Geiger von Meißen
 
1920 Hampelmanns Glückstag (short)
 
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1965 Trilltrall und seine Brüder (TV movie) (play)
 

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Incisive German character actor, on stage from 1908. The son of a manufacturer, he was initially trained as a pharmacist, but instead decided to take on acting lessons under Hans Lackner in Munich. Ponto rarely enjoyed leads (except for playing the title role in Schneider Wibbel), but was consistently impressive in eccentric... See more »

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