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German actor (1932–2019) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gerd Baltus (29 March 1932 – 13 December 2019)[1] was a German television actor.
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Baltus was born in Bremen. While doing law studies Baltus became interested in acting. In 1952 he got his first theatre booking in Hamburg, later in Bonn, West Berlin and Munich.
Baltus became known to a broad public however above all as a regular guest with crime film series such as Derrick and Tatort. He had basic roles also in the miniseries PS (1975) and in the popular family saga Lorentz & Söhne , where he starred with Ernst Schröder and Hans Korte before the camera. Besides his film work Baltus worked extensively as a speaker of radio plays.
In 1964 he received the Federal Film Award for his work in the film The Blood of the Walsungs. He died in Hamburg.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1965 | The Blood of the Walsungs | Justus / Leutnant | |
1966 | I Am Looking for a Man | Studienrat Benzinger | |
1967 | Bonditis | Frank Born | |
Der Tod läuft hinterher | Harry Brenton | 2 episodes | |
1968 | Madame Legros | Chevalier d'Angelot | TV film |
Komm nur, mein liebstes Vögelein | Commentator | ||
Der Idiot | Prince Myshkin | TV miniseries[2] | |
1969 | Rotmord | Ernst Toller | TV film |
1970 | The Age of the Fish | Teacher | |
Christmas Not Just Once a Year | Narrator | TV film | |
1973 | The Caretaker | Aston | TV film |
1974 | Ein ganz perfektes Ehepaar | Robert Krieg | TV film |
1975–1976 | PS | Volker Schmitting | 8 episodes |
1975 | Der Strick um den Hals | Galpin | TV miniseries |
1977–1994 | Derrick | Konrad Schreiber / Kubeck / Abel / Hahne / Dr. Schöler / Erich Kleemann / Lehrer / Karl Hauweg / Martin Schlehdorn | 9 episodes |
1978 | Die Anstalt | Dr. Steinhausen | |
Lean Times | Dr. Peter Helfrich | 12 episodes | |
1985 | Angry Harvest | Geistlicher | |
Die Einsteiger | Direktor Kappellusch | ||
1986 | Teufels Großmutter | Frank Engelhardt | 12 episodes |
Käthe Kollwitz | Sander | ||
1988 | Lorentz & Söhne | Gerhard Lorentz | 11 episodes |
1989–1992 | Mit Leib und Seele | Klaus Bardusch | 16 episodes |
1993–1997 | Ein Bayer auf Rügen | Donatius Domberger | 45 episodes |
1996 | Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht | Herr Hohlbein | 13 episodes |
1999 | Der Hochstapler | Sommer | TV film |
2003 | Tiger Eyes See Better | Gernot | TV film |