Alfred Schieske (6 September 1908 – 14 July 1970) was a German actor.

Career

Schieske was born in Stuttgart, the son of a German father and a French mother. He studied acting with

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made his stage debut at the Staatstheater Stuttgart at the age of 19. Afterward, he played in

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, Esslingen and Bochum. In 1940, he joined the Berlin Staatstheater, led by

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.Biography and photo

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After

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, Schieske first went to

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, then to Berlin in 1947, where he had an engagement at the

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, working there until 1950. He then worked at the Schiller and Schlosspark theaters in

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, as well as in

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, Recklinghausen and

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. He also played guest roles at other theaters. In 1950 he played the role of camp commandant of Ravensbrück in the British film Odette. Among the stage roles played by Schieske were Milota in ''

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'', Klesel in ''Ein Bruderzwist in Habsburg'', Oberst Henry in Wilhelm Herzog's play about '' the Dreyfus Affair'' and Phil Cook in ''The Country Girl'' by

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. He played several roles in German productions of

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; Bolingbroke in '' Richard II'', Clarence in '' Richard III'' and Sir

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(German: Tobias Rülps) in ''

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''. He played Vladimir in '' Waiting for Godot'', Adam in '' The Broken Jug'', Götz in ''

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'' and Big Daddy in '' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof''. In 1961, in one of his most successful roles, he began playing Alfred P. Doolittle (Eliza's father) in the musical ''

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'', first in Berlin, then

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. Schieske's most important film role was in the 1948

production, the ''Blum Affair'', playing Otto Bonte, a criminal investigator who saves a Jewish man falsely accused of a crime, saves him and brings the real culprit to justice. In the 1960s, he acted on television in adaptations of literary works, such as ''Wer einmal aus dem Blechnapf frißt'' and '' Jeder stirbt für sich allein'' with

Edith Schultze-Westrum Edith Käthe Elisabeth Schultze-Westrum (30 December 1904 – 20 March 1981) was a German film actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1932 and 1979. These included the role of Mrs. Hudson in the 1962 film '' Sherlock Holmes an ...

and

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, based on

Hans Fallada Hans Fallada (; born Rudolf Wilhelm Friedrich Ditzen; 21 July 18935 February 1947) was a German writer of the first half of the 20th century. Some of his better known novels include '' Little Man, What Now?'' (1932) and ''Every Man Dies Alone'' ...

's novel, '' Every Man Dies Alone''. Schieske's son, Geriet Schieske (b. 1945), is also an actor.

Filmography

* '' Friedemann Bach'' (1941) - Wirt in Braunschweig (uncredited) * ' (1941) - Kriegsrat * '' Back Then'' (1943) - Bassist * ''Meine vier Jungens'' (1944) - Fritz Martens - Werkmeister * ''Der Puppenspieler'' (1945) - Jochen Henke * ''Die Schenke zur ewigen Liebe'' (1945) - Hauer Fritz * '' Affaire Blum'' (1948) - Kriminalkommissar Otto Bonte * ''

Berliner Ballade ''The Berliner'' (german: Berliner Ballade; also known as ''The Ballad of Berlin'') is a 1948 comedy film adapted by Günter Neumann from his cabaret, directed by Robert A. Stemmle, and starring Gert Fröbe in his first leading role. It offers ...

'' (1948) - Herr Schneidewind, Politischer Redner * '' Quartet of Five'' (1949) - Professor Mangold * '' The Beaver Coat'' (1949) - Wulkow * '' Odette'' (1950) - Camp Commandant * '' A Day Will Come'' (1950) - Oberst Schedy * ''

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'' (1951) * '' Big City Secret'' (1952) * ''Inspektor Tondi'' (1952, TV Short) - Inspektor Tondi * '' The Merry Vineyard'' (1952) - Dr. Unkelhäuser (uncredited) * '' Children, Mother, and the General'' (1955) - Fahrer mit der Flasche * ''

The Plot to Assassinate Hitler ''The Plot to Assassinate Hitler'' (german: Der 20. Juli) is a 1955 German feature film produced by CCC Film on the failed 20 July 1944 attempt to kill Adolf Hitler. Falk Harnack directed and co-wrote the film's script with Günther Weisenborn ...

'' (1955) - Fahrer mit der Flasche * '' Night of Decision'' (1956) - André * '' Dorothea Angermann'' (1959) - Pastor Angermann * ''Der Fehltritt'' (1960, TV Movie) - Barossy * ''Jenseits des Rheins'' (1960) - Fritz Keßler * ''Wer einmal aus dem Blechnapf frißt'' (1961, TV Mini-Series) - Hauptwachtmeister Rusch * '' Jeder stirbt für sich allein'' (1962, TV Movie) - Otto Quangel * ''Das Leben ein Traum'' (1963, TV Movie) - Rosauras Diener * ''Überstunden'' (1965, TV Movie) - Opa * ''Romulus der Große'' (1965, TV Movie) - Cäsar Rupf * ''

Das Kriminalmuseum ''Das Kriminalmuseum'' was a German television series. It ran from 1963 to 1970 on ZDF and was one of its first programs. Each episode began with a tracking shot through an unspecified crime museum, stopping at one of the displays, whose story w ...

'' (1965, TV Series) - Kriminalkommissar Huberty * ''Der Richter von London'' (1966, TV Movie) - Simon Eyre * ''Kollege Crampton'' (1967, TV Movie) - Professor Crampton * ''Wo liegt Jena?'' (1967, TV Movie) - Probst * ''Flachsmann als Erzieher'' (1968, TV Movie) - Dr. Prell * ''From Mice and Men'' (1968, TV Movie) - Chef * ''Die Wilde'' (1968, TV Movie) - Monsieur Tarde * ''Bitte recht freundlich, es wird geschossen'' (1969, TV Series) - Joe Baxter * ''Zehn kleine Negerlein'' (1969, TV Movie) - Sir Lawrence Wargrave * ''Michael Kohlhaas'' (1969) * '' Pippi in the South Seas'' (1970) - Innkeeper * '' Under the Roofs of St. Pauli'' (1970) - Egon Mills * ''Peenemünde'' (1970, TV Movie) - Winston Churchill * ''Das Feuerwerk'' (1971, TV Movie) - Vater

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schieske, Alfred 1908 births 1970 deaths Male actors from Stuttgart German male television actors German male stage actors German male film actors German people of French descent 20th-century German male actors