Clemens Scheitz (2 September 1899 – 24 October 1980) was a German musician and actor who appeared in the

Werner Herzog Werner Herzog (; born 5 September 1942) is a German film director, screenwriter, author, actor, and opera director, regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema. His films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams, people with u ...

films ''

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser ''The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser'' (german: Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle; lit. ''Every Man for Himself and God Against All'') is a 1974 West German drama film written and directed by Werner Herzog and starring Bruno Schleinstein (credited as ...

'' (1974), '' Heart of Glass'' (1976), '' Stroszek'' (1977) and ''

Nosferatu the Vampyre ''Nosferatu the Vampyre'' (german: Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht, lit=Nosferatu: Phantom of the Night) is a 1979 horror film written and directed by Werner Herzog. It is set primarily in 19th-century Wismar, Germany and Transylvania, and was conce ...

'' (1979).

Life

He was born in

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

where his father was a tailor and he had an interest in physics and was a self-taught pianist. He earned a living through concert performances, piano lessons, small acting roles, and as an inventor. As a young man he appeared in a 1922 silent film directed by Adolf Wenter and starring

Victor Colani Victor Max Colani (30 October 1895 – 25 November 1957) was a German actor. He was born in Zittau and died in The Hague, Netherlands. Selected filmography * '' Der vergiftete Strom'' (1921) * '' Lightning Command'' (1921) * ''The Poisoned Stream ...

entitled ''The Prince Regatta''. He also supplied music for the Herzog film ''

Woyzeck ''Woyzeck'' () is a stage play written by Georg Büchner. Büchner wrote the play between July and October 1836, yet left it incomplete at his death in February 1837. The play first appeared in 1877 in a heavily edited version by Karl Emil Fr ...

'' (1979).Profile at deutsche-filme.com (in German)
Retrieved 16 February 2015

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* 1899 births 1980 deaths Male actors from Munich German male actors German male film actors 20th-century German male actors 20th-century German musicians 20th-century German male musicians {{Germany-musician-stub