Max Adalbert (born Johannes Adolph Krampf; 19 February 1874 – 7 September 1933) was a German stage and film actor.

Biography

Adalbert was born in Danzig (Gdansk),

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as ''Maximilian Adalbert Krampf'' to a

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n Officer. He used his first names as his stage name from the start of his career and debuted at the age of 19 at the theater of

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and in 1894 at the municipal theater of

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. Adalbert also appeared in St.Gallen,

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and

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. He moved to

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in 1899 to work at the ''Residenztheater''. Coming in contact with

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, Adalbert turned into a comedian and co-founded the popular ''Kabarett der Komiker'' in December 1924. On 30 May 1931 he made his debut as the central character of

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's Der Hauptmann von Köpenick at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, which was filmed in the same year. Max Adalbert died of

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while in

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for a guest performance, and was buried at the celebrities cemetery ''Südwestkirchhof'' at Berlin Stahnsdorf.

Selected filmography

References

External links

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Photos of Max Adalbert
{{DEFAULTSORT:Adalbert, Max 1874 births 1933 deaths German male film actors German male silent film actors German male stage actors Male actors from Gdańsk 19th-century German male actors 20th-century German male actors People from the Province of Prussia Deaths from pneumonia in Germany