Ulrich Wildgruber
- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 18, 1937 in Germany
- Died
- November 30, 1999
- Active Years
- 1970–1999 (30 Years)
- Total Credits
- 43 credits in database
Biography
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Name: Ulrich Wildgruber.
Birth: November 18, 1937, in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Death: November 30, 1999, on Sylt (age 62).
Profession: German actor.
Background: Son of a bookbinding master from Bielefeld. Inspired to act during school days and amateur theater.
Training: Private acting teachers in several stations; training was interrupted. Accepted to study at Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna in 1960 but left due to controversy.
Career Start: Stage work began in 1963. Debut at Vienna Volkstheater in Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children.
Notable Roles/Work: Best known for playing Othello in the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. Known for Super (1984), Felidae (1994), and Queen Margot (1994). Played in more than fifty films from 1970 to 1999.
Death detail: Committed suicide at age 62.
Ulrich Wildgruber was a German actor born on November 18, 1937, in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. The son of a bookbinding master, he was inspired to pursue acting through amateur theater during his school years. His training involved several stages with private teachers and included a period at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna starting in 1960, though he left due to controversy. Wildgruber began working on stage in 1963, making his debut at the Vienna Volkstheater in Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children. He is best known for playing Othello at the Deutsches Schauspiel
Career overview
Ulrich Wildgruber was a German actor born on November 18, 1937, in Bielefeld, Germany. The son of a bookbinding master from Bielefeld, he was inspired to pursue acting during his school years while working in an amateur theater. His initial acting training involved several stages with private acting teachers, though this process was frequently interrupted. In 1960, he was accepted to study acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna, but he left the institution due to controversy.
Wildgruber began working on stage in 1963, making his debut at the Vienna Volkstheater in Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children. He is best known for his performance as Othello at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. Between 1970 and 1999, he appeared in more than fifty films. His known film credits include Super, Felidae, and Queen Margot. Wildgruber died on November 30, 1999, on Sylt at the age of 62.
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Full Filmography
43 titles- Waschen, Schneiden, Legen (1999) as Vater Schatz
- Dr. Robert Schumann, Teufelsromantiker (1999) as Richter
- Mörderisches Erbe - Tausch mit einer Toten (1998) as Paul
- The Inheritors (1998) as Danninger
- Tanz auf dem Vulkan (1996) as Ed Markovics
- Das Erbe des Försters (1996) as Willi Sturzbach
- Imken, Anna und Maria (1995)
- Tödliches Erbe (1995) as Mucki
- The Sunset Boys (1995) as Reverend Berger
- Les jeux à deux (1995) as Hans Bellmer
- Der König (1994) as Dr. Kreitel
- Queen Margot (1994) as René
- Felidae (1994) as Joker (voice)
- Die Rachegöttin (1994) as Otto Bauer
- Adelheid und ihre Mörder (1993) as Prof. Magnus Herrlich
- A King for Burning (1993) as Graf Kerssenbrock
- Motzki (1993) as Herr Ruhe
- Royal Baths (1993)
- Ach, Boris... (1990) as Boris Kaminsky
- Die Hallo-Sisters (1990) as Goerwig
- Winckelmanns Reisen (1990) as Tankwart
- Melancholia (1989) as Manfred
- Adrian und die Römer (1989) as Richard Meisenkoten
- Verloren in Amerika (1989) as Narrator (voice)
- Innocence Unknown (1988) as Prediger
- Peng! Du bist tot! (1987) as Tramp
- Dragon Chow (1987) as Udo
- The Death of the White Stallion (1985) as Abt Georg, Kaufmann Frickinger
- The Family or Schroffenstein (1984) as Rupert
- Jagger und Spaghetti (1984) as Curry Paul
- The Roaring Fifties (1983) as Emil
- Der Eimer und die Mona Lisa (1983)
- Schwarz Rot Gold (1982) as Richter Düwel
- Mosch (1980) as Paul
- Meister Timpe (1980) as Beyer
- Das Ziel (1980) as Singha
- The Hamburg Syndrome (1979) as Heribert
- Hedda Gabler (1978) as Eilert Lövborg
- Eiszeit (1975) as Oswald Kronen
- The Ignoramus and the Madman (1972)
- Polizeiruf 110 (1971) as Dr. Moser
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Horst Mathes
- Sonntags am Meer (1970) as Hänschen
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Ulrich Wildgruber is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Trapper John, M.D. (1979), Shattered Image (1994), Affair in Havana (1957), Queen Margot (1994).
When and where was Ulrich Wildgruber born?
Ulrich Wildgruber was born on November 18, 1937 in Germany. They passed away on November 30, 1999.
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Ulrich Wildgruber has accumulated over 43 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1970 to 1999.
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Age in their best-rated roles
- Schwarz Rot Gold (1982) as Richter Düwel — aged about 44
- Queen Margot (1994) as René — aged about 56
- Adelheid und ihre Mörder (1993) as Prof. Magnus Herrlich — aged about 55
- Polizeiruf 110 (1971) as Dr. Moser — aged about 33
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Horst Mathes — aged about 32
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