Theo Lingen

Infobox actor


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name = Theo Lingen
birthname = Franz Theodor Schmitz
birthdate = birth date|1903|6|10
birthplace = Hanover, Germany
deathdate = death date and age|1978|11|10|1903|6|10
deathplace = Vienna, Austria
othername =
occupation = actor, film director, screenwriter
yearsactive = fy|1929–fy|1978
imdb_id = 0003586

Theo Lingen (10 June, fy|1903–10 November, fy|1978), born Franz Theodor Schmitz, was a German film actor, director and screenwriter. He appeared in over 230 films between fy|1929 and fy|1978, and directed 21 films between fy|1936 and fy|1960.

Life and career

Lingen was born in Hanover, Germany, and grew up there. He attended the Royal Goethe Gymnasium (the predecessor of the Goethe School) in Hanover, but left before receiving a degree. His theatrical talent was discovered during rehearsals for a school performance at the Boulevard Theatre Schauenberg.

Beginning his professional stage career, the young actor adopted as a stage name his middle name and the birthplace of his father, Lingen in the Emsland region of Germany. As "Theo Lingen" he performed in theatres all over Germany, and very quickly developed a reputation as a superb character comedian, a reputation which followed him when he began appearing in films in 1929, often with Hans Moser, since together they made a contrasting pair.

Because Lingern's wife was Jewish, which under the Nazi regime usually resulted in a professional ban, Lingen thought about going into exile, but because of his great popularity with the general public he was given a special permit to continue to perform. In 1944 he moved to Vienna, Austria, and in 1945, after the war, he officiated as the temporary mayor of Strobl. During this time he worked as a character actor at the Vienna Burgtheater and appeared frequently onstage in Germany.

Theo Lingen died in 1978 at the age of 75 in Vienna. The city of Vienna dedicated a grave to him in Vienna's Central Cemetery. In Lingen in 2007, a new underpass was named in his honor. [ [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Lingen "Theo Lingen" from German Wikipedia] translated by using mechanical translators (Google and Babelfish).]

elected filmography

*: "Ins Blaue hinein"
*: "Dolly macht Karriere" (Dolly Gets Ahead)
* 1930: "The Flute Concert of Sans-Souci"
*: "M"
* 1931: "A Man's a Man" with Peter Lorre, director Bertold Brecht
* 1931: "Meine Frau, die Hochstaplerin"
* 1931: "Die Firma heiratet" ("The Firm Weds")
* 1931: "Nie wieder Liebe"
*: "Das Testament des Cornelius Gulden"
*: "The Testament of Dr. Mabuse"
* 1933: "Little Man, What Now?"
* 1933: "Der Große Bluff" ("The Big Bluff")
*: "Gern hab' ich die Frau'n geküßt"
* 1934: "Der Doppelgänger"
*: "The White Horse Inn"
*: "Opernring"
*: "Zauber der Bohème"
* 1937/fy|1938: "The Tiger of Eschnapur"
* 1937/1938: "The Indian Tomb"
* 1938: "Tanz auf dem Vulkan"
*: "Eine Frau für drei"
* 1939: "Opernball"
*: "Herz modern möbliert"
* 1940: "Rosen in Tirol"
* 1940: "Sieben Jahre Pech"
* 1940/fy|1941: "Hauptsache glücklich"
* 1941: "L'attore scomparso" (author)
* 1941: "Was geschah in dieser Nacht?"
* 1941: "Frau Luna"
*: "Wiener Blut"
* 1942: "Liebeskomödie"
* 1942/fy|1943: "Tolle Nacht"
* 1942/1943: "Johann"
* 1943/fy|1944: "Es fing so harmlos an"
* 1943: "Das Lied der Nachtigall"
* 1944/fy|1945: "Liebesheirat"
* 1944/fy|1949: "Philine"
*: "Hazugság nélkül"
*: "Wiener Melodien"
* 1947: "Hin und her"
*: "Jetzt schlägt’s 13"
* 1950: "Der Theodor im Fußballtor"
*: "Durch Dick und Dünn"
* 1951: "Hilfe, ich bin unsichtbar"
*: "Schäm dich, Brigitte!"
* 1952: "Heidi"
*: "Heidi und Peter"
* 1955: "Wie werde ich Filmstar?"
* 1955: "Die Wirtin zur Goldenen Krone"
*: "Meine Tante - Deine Tante"
* 1956: "Opernball"
*: "Almenrausch und Edelweiss"
* 1957: "Die Unschuld vom Lande"
* 1957: "Drei Mann auf einem Pferd"
*: "Was ihr wollt"
* 1958: "Die Sklavenkarawane"
* 1958: "Im Prater blüh'n wieder die Bäume"
*: "Der Löwe von Babylon"
* 1959: "Die Nacht vor der Premiere"
*: "Pension Schöller"
*: "Die Heiden von Kummerow und ihre lustigen Streiche"
*/fy|1970: "Die Lümmel von der ersten Bank" (5 parts)
* 1970: "Die Feuerzangenbowle"
*: "Tante Trude aus Buxtehude"
* 1971: "Die Lümmel von der ersten Bank" (part 6)
* 1971: "Wenn mein Schätzchen auf die Pauke haut"
*: "Die Lümmel von der ersten Bank" (part 7)
* 1972: "Hauptsache Ferien"
* 1972: "Immer Ärger mit Hochwürden"
*: "Der Monddiamant"
*: "Der Geheimnisträger"
*: "Zwei Himmlische Töchter"
* 1978: "Lady Dracula"

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*imdb|0003586|Theo Lingen
*amg name|2:42568|Theo Lingen
*findagrave|11513275|Theo Lingen

Persondata
NAME= Lingen, Theo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Actor, Film director, Screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH= 1903-6-10
PLACE OF BIRTH= Hannover, Germany
DATE OF DEATH= 1978-11-10
PLACE OF DEATH= Vienna, Austria