- Harry Liedtke
Infobox actor
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name = Harry Liedtke
birthdate = birth date|1882|10|12
birthplace =Königsberg ,East Prussia Imperial Germany
deathdate = death date and age|1945|4|28|1882|10|12
deathplace =Bad Saarow-Pieskow ,Germany
othername =
occupation =Actor
yearsactive = 1912 - 1944
imdb_id = 0509573Harry Liedtke (12 October, 1882 – 28 April, 1945), was a German film actor.
Biography
Liedtke was born in
Königsberg ,East Prussia to a merchant as the seventh out of 12 children. After the death of his father in 1896 he grew up in an orphanage and began a qualification in retail business. By the chance acquaintance of Hans Oberländer, a stage director atBerlin , he started to take stage classes and was first engaged at the municipial Theater ofFreiberg, Saxony . In 1908 Liedtke worked at theNew German Theatre inNew York and in 1909 at theDeutsches Theater Berlin .In 1912 Liedtke appeared for the first time in the
Silent movie "Zu spät" and from now on usually as a young "Charming Boy" and Gentleman. WithErnst Lubitsch he made movies like "Das fidele Gefängnis" (1917), "Die Augen der Mumie Ma" (1918), "Carmen" (1918), " Die Austernprinzessin" (1919), "Madame Dubarry" (1919), "Sumurun" (1920) and "Das Weib des Pharao" (1921). He also appeared in several Criminal stories as "Stuart Webbs" und "Joe Deebs" written byJoe May . Liedtke was a popular actor in the 1920s and partner ofMarlene Dietrich inI Kiss Your Hand, Madame in 1928 with less success in soundfilms, probably also due to his advancing age.From 1920 till 1928 Liedtke was married to the actress
Käthe Dorsch .On April 28, 1945 Liedtke was slayed by
Red Army Soldiers in his house atBad Saarow-Pieskow east of Berlin together with his third wife Christa Tordy.filmography
External links
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* [http://www.filmportal.de/df/6e/Uebersicht,,,,,,,,513F17D6753F4DB1BD0E62A2337A6288,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.html Harry Liedtke at www.filmportal.de]
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NAME= Lietdke, Harry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Actor
DATE OF BIRTH= 1882-10-12
PLACE OF BIRTH=Königsberg ,Germany
DATE OF DEATH= 1945-4-28
PLACE OF DEATH=Bad Saarow-Pieskow ,Germany
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