Eduard Linkers
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Eduard Linkers | |
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Born | |
Died | 3 April 2004 Wartenberg, Bavaria, Germany | (aged 91)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1936–1988 |
Eduard Linkers (11 October 1912 – 3 April 2004) was an Austrian actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1936 and 1988.[1]
Life
[edit]He was born as Eduard Linker to a family of Jewish descent in Czernowitz, Austria-Hungary. He studied acting in Vienna, where he also started his acting career. After Anschluss he escaped to Czechoslovakia. He made his living by teaching English. That's how he met a Czech director František Čáp, who cast him in his movie Men Without Wings (1946).[2] In 1952 he moved to Germany, where he acted in American productions. He spoke Romanian, German, English, Czech, French and Italian.[2]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Catherine the Last (1936) - Steinschneider, Braun's secretary
- Peter im Schnee (1937) - Theobald Flambach
- Men Without Wings (1946) - Ullmann
- Nadlidé (1946)
- Uloupená hranice (1947) - Czapan
- Nobody Knows Anything (1947) - SS-man Fritz Heinecke
- Krakatit (1948) - Carson
- Getting on in the World (1948) - Banker Antonín Klika
- Zelená knížka (1949) - Salesman Karel Bocan
- Pětistovka (1949)
- Soudný den (1949)
- Křížová trojka (1948) - Dr. Hadrbolec
- Cuba Cabana (1952) - Honneg
- Dutch Girl (1953) - Polizeiwachtmeister
- Das Licht der Liebe (1954) - Gläubiger Walter Zellers
- They Were So Young (1954) - M. Albert
- Jackboot Mutiny (1955) - SS-Mann
- The Double Husband (1955) - Bachwitz
- Mr. Arkadin (1955) - Second Policeman - Munich
- Die Wirtin zur Goldenen Krone (1955) - Finanzminister Bollemann
- Kitty and the Great Big World (1956) - Gastjaiswort
- Das Mädchen Marion (1956) - Sawatzki, Pferdehändler
- Der Etappenhase (1957) - Zahlmeister Kranz
- A Farewell to Arms (1957) - Lieutenant Zimmerman
- Escape from Sahara (1958)
- Nackt wie Gott sie schuf (1958)
- Mein Schatz ist aus Tirol (1958)
- The Domestic Tyrant (1959) - Prosecutor
- Heiße Ware (1959) - Ludwig Klein
- Labyrinth (1959) - Jacques
- Orientalische Nächte (1960) - Tomaides
- Himmel, Amor und Zwirn (1960)
- I Aim at the Stars (1960) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- The Last Pedestrian (1960) - Herr im Mercedes (uncredited)
- Question 7 (1961) - Otto Zingler - Werkmeister
- The Festival Girls (1961) - Jerome
- A Matter of WHO (1961) - Linkers
- I Must Go to the City (1962) - Bankdirektor Sieper
- Freud: The Secret Passion (1962) - Dr. Torsch (uncredited)
- Als ich noch der Waldbauernbub war... (1963) - Narrator (voice)
- Aus meiner Waldheimat (1963) - Narrator (voice)
- Als ich beim Käthele im Wald war (1963) - Narrator (voice)
- Encounter in Salzburg (1964)
- The Defector (1966) - Fluchthelfer Franz Ritter (uncredited)
- Jack of Diamonds (1967) - Geisling
- Before Winter Comes (1969) - Businessman
- Deep End (1970) - Cinema Owner
- Hurra, ein toller Onkel wird Papa (1970)
- Bloody Friday (1972) - Dr. Gutwein (uncredited)
- The Salzburg Connection (1972) - Tour Guide
- All People Will Be Brothers (1973) - Mann mit Bart
- Steppenwolf (1974) - Mr. Hefte
- The Marquise of O (1976) - Der Arzt
- Derrick (1976-1994) - Kellner / Älteres Ehepaar / Hotelportier / Herr Renz (Last appearance)
- Die Jugendstreiche des Knaben Karl (1977)
- Son of Hitler (1978) - Postmaster
- Fantômas - Season 1, Episode 2: "Le Tramway Fantôme" (1980) - Mme. Kirsh
- Malevil (1981) - Fabrelatre
- Lovec senzací (1989) - Kishuv otec
References
[edit]- ^ "Eduard Linkers". Film Portal. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Eduard Linkers - Životopis". FDb.cz.