Emil Heß (3 February 1889, in
Wald, Zurich – 2 March 1945, in
Zurich
Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The ...
) was a Swiss actor on stage and screen.
Personal life
Heß married Elizabeth Ellinghaus by whom he had three sons Wolfgang, Urs and Migg.
Urs Hess (1940) and Migg Hess (1943) followed in the footsteps of their father and played in Zurich venues such as the ''Playhouse'' and the ''Bernhardt Theatre''. They also had roles in a few films during the 1950s.
Career
Selected stage performances
*''
Woyzeck
''Woyzeck'' () is a stage play written by Georg Büchner. Büchner wrote the play between July and October 1836, yet left it incomplete at his death in February 1837. The play first appeared in 1877 in a heavily edited version by Karl Emil F ...
'' (1922, 1927)
Filmography
*''Herbstzauber'' (1918) as Graf Victor von Ulmrode
*''Seltsame Seelen'' (1918)
*''L'ouragan sur la montagne'' (1922)
*''
Fredericus Rex'' (1922, part 3) as Minister August Friedrich Von Boden
*''
Jud Süß'' (1940)
as Schmied Hans Bogner
*''
Das Herz der Königin
''The Heart of the Queen'' (''Das Herz der Königin'') is a 1940 German historical film, making selective use of the life story of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her execution by Queen Elizabeth I for anti-English and pro-Scottish propaganda, in the ...
'' (1940)
as
Lord Douglas
*' (1940) as Exzellenz Baroux
*''
The Swedish Nightingale'' (1941) as Thorwaldsen
*''Der Strom'' (1941)
*''
Der Weg ins Freie'' (1941) as Müetli
*' (1941) as König
*''Tanz mit dem Kaiser'' (1941)
*''Wenn du noch eine Heimat hast'' (1942) as Ullrichs
*''
Wedding in Barenhof'' (1942) as Königliche Hoheit
*''
Between Heaven and Earth'' (1942) as Valentin, Buchhalter
*''
Andreas Schlüter
Andreas Schlüter (1659 – ) was a German baroque sculptor and architect, active in the Holy Roman Empire, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and Tsardom of Russia, Russia.
Biography
Andreas Schlüter was born probably in Hamburg, in ...
'' (1942) as
Counsellor Dankelman
*''
Die Entlassung'' (1942) as
Grand Duke Vladimir
*''
Love Me'' (1942)
*''Floh im Ohr'' (1943) as Großvater Christian Lohhof
*''
Back Then'' (1943) as Alvarez, Veras Verteidiger
*''
Dreaming'' (1944) as Dr. Körber
*''Herr Sanders lebt gefährlich'' (1944) as Gil Schnyder
*''Aufruhr der Herzen'' (1944) as Martin Atzinger
*''
Der Engel mit dem Saitenspiel'' (1944) as Linus Lanzinger, bayr. Postillon
*''Der Erbförster'' (1945)
*''Kamerad Hedwig'' (1945) as Vater Schulz (unfinished film)
*''Jan und die Schwindlerin'' (1947) as Hinnerk Remmers
*''Jugendliebe'' (1947)
*''Die Kreuzelschreiber'' (1950) as Großbauer
*''Erzieherin gesucht'' (1950) as Revendonk (final film role)
References
External links
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1889 births
1945 deaths
Swiss male stage actors
Swiss male film actors
Swiss male silent film actors
People from Hinwil District