Gerd Baltus (29 March 1932 – 13 December 2019) was a German television actor. Baltus was born in

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. While doing law studies Baltus became interested in acting. In 1952 he got his first theatre booking in

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, later in

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and

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. Baltus became known to a broad public however above all as a regular guest with crime film series such as ''

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'' and ''

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''. He had basic roles also in the miniseries '' PS'' (1975) and in the popular

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', where he starred with Ernst Schröder and

Hans Korte Hans Korte (8 April 1929 – 25 September 2016) was a German actor. Filmography * ''Yesterday Girl'' (1966), as The Judge * ''Frank V'' (1967, TV Movie), as Egli * ' (1967, TV Movie), as Ernst Röhm * ' (1970), as Kommissar * ' (1970), as Max ...

before the camera. Besides his film work Baltus worked extensively as a speaker of radio plays. In 1964 he received the Federal Film Award for his work in the film '' The Blood of the Walsungs''. He died in

Filmography

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* 1932 births 2019 deaths Male actors from Bremen (city) German male television actors 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors {{Germany-tv-actor-stub