Paul Esser (24 April 1913 – 20 January 1988) was a German stage and television actor and
voice actor
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. He is remembered for playing the lead role in the
Sender Freies Berlin version of the detective series ''
Tatort''. Esser was born in
Geldern-Kapellen and died in
Tenerife
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.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Gasman'' (1941)
* ''Liebesgeschichten'' (1943) - Oskar - 20 Jahre
* ''
Rotation
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'' (1949) - Hans Behnke
* ''
Der Kahn der fröhlichen Leute'' (1950) - Heinrich, Musiker
* ''
The Merry Wives of Windsor
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'' (1950) - Sir John Falstaff (Johannes Spenser)
* ''
Heart of Stone'' (1950) - Ezechiel
* ''
Man of Straw'' (1951) - Regierungspräsident von Wulckow
* ''
Homesick for You'' (1952) - Otto Klemke
* ''
Christina'' (1953) - Fritz Ohlsen, Knecht
* ''
The Immortal Vagabond'' (1953) - Florian
* ''
A Life for Do'' (1954) - Onkel Karl
* ''
Prisoners of Love'' (1954) - Max
* ''Hoheit lassen bitten'' (1954) - Bauunternehmer Kehlbach
* ''
Island of the Dead'' (1955) - Fritz Kahlmayer
* ''
Son Without a Home'' (1955) - Ludwig Steiner
* ''
Your Life Guards'' (1955) - Oberst
* ''
Urlaub auf Ehrenwort'' (1955) - Offc. Paul Hartmann
* ''Johannisnacht'' (1956) - Verwalter Lamm
* ''Das Hirtenlied vom Kaisertal'' (1956) - Der Pfarrer
* ''
Different from You and Me'' (1957) - Kommissar
* ''
The Spessart Inn'' (1957) - Friedrich Roeckel
* ''
Precocious Youth'' (1957) - Herr Messmann
* ''
The Spessart Inn'' (1958) - Corporal
* ''
The Gambler'' (1958)
* ''
Restless Night'' (1958) - Zahlmeister
* ''
Der Schinderhannes'' (1958) - Schmied Schauwecker
* ''
For Love and Others'' (1959) - Hauptwachtmeister Siegel (Episode Hamburg)
* ''
The Beautiful Adventure'' (1959) - Olivon
* ''
Two Times Adam, One Time Eve'' (1959) - Rat Granberg
* ''
Abschied von den Wolken'' (1959) - Monsignore Scarpi
* ''Ein Herz braucht Liebe'' (1960)
* ''
Yes, Women are Dangerous'' (1960) - Kapitän Friedrichsen
* ' (1960) - Obergefreiter Karl
* ''
The Haunted Castle'' (1960) - Toni, a ghost
* ' (1963) - J. M. Schreiber
* ''Wochentags immer'' (1963) - Onkel
* ''Das Haus auf dem Hügel'' (1964) - Inspektor Antoine Creux
* ''
Not Reconciled'' (1965)
* ''
Glorious Times at the Spessart Inn'' (1967) - Mönch
* ''La moglie giapponese'' (1968) - Ferrante
* ''
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
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'' (1969) - German Sergeant
* ''
Pippi Longstocking'' (1969, TV Series) - Blom
* ''
Pippi Longstocking'' (1969) - Bloom
* ' (1969) - Richter (uncredited)
* ' (1969) - Max
* ''
Pippi Goes on Board'' (1969) - Blom
* ''
What Is the Matter with Willi?'' (1970) - Motzmann
* ''
Daughters of Darkness'' (1971) - Hotel clerk
* ''
Our Willi Is the Best'' (1971) - Herr Kaiser
* ''
Emil i Lönneberga
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'' (1971) - Doktorn
* ''
Nya hyss av Emil i Lönneberga'' (1972) - Doktorn
* ' (1973)
* ''
Tatort'' (1971-1974, TV Series) - Gastkommissar Kasulke
* ''
The Roaring Fifties'' (1983) - Senator Hilton
References
*
1913 births
1988 deaths
German male television actors
German male stage actors
German male voice actors
20th-century German male actors
Male actors from Berlin
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