Will
Dohm
1897
- 1948 |
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The actor Will Dohm was born as Wilhelm Dohm in Köln-Delbrück
geboren. He served as a second lieutenant for the infantery during World
War I.
After the war he accepted a job at a bank in Cologne and beside it
he took acting lessons at Georg Kiesau.
He made his stage debut in Mühlhausen in 1921, other engagements
followed in Aachen, Cologne and Stuttgart. In 1926 he was engaged to the
Munich Kammerspiele and was very successful there.
In movies he came up from 1928 now and then, so in "Waterloo" (28) and
"Spuren im Schnee" (29). But only with the talkies he became a popular
actor in normally funny support roles.
To his well-known movies of the 30's belong "Peter Voss, der Millionendieb"
(32), "Kreuzer Emden" (32), "Barcarole" (35), "Allotria" (36), "Fridericus"
(36), "Tanz auf dem Vulkan" (38), "Nanu, Sie kennen Korff noch nicht! (38)
and "Bel Ami" (39).
Till the end he impersonated many other roles, among others in "Kora
Terry" (40), "Der Gasmann" (41), "Das Bad auf der Tenne" (43), "Der Meisterdetektiv"
(44) and "Die Fledermaus" (45).
After the war he concentrated exclusively to the theater and continued
his career in Munich. He had to cut out the film project "Der Apfel ist
ab" (48) for health reason. Shortly afterwards he died in Munich.
Will Dohm was married with the actress Heli Finkenzeller since 1937. Their common
daughter Gaby Dohm went on with the tradition of acting and became very
popular with the TV serial "Die Schwarzwaldklinik" (85).
As was recently discovered, Will Dohm was first married to Susanna
Gutherz, who was of Jewish descent. In 1935, he received a notice
stating that he would no longer be allowed to perform at the
Kammerspiele as long as this marriage remained in effect. Will Dohm
agreed, and the divorce was finalized. Susanna Gutherz was later sent
to a concentration camp, along with her family. She was murdered in
Auschwitz on September 30, 1942.
A detailed report on the circumstances of his first marriage was written by Petra Cichos and is available on the Munich City Archives blog.
Other movies with Will Dohm:
Marquis d'Eon, der Spion der Pompadour
(28) Bruder Bernhard (29) Der Tunnel (33) Der Flüchtling aus Chicago
(34) Der Gefangene des Königs (35) Die klugen Frauen (35) Donogoo
Tonka (36) Maria, die Magd (36) Wenn wir alle Engel wären (36) Krach
und Glück um Künnemann (37) Gefährliches Spiel (37) Versprich
mir nichts! (37) Gabriele eins, zwei, drei (37) Das Mädchen mit dem
guten Ruf (38) Preussische Liebesgeschichte/Liebeslegende (38) Das Leben
kann so schön sein/Eine Frau für's Leben (38) Morgen werde ich
verhaftet (39) Kennwort Machin (39) Opernball (39) Sommer, Sonne, Erika
(39) Zwischen Hamburg und Haiti (40) Mein Leben für Irland (41) Frau
Luna (41) Das andere Ich (41) Die Sache mit Styx (42) So ein Früchtchen
(42) Alles aus Liebe (42) Altes Herz wird wieder jung (43) Reise in die
Vergangenheit (43) Die kluge Marianne (43) Fritze Bollmann wollte angeln
(43) Der weisse Traum (43) Grossstadtmelodie (43) Ein Mann für meine
Frau (43) Die Hochstaplerin (43) Das Lied der Nachtigall (43) Wer zuletzt
lacht...! (43) Es lebe die Liebe (44) Der Kohlenklau (44) Es fing so harmlos
an (44) Frau über Bord/Das Mädchen Juanita (45) Das Leben geht
weiter (45) Der Fall Molander (45) |
