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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. Their common daughter Gaby Dohm went on with the tradition of acting and became very popular with the TV serial "Die Schwarzwaldklinik" (85).
 

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)


 
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