Viktor de Kowa -- 1945 -- Peter Voss der Millionendieb: Teil 1
Viktor de Kowa (also spelled Victor de Kowa, born Victor Paul Karl Kowalczyk; 8 March 1904 – 8 April 1973) was a German stage and film actor, chanson singer, director, narrator and comic poet.
Eine Weiße mit 'nem Himbeerschuß / Viktor de Kowa (Dialog mit Grete Weiser)
Life
He was born the son of a farmer and engineer in Hohkirch near Görlitz (present-day Przesieczany in Poland), from where his family moved to Seifersdorf near Dippoldiswalde in Saxony in 1908 and to Chemnitz in 1913. De Kowa joined a cadet corps before he began occupational training as a graphic designer. Having attended drama classes with Erich Ponto, he gave his acting debut at the Staatstheater Dresden in 1922. After appearances in Lübeck, Frankfurt and Hamburg, de Kowa entered the stages of the Volksbühne and the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, as well as of the Prussian State Theatre under Gustaf Gründgens.
He had a first small film appearance in Nils Olaf Chrisander's The Heart Thief in 1927 and subsequently became one of the leading comic actors of the UFA film industry. During the Third Reich he joined the Nazi Party, directing the propaganda movie Kopf hoch, Johannes! in 1941. The film idealized the education of the German youth in National Political Institutes of Education, which earned de Kowa an entry on the Gottbegnadeten list to evade his Wehrmacht conscription, though Minister Goebbels was disillusioned with his directing.
Despite his involvement into Nazi cinema, de Kowa's film and theatre career quickly proceeded after the war. In 1945 he became director of the Berlin Tribüne theatre and an ensemble member of the Vienna Burgtheater from 1956 to 1962. As chairman of the trade unions for art, culture and media, he was also a board director of the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB).
First married with actress Ursula Grabley (1908–1977) in 1926, de Kowa in 1941 secondly married the Japanese singer and actress Michiko Tanaka (1909–1988). Both are buried in Friedhof Heerstraße, in an Ehrengrab donated by the City of Berlin.
Filmography
Actor
1971
Glückspilze (TV Movie) as
Prominentenarzt Dr. Ellwein
1969
Ein Walzertraum (TV Movie) as
Joachim VIII., Fürst von Flausenthurn
1966
Winnetou und sein Freund Old Firehand as
Robert Ravenhurst
1966
Ein Tag in Paris (TV Movie) as
Cocarel
1966
Heiraten (TV Movie) as
Sr. John Hotchkiss (as Victor de Kowa)
1964
Slim Callaghan greift ein (TV Series) as
Slim Callaghan
- Weißer Flieder (1964) - Slim Callaghan
- Das Halsband der Kaiserin (1964) - Slim Callaghan
- Unter Mordverdacht (1964) - Slim Callaghan
- Liebelei in Moll (1964) - Slim Callaghan
- Einladung zum Mord (1964) - Slim Callaghan
- Die Erbschaft (1964) - Slim Callaghan
- Die Falle (1964) - Slim Callaghan
- Tanz um Mitternacht (1964) - Slim Callaghan
1964
Elektra (TV Movie) as
Bettler
1964
Begegnung in Salzburg as
Bernhard von Wangen
1963
Ein besserer Herr (TV Movie) as
Herr Möbius
1963
Das Haus in Montevideo as
Anwalt
1963
Heroische Männer (TV Movie)
1962
Die große Szene (TV Movie) as
Herbot
1962
Papiermühle (TV Movie) as
Raymond Duchut
1962
Rosen für den Herbst - Geliebtes und gelebtes Chanson (TV Movie)
1961
Diesmal muss es Kaviar sein as
Loos
1961
Es muss nicht immer Kaviar sein as
Loos
1961
The Forger of London as
Dr. Donald Wells
1960
Der Groß-Cophta (TV Movie) as
Der Graf
1960
Schlußakkord as
Alexander von Berkin
1960
Bomben auf Monte Carlo as
Minister
1958
Embezzled Heaven as
Theo
1958
Scampolo as
Minister
1956
Nichts als Ärger mit der Liebe
1956
The Girl from Flanders as
Monsieur le Curé Simon / Dr.Simon
1955
Musik im Blut as
Kurt Widmann
1955
Vor Gott und den Menschen as
Martin
1955
Der Himmel ist nie ausverkauft as
Professor Behrens
1955
The Devil's General as
SS-Gruppenführer Schmidt-Lausitz
1954
Hochstaplerin der Liebe as
Professor Angelot
1954
A Love Story as
Manfred v. Prittwitz, Major
1952
Der Fürst von Pappenheim as
Egon Fürst
1951
Der blaue Stern des Südens as
Ivo
1950
Skandal in der Botschaft as
Fred Corvin & Dr. Tamanyo
1950
Melodie des Schicksals
1950
Die wunderschöne Galathee as
Viktor Kolin
1949
Anonyme Briefe
1948
Intimitäten as
Peter Korff
1947
Zwischen gestern und morgen as
Michael Rott
1946
Peter Voss, der Millionendieb as
Peter Voss
1945
Life Goes On as
Hauptmann Hoeßlin
1943
Ein glücklicher Mensch as
Philipp, sein Sohn
1943
Altes Herz wird wieder jung as
Neffe Dr. Paul Dehnhardt
1942
Wir machen Musik as
Paul Zimmermann
1942
Die Sache mit Styx as
Rittmeister Styx
1938
Scheidungsreise as
Dr. Delius
1938
Der Optimist as
Gustl
1938
Ich liebe dich as
Amerikaner Percy
1938
Kleiner Mann - ganz groß! as
Peter Kolle
1938
Under Sealed Orders as
Willi Reinhardt
1937
Versprich mir nichts! as
Maler Martin Pratt
1937
The Divine Jetta as
Fritz Barsch
1936
Spiel an Bord as
Viktor Müller
1936
Skandal um die Fledermaus as
Viktor Kendal
1936
Die große und die kleine Welt as
Franz Schuster - Taxichauffeur
1935
Lärm um Weidemann as
Dr. Hans Weidemann
1935
Mein Leben für Maria Isabell as
Fähnrich Menis
1934
Ein Kind, ein Hund, ein Vagabund as
Florian - ein Vagabund
1934
Decoy as
Schott junior
1934
Der junge Baron Neuhaus as
Baron Neuhaus
1934
Da stimmt was nicht as
Baron Albrecht von Weiningen
1934
Pappi as
Hans Werner
1934
The Grand Duke's Finances as
Grossherzog
1934
If I Were King as
Heinrich Berger
1933
Mädels von heute as
Peter Udde
1933
The Castle in the South as
Mirano
1933
Zwei im Sonnenschein as
Paul
1933
Little Man What Now as
Heilbutt
1933
Sag' mir, wer Du bist as
Frank Hesse
1933
Ein Lied geht um die Welt as
Rigo
1933
Es war einmal ein Musikus as
Heinz
1933
Polizeiakte 909 as
Charles Renard-Brinski
1933
Der Läufer von Marathon as
Georg Cornelius
1933
Die unsichtbare Front
1932
Der Diamant des Zaren as
Direktor Roller
1932
Tannenberg as
Rittmeister Fürst Wolgoff
1932
The Living Dead as
Junger Mann im Selbstmörderklub
1932
Fasse dich kurz (Short) as
Herr Bobby
1932
Der Stolz der 3. Kompanie as
Leutnant Fritz Gernsbach
1931
Die andere Seite as
Leutnant Hibbert
1931
True Jacob as
James
1931
Die Faschingsfee as
Victor Ronai
1931
1914, die letzten Tage vor dem Weltbrand as
Großfürst Michael
1930
Pension Schöller as
Bernhardy
1929
Katharina Knie as
Lorenz Knie
Director
1970
Die lieben Kinder (TV Movie) (theatre version, as Victor de Kowa)
