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Friedrich Ettel(1890-1941)

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Friedrich Ettel was born on 8 June 1890 in Zurich, Switzerland. He was an actor, known for A Certain Mr. Gran (1933), Nordlicht (1938) and Tante Gusti kommandiert (1932). He died on 12 March 1941 in Berlin, Germany.
BornJune 8, 1890
DiedMarch 12, 1941(50)
BornJune 8, 1890
DiedMarch 12, 1941(50)
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Known for

A Certain Mr. Gran (1933)
A Certain Mr. Gran
6.4
  • Actor
  • 1933
Nordlicht (1938)
Nordlicht
6.8
  • Kunde bei Hansen
  • 1938
Tante Gusti kommandiert
  • Herr Luders, hotel manager
  • 1932
Asta Nielsen, Hans Rehmann, and Ellen Schwanneke in Crown of Thorns (1932)
Crown of Thorns
6.3
  • Actor
  • 1932

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  • Karin Hardt and Hermann Speelmans in Familienanschluß (1941)
    Familienanschluß
    7.3
    • 1941
  • Am Abend auf der Heide (1941)
    Am Abend auf der Heide
    6.4
    • Metzgermeister
    • 1941
  • Friedrich Schiller - Der Triumph eines Genies (1940)
    Friedrich Schiller - Der Triumph eines Genies
    6.1
    • Innkeeper Brothag (uncredited)
    • 1940
  • Enemies (1940)
    Enemies
    5.3
    • Keller
    • 1940
  • Die drei Codonas (1940)
    Die drei Codonas
    5.4
    • Direktor Schuch
    • 1940
  • Hilde Krüger in Rheinische Brautfahrt (1939)
    Rheinische Brautfahrt
    • Bürgermeister Schneiderjahn
    • 1939
  • Tee zu zweien
    Short
    • Fritz Brund
    • 1939
  • Anneliese Uhlig in Die Stimme aus dem Äther (1939)
    Die Stimme aus dem Äther
    8.6
    • Direktor der Deutschen Landesbühne
    • 1939
  • Marionette (1939)
    Marionette
    6.7
    • Astori - l'impresario
    • 1939
  • Marianne Simson in Das Verlegenheitskind (1938)
    Das Verlegenheitskind
    • Kattwinkel
    • 1938
  • Pour le Mérite (1938)
    Pour le Mérite
    6.0
    • Vorsitzeender
    • 1938
  • My Heart Belongs to Thee
    • Astori
    • 1938
  • Nordlicht (1938)
    Nordlicht
    6.8
    • Kunde bei Hansen
    • 1938
  • Imperio Argentina, Friedrich Benfer, Karl Klüsner, and Herbert Maisch in Nights in Andalusia (1938)
    Nights in Andalusia
    5.5
    • Wirt einer Herberge (uncredited)
    • 1938
  • Ursula Grabley and Paul Klinger in Grossalarm (1938)
    Grossalarm
    7.0
    • 1938

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  • Alternative name
    • Frederic Ettel
  • Born
    • June 8, 1890
    • Zurich, Switzerland
  • Died
    • March 12, 1941
    • Berlin, Germany

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    Swiss-born character actor, on stage from 1908. Noted in diverse character roles at the Deutsche Theater in Berlin (1930-32) under the auspices of Max Reinhardt and Gustaf Gründgens. Regularly seen in German films of the 1930's, usually as physicians, innkeepers, chemists or military men.

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