Walter Otto Hugo Karl Amtrup (15 March 1904 – 7 August 1974) was a German actor, film dubber, opera singer (bass), and acting teacher.[1]

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Walter Amtrup
Born	Walter Otto Hugo Karl Amtrup 15 March 1904 Hamburg, German Empire
Died	7 August 1974 (aged 70) Erfurt, East Germany

Early life and education

Walter Amtrup was born in Altona, Hamburg as the son of a state court judge. He was student of the gymnasium in Lüneburg and, after achieving his Abitur, visited the Berlin University of the Arts from 1925 until 1931, where he was educated as an opera singer and a stage actor.

Opera and acting career

Amtrup made his professional opera debut in 1932 at the Landestheater Altenburg. This was followed by many appearances in Meißen, Neisse, Wilhelmshaven, Hanau, Bunzlau, at the Staatstheater Schwerin (state theater of Mecklenburg) and until the end of the Second World War at the municipal Städtische Bühnen in Chemnitz.

German Democratic Republic

Ten years after the End of World War II the Amtrup family moved to Central Germany in 1955, where Amtrup was employed as a character actor by the Städtische Bühnen Erfurt. In 1966 he was booked by the Meiningen Court Theatre, where his artistic career ended 1969.

Family

Walter Amtrup was married to former opera singer Johanna Amtrup, née Kieling. The couple had three children: Karin (born 1936), Turid (born 1943), and Niels-Torsten (born 1951). The German marine biologist and dolphin research scientist Karsten Brensing is Walter Amtrup’s grandson.

Artistic career

Education and engagements

• 1925–1931: Education at the Berlin University of the Arts, specializing in drama/opera[2]
• 1932–1933: Landestheater Altenburg[3]
• 1933: Stadttheater Meißen[3]
• 1934: Stadttheater Neiße[3]
• 1935: Neues Schauspielhaus der Jadestädte, Wilhelmshaven[3]
• 1936: Stadttheater Hanau[3]
• 1937–1941: Staatstheater Schwerin[3]
• 1941–1945: Städtische Bühnen Chemnitz[3]
• 1947–1951: Städtische Bühnen Flensburg[3]
• 1955–1966: Städtische Bühnen Erfurt[4]
• 1966–1969: Meininger Theater[4]

Roles

Theater

Theater Altenburg

Film and Television

Actor

• 1957: Polonia-Express[5]
• 1959: Der Spekulant (TV)
• 1960: Die Hunde bellen nicht mehr (TV)[6]

Film dubber

• 1958: Kassendiebe – as Bocek (Czechoslovakian Film)[7]
• 1958: Testpiloten – as Anufrijew (Mosfilm)[8]
• 1959: Die Erfindung des Verderbens – as Graf Artigas (Czechoslovakian Film)[9]
• 1959: Die letzte Chance (Italian Film)[10]
• 1960: Tierfänger – as animal catcher – not mentioned by name (Soviet Film)[11]
• 1961: Das schwarze Gesicht – not mentioned by name (Hungarian Film)[12]

References

External links

• Walter Amtrup: Ringparabel (Nathan der Weise; Lessing)