Walter Schultheiss Explained

Walter Schultheiss
Birth Date:25 May 1924
Birth Place:Tübingen, Germany
Occupation:Actor
Years Active:1947–present
Children:1

Walter Schultheiss (born 25 May 1924) is a German actor, author and painter.

Life and career

He began his career in 1947 as Pedro del Vegas in the operetta Maske in Blau.[1] He became famous in 1963 through his street sweeper skits at the former Süddeutscher Rundfunk, in which he and Werner Veidt entertained radio listeners every Saturday for 20 years: as the street sweeper duo Karle and Gottlob. He was heard and seen in other sketches, and radio plays with Oscar Heiler, Oscar Müller, Willy Seiler, Georg Thomalla and Willy Reichert.[2]

Schultheiss was involved in television films and family series such as Oh God, Herr Pfarrer, Der König von Bärenbach, as the pious parish councilor Karl Engstinger in Pfarrerin Lenau and as the winery owner Der Eugen. Even in old age, Schultheiss was still regularly on the theater stage for several weeks a year in the comedy im Marquardt in Stuttgart.[3] From 2000 to 2007 he played the supporting role of the upper-class landlord Rominger in the SWR crime scene in Stuttgart (Ernst Bienzle). In 2009 he took part in the Swabian mini-series Laible und Frisch. In addition to acting, Schultheiss writes humorous dialogues, poems and valentines.[4] [5]

Personal life

On May 25, 1950, Schultheiss married actress Trudel Wulle[6] (1925–2021); In 1955 their son was born. The couple lived in Wildberg.[7]

Scultheiss turned 100 on 25 May 2024.[8]

Filmography

Notes and References

  1. Book: Lessat, Jürgen . Stuttgart auf vier Pfoten: Tipps und Adressen für das Leben mit Hund in der Stadt ; [jetzt neu - raus aufs Land mit Hund] ]. 2004 . Companions . 978-3-89740-439-7 . de.
  2. Book: Freed, John B. . The Friars and German Society in the Thirteenth Century . 1977 . Mediaeval Academy of America . 978-0-910956-60-4 . en.
  3. Book: Württemberg . Königlich-Württembergisches Hof- und Staats-Handbuch: 1858 . 1858 . Guttenberg . de.
  4. Book: Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreichs Württemberg: 1877 . 1877 . de.
  5. Book: Adreßbuch der Stadt Zürich . 1859 . Füssli . de.
  6. Web site: WAS D LEUT SO RAUSSCHWÄTZET Trudel Wulle und Walter Schultheiß. Besuchen Sie die neue Internetseite der Gemeinde Bisingen - PDF Kostenfreier Download . 2023-03-19 . docplayer.org.
  7. Web site: Germany . Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Stuttgart . Walter Schultheiß feiert Geburtstag: Sein Rat mit 98 Jahren: Stets annehmen, was kommt! . 2023-03-19 . stuttgarter-nachrichten.de . de.
  8. Web site: Vorzeigeschwabe und Ikone des Wortwitzes: Walter Schultheiss wird 100. Schwäbisches Tagblatt. 25 May 2024. de.