Actor. He was best known for playing the character roles of druggists, majors, doctors, bankers, lords, colonels, barons, professors, camp commandants, chief inspectors, politicians, and ministers, usually in action films and war films. He will be best remembered for playing the role of 'Hunderson' in the historical action Nazi propaganda film drama, "Titanic" (1943). The film which was directed by Herbert Selpin and Werner Klingler, which was written for the screen by Harald Bratt, Hansi Köck, and Herbert Selpin, and which also starred Sybille Schmitz, Hans Nielsen, and Kirsten Helbig, is the Third Reich's Nazi propaganda epic about a heroic fictional German officer on board of the RMS Titanic. On its maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable ship hits an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean and starts to go down. He was born as Franz Erwin Paul Schafheitlin in Berlin, Germany, to Dr. Paul Schafheitlin (1861-1924), a doctor of Philosophy, and his wife Emilie Luise Martha Schafheitlin on August 9, 1895. He studied acting under Max Reinhardt in Berlin, Germany, and he made his stage debut in Osnabrück, Germany, in 1920, and also appeared in theatres in Halberstadt, Germany, Stuttgart, Germany, Berlin, Germany, and Zurich, Switzerland, up until 1926. He also appeared at the Wiener Volkstheater in Vienna, Austria, from 1930 to 1936, played the role of 'Mephisto' under Max Reinhardt's direction at the Salzburg Festival in Salzburg, Austria, in 1936, and was an ensemble member at the Volksbühne Berlin from 1937 to 1945. During his time on the stage, he also made the transition to film, and then eventually to television. He also appeared on the radio and was a distinctive voice actor. He made his actual film debut in the adventure film, "Streets Of Algiers" (1927). The film which was directed by Wolfgang Hoffman-Harnisch, which was written for the screen by Robert Einert, also starred Maria Jacobini, Jean Bradin, Elizza La Porta, Camilla Horn, and Warwick Ward. He is also best remembered for playing the role of 'Dr. Heinrich Berger' in eight episodes of the popular family German television series, "Mein Bruder - Der Herr Dokter Berger," in 1972, and which also starred Rolf Schimpf, Monika Rasky, Götz Olaf Rausch, and Gustl Gstettenbaur. Besides, "Streets Of Algiers" (1927), and "Titanic" (1943), his many other film credits include, "Heut tanzt Mariett" (1928), "The Wonderful Lies Of Nina Petrovna" (1929), "Napoleon At St. Helena" (1929), "Geld auf der Straße" (1930), "Storm In A Water Glass" (1931), "Purpur und Waschblau" (1931), "Ein angenehmer Patient" (1932), "Der Dienstmann" (1932), "The Ringer" (1932), "The Regiment's Daughter" (1933), "Ray Of Sunshine" (1933), "Frasquita" (1934), "Wäsche - Waschen - Wohlergehen" (1934), "The Mystery Of Carlo Cavelli" (1934), "Lockspitzel Asew" (1935), "Der Kosak und die Nachtigall" (1935), "Eva, The Factory Girl" (1935), "Die ewige Maske" (1935), "A Devil Of A Fellow" (1935), "...nur ein Komödiant" (1935), "Die Pompadour" (1935), "King August The Strong" (1936), "An Orphan Boy Of Vienna" (1936), "The Fairy Dolly" (1936), "The Cabbie's Song" (1936), "Ball im Metropol" (1937), "1A In Upper Bavaria" (1937), "Andere Welt" (1937), "Anna Favetti" (1938), "Magda" (1938), "Wer bist Du?" (1938), "Steputat & Co." (1938), "Der Skarabäus" (1938), "So You Don't Know Korff Yet?" (1938), "The Immortal Heart" (1939), "The Green Emperor" (1939), "Der vierte kommt nicht" (1939), "Marguerite : 3" (1939), "Dein Leben gehört mir" (1939), "The Desert Song" (1939), "Maria Ilona" (1939), "The Singing Gate" (1939), "Casa Iontana" (1939), "Angelika" (1940), "Die lustigen Vagabunden" (1940), "Kora Terry" (1940), "Bismarck" (1940), "Mein Leben für Irland" (1941), "Uncle Kruger" (1941), Friedmann Bach" (1941), "I accuse" (1941), "Menschen im Sturm" (1941), "Der große König" (1942), "Die Sche mit Styx" (1942), "Die heimlichen Bräute" (1942), "Ein Windstoß" (1942), "Rembrandt" (1942), "Andreas Schlüter" (1942), "Bismarck's Dismissal" (1942), "Stimme des Herszens" (1942), "Mit den Augen einer Frau" (1942), "Liebesgeschichten" (1943), "The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen" (1943), "Paracelsus" (1943), "Trip Into Adventure" (1943), "Die beiden Schwestern" (1943), "Gefährlicher Frühling" (1943), "Herr Sanders lebt gefährlich" (1944), "Der große Preis" (1944), "Die Affäre Roedern" (1944), "Ich habe von dir geträumt" (1944), "Die schwarze Robe" (1944), "The Great Sacrifice" (1944), "Das war mein Leben" (1944), "Philharmonic" (1944), "Burning Hearts" (1945), "Die Jahre vergehen" (1945), "Meine Herren Söhne" (1945), "Eines Tages" (1945), "Der Erbförster" (1945), "Life Goes On" (1945), "Seven Journeys" (1947), "Finale" (1948), "Frech und verliebt" (1948), "Die letzte Nacht" (1949), "Verführte Hände" (1949), "Die Andere" (1949), "Krach im Hinterhaus" (1949), "Hafenmelodie" (1949), "Kätchen für alles" (1949), "Wie sagen wir es unseren Kindern?" (1949), "Dangerous Guests" (1949), "Schatten der Nacht" (1950), "Eine Nacht im Separee" (1950), "Dreizehn unter einem Hut" (1950), "Gabriela" (1950), "Export in Blond" (1950), "The Beautiful Galatea" (1950), "Des Lebens Überfluss" (1950), "Mathilde Möhring" (1950), "The Wooden Horse" (1950), "Der Fall Rabanser" (1950), "Das Mädchen aus der Südsee" (1950), "Melodie des Schicksals" (1950), "Unsterbliche Geliebte" (1951), "Professor Nachtfalter" (1951), "Das fremde Leben" (1951), "Affairs Of Dr. Holl" (1951), "Die Schuld des Dr. Homma" (1951), "The Heath Is Green" (1951), "The Lady In Black" (1951), "The Csardas Princess" (1951), "Hanna Amon" (1951), "Heidelberger Romanze" (1951), "Die große Versuchung" (1952), "Von Liebe reden wir später" (1953), "Prozeß in Dur" (1953), "Spiel mit dem Glück" (1953), "Secretly Still And Quiet" (1953), "Das Chiffontuch" (1953), "Alles für Papa" (1953), "Eternal Love" (1954), "Regina Amstetten" (1954), "Sanatorium total verrückt" (1954), "Der König mit dem Regenschirm" (1954), "Der Teufel fährt in der 3. Klasse" (1954), "Confession Under Four Eyes" (1954), "Ingrid - The Story Of A Fashion Model" (1955), "Musik, Musik und ner Musik" (1955), "The Priest From Kirchfeld" (1955), "Ihr Leibregiment" (1955), "Nathan der Weise" (1956), "Der Hexer" (1956), "Mein Bruder Josua" (1956), "Solange noch die Rosen blüh'n" (1956), "Die Kraft und die Herrlichkeit" (1957), "Korruption" (1957), "Es wird alles wieder gut" (1957), "Alle Wege führen heim" (1957), "Gruß und Kuß vom Tegernsee" (1957), "Nachtschwester Ingeborg" (1958), "Schwarze Seide" (1958), "Der Mann, der seinen Namen änderte" (1958), "Biologie und Tennis" (1958), "Imperfect Angel" (1958), "Grabenplatz 17" (1958), "Vater, Mutter und neun Kinder" (1958), "Die sechste Frau" (1959), "Der Fall Pinedus" (1959), "Die schöne Lügnerin" (1959), "Duel With Death" (1959), "Akt mit Geige" (1959), "Aufruhr" (1959), "Die Gaunerkomödie" (1960), "Die Dame in der schwarzen Robe" (1960), "Heritage Of Bjorndal" (1960), "Hamlet" (1960), "Zauber der Jugend" (1961), "Die Sendung der Lysistrata" (1961), "Dead Eyes Of London" (1961), "Ein Mädchen vom Lande" (1961), "Zaubereien oder Die Tücke des Objekts" (1962), "Vorspiel auf dem Theater" (1963), "Talente und Verehrer" (1963), "Die Möwe" (1963), "Der Parasit" (1963), "Two Gentlemen Of Verona" (1964), "Mein oder Dein" (1964), "The Canterville Ghost" (1964), "Frau Warrens Gewerbe" (1964), "Kandidat Cormoran" (1965), "Ein Tag im April" (1965), "Nachruf au Egon Müller" (1965), "Wie wär's, Monsieur?" (1966), "Die Hinrichtung" (1966), "Zehn Prozent" (1966), 'Wie man's nimmt" (1966), "Ein gutes Gewissen..." (1967), "Die Schule der Frauen" (1967), "Aktien und Lorbeer" (1967), "Ist er gut? - Ist er böse?" (1967), "Das Attentat - Schleicher: General der letzten Stunde" (1967), "Die Flucht nach Holland" (1967), "Der Kaufmann von Venedig" (1968), "Sind wir das nicht alle?? (1969), "Miks Bumbullis" (1971), "Soft Shoulder, Sharp Curves" (1972), "Manolescu - Die fast wahre Biographie eines Gauners" (1972), "Was wissen Sie von Titipu?" (1972), "Twins From Immen Farm" (1973), "Zwei im 7. Himmel" (1974), "Frühling auf Immenhof" (1974), and "Ihr 106. Geburtstag" (1979). Besides, playing the role of 'Dr. Heinrich Berger' in eight episodes of the popular family German television series, "Mein Bruder - Der Herr Dokter Berger," in 1972, and which also starred Rolf Schimpf, Monika Rasky, Götz Olaf Rausch, and Gustl Gstettenbaur, his many other television credits include, "Die fünfte Kolonne," "Der Nachtkurier meldet..." "Raumpatrouille - Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion," "Das Kriminalmuseum," "Zimmer 13," "Mexikanische Revolution," "Hilfe, wir bauen," "Der Kommissar," "Meine Tochter - Unser Fräulein Doktor," "Der Kurier der Kaiserin," "Von Liebe keine Rede," "Les aventures du capitaine Luckner," "Mordkommission," "The Little Doctor," "Ein gewisser Herr S... (Ein tag aus dem leben eines show-agenten)," "Das kleine Hofkonzert - Musikalisches Lustspiel aus der Welt Carl Spitzwegs," "Zum blauen Bock," "Der Herr Kottnik," "Ardéchois Coeur Fidèle," "Münchner Geschichten," "Beschlossen und verkündet," "Eichholz und Söhne," "Polizeiinspektion 1," "Der Anwalt," and "The Old Fox." His last role was playing 'Ministerialrat a. D. von Borck' in the television series, "Café Wernicke," from 1980 to 1981. A few of the episodes were shown after his death. He passed away in Pullach im Isartal, Bavaria, Germany, on February 6, 1980, at the age of 84, and he was buried in Waldfriedhof München in Grosshadern, Germany. He was married three times including to Hertha Scheel from 1942 until his death. Together they had one child.
Actor. He was best known for playing the character roles of druggists, majors, doctors, bankers, lords, colonels, barons, professors, camp commandants, chief inspectors, politicians, and ministers, usually in action films and war films. He will be best remembered for playing the role of 'Hunderson' in the historical action Nazi propaganda film drama, "Titanic" (1943). The film which was directed by Herbert Selpin and Werner Klingler, which was written for the screen by Harald Bratt, Hansi Köck, and Herbert Selpin, and which also starred Sybille Schmitz, Hans Nielsen, and Kirsten Helbig, is the Third Reich's Nazi propaganda epic about a heroic fictional German officer on board of the RMS Titanic. On its maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable ship hits an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean and starts to go down. He was born as Franz Erwin Paul Schafheitlin in Berlin, Germany, to Dr. Paul Schafheitlin (1861-1924), a doctor of Philosophy, and his wife Emilie Luise Martha Schafheitlin on August 9, 1895. He studied acting under Max Reinhardt in Berlin, Germany, and he made his stage debut in Osnabrück, Germany, in 1920, and also appeared in theatres in Halberstadt, Germany, Stuttgart, Germany, Berlin, Germany, and Zurich, Switzerland, up until 1926. He also appeared at the Wiener Volkstheater in Vienna, Austria, from 1930 to 1936, played the role of 'Mephisto' under Max Reinhardt's direction at the Salzburg Festival in Salzburg, Austria, in 1936, and was an ensemble member at the Volksbühne Berlin from 1937 to 1945. During his time on the stage, he also made the transition to film, and then eventually to television. He also appeared on the radio and was a distinctive voice actor. He made his actual film debut in the adventure film, "Streets Of Algiers" (1927). The film which was directed by Wolfgang Hoffman-Harnisch, which was written for the screen by Robert Einert, also starred Maria Jacobini, Jean Bradin, Elizza La Porta, Camilla Horn, and Warwick Ward. He is also best remembered for playing the role of 'Dr. Heinrich Berger' in eight episodes of the popular family German television series, "Mein Bruder - Der Herr Dokter Berger," in 1972, and which also starred Rolf Schimpf, Monika Rasky, Götz Olaf Rausch, and Gustl Gstettenbaur. Besides, "Streets Of Algiers" (1927), and "Titanic" (1943), his many other film credits include, "Heut tanzt Mariett" (1928), "The Wonderful Lies Of Nina Petrovna" (1929), "Napoleon At St. Helena" (1929), "Geld auf der Straße" (1930), "Storm In A Water Glass" (1931), "Purpur und Waschblau" (1931), "Ein angenehmer Patient" (1932), "Der Dienstmann" (1932), "The Ringer" (1932), "The Regiment's Daughter" (1933), "Ray Of Sunshine" (1933), "Frasquita" (1934), "Wäsche - Waschen - Wohlergehen" (1934), "The Mystery Of Carlo Cavelli" (1934), "Lockspitzel Asew" (1935), "Der Kosak und die Nachtigall" (1935), "Eva, The Factory Girl" (1935), "Die ewige Maske" (1935), "A Devil Of A Fellow" (1935), "...nur ein Komödiant" (1935), "Die Pompadour" (1935), "King August The Strong" (1936), "An Orphan Boy Of Vienna" (1936), "The Fairy Dolly" (1936), "The Cabbie's Song" (1936), "Ball im Metropol" (1937), "1A In Upper Bavaria" (1937), "Andere Welt" (1937), "Anna Favetti" (1938), "Magda" (1938), "Wer bist Du?" (1938), "Steputat & Co." (1938), "Der Skarabäus" (1938), "So You Don't Know Korff Yet?" (1938), "The Immortal Heart" (1939), "The Green Emperor" (1939), "Der vierte kommt nicht" (1939), "Marguerite : 3" (1939), "Dein Leben gehört mir" (1939), "The Desert Song" (1939), "Maria Ilona" (1939), "The Singing Gate" (1939), "Casa Iontana" (1939), "Angelika" (1940), "Die lustigen Vagabunden" (1940), "Kora Terry" (1940), "Bismarck" (1940), "Mein Leben für Irland" (1941), "Uncle Kruger" (1941), Friedmann Bach" (1941), "I accuse" (1941), "Menschen im Sturm" (1941), "Der große König" (1942), "Die Sche mit Styx" (1942), "Die heimlichen Bräute" (1942), "Ein Windstoß" (1942), "Rembrandt" (1942), "Andreas Schlüter" (1942), "Bismarck's Dismissal" (1942), "Stimme des Herszens" (1942), "Mit den Augen einer Frau" (1942), "Liebesgeschichten" (1943), "The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen" (1943), "Paracelsus" (1943), "Trip Into Adventure" (1943), "Die beiden Schwestern" (1943), "Gefährlicher Frühling" (1943), "Herr Sanders lebt gefährlich" (1944), "Der große Preis" (1944), "Die Affäre Roedern" (1944), "Ich habe von dir geträumt" (1944), "Die schwarze Robe" (1944), "The Great Sacrifice" (1944), "Das war mein Leben" (1944), "Philharmonic" (1944), "Burning Hearts" (1945), "Die Jahre vergehen" (1945), "Meine Herren Söhne" (1945), "Eines Tages" (1945), "Der Erbförster" (1945), "Life Goes On" (1945), "Seven Journeys" (1947), "Finale" (1948), "Frech und verliebt" (1948), "Die letzte Nacht" (1949), "Verführte Hände" (1949), "Die Andere" (1949), "Krach im Hinterhaus" (1949), "Hafenmelodie" (1949), "Kätchen für alles" (1949), "Wie sagen wir es unseren Kindern?" (1949), "Dangerous Guests" (1949), "Schatten der Nacht" (1950), "Eine Nacht im Separee" (1950), "Dreizehn unter einem Hut" (1950), "Gabriela" (1950), "Export in Blond" (1950), "The Beautiful Galatea" (1950), "Des Lebens Überfluss" (1950), "Mathilde Möhring" (1950), "The Wooden Horse" (1950), "Der Fall Rabanser" (1950), "Das Mädchen aus der Südsee" (1950), "Melodie des Schicksals" (1950), "Unsterbliche Geliebte" (1951), "Professor Nachtfalter" (1951), "Das fremde Leben" (1951), "Affairs Of Dr. Holl" (1951), "Die Schuld des Dr. Homma" (1951), "The Heath Is Green" (1951), "The Lady In Black" (1951), "The Csardas Princess" (1951), "Hanna Amon" (1951), "Heidelberger Romanze" (1951), "Die große Versuchung" (1952), "Von Liebe reden wir später" (1953), "Prozeß in Dur" (1953), "Spiel mit dem Glück" (1953), "Secretly Still And Quiet" (1953), "Das Chiffontuch" (1953), "Alles für Papa" (1953), "Eternal Love" (1954), "Regina Amstetten" (1954), "Sanatorium total verrückt" (1954), "Der König mit dem Regenschirm" (1954), "Der Teufel fährt in der 3. Klasse" (1954), "Confession Under Four Eyes" (1954), "Ingrid - The Story Of A Fashion Model" (1955), "Musik, Musik und ner Musik" (1955), "The Priest From Kirchfeld" (1955), "Ihr Leibregiment" (1955), "Nathan der Weise" (1956), "Der Hexer" (1956), "Mein Bruder Josua" (1956), "Solange noch die Rosen blüh'n" (1956), "Die Kraft und die Herrlichkeit" (1957), "Korruption" (1957), "Es wird alles wieder gut" (1957), "Alle Wege führen heim" (1957), "Gruß und Kuß vom Tegernsee" (1957), "Nachtschwester Ingeborg" (1958), "Schwarze Seide" (1958), "Der Mann, der seinen Namen änderte" (1958), "Biologie und Tennis" (1958), "Imperfect Angel" (1958), "Grabenplatz 17" (1958), "Vater, Mutter und neun Kinder" (1958), "Die sechste Frau" (1959), "Der Fall Pinedus" (1959), "Die schöne Lügnerin" (1959), "Duel With Death" (1959), "Akt mit Geige" (1959), "Aufruhr" (1959), "Die Gaunerkomödie" (1960), "Die Dame in der schwarzen Robe" (1960), "Heritage Of Bjorndal" (1960), "Hamlet" (1960), "Zauber der Jugend" (1961), "Die Sendung der Lysistrata" (1961), "Dead Eyes Of London" (1961), "Ein Mädchen vom Lande" (1961), "Zaubereien oder Die Tücke des Objekts" (1962), "Vorspiel auf dem Theater" (1963), "Talente und Verehrer" (1963), "Die Möwe" (1963), "Der Parasit" (1963), "Two Gentlemen Of Verona" (1964), "Mein oder Dein" (1964), "The Canterville Ghost" (1964), "Frau Warrens Gewerbe" (1964), "Kandidat Cormoran" (1965), "Ein Tag im April" (1965), "Nachruf au Egon Müller" (1965), "Wie wär's, Monsieur?" (1966), "Die Hinrichtung" (1966), "Zehn Prozent" (1966), 'Wie man's nimmt" (1966), "Ein gutes Gewissen..." (1967), "Die Schule der Frauen" (1967), "Aktien und Lorbeer" (1967), "Ist er gut? - Ist er böse?" (1967), "Das Attentat - Schleicher: General der letzten Stunde" (1967), "Die Flucht nach Holland" (1967), "Der Kaufmann von Venedig" (1968), "Sind wir das nicht alle?? (1969), "Miks Bumbullis" (1971), "Soft Shoulder, Sharp Curves" (1972), "Manolescu - Die fast wahre Biographie eines Gauners" (1972), "Was wissen Sie von Titipu?" (1972), "Twins From Immen Farm" (1973), "Zwei im 7. Himmel" (1974), "Frühling auf Immenhof" (1974), and "Ihr 106. Geburtstag" (1979). Besides, playing the role of 'Dr. Heinrich Berger' in eight episodes of the popular family German television series, "Mein Bruder - Der Herr Dokter Berger," in 1972, and which also starred Rolf Schimpf, Monika Rasky, Götz Olaf Rausch, and Gustl Gstettenbaur, his many other television credits include, "Die fünfte Kolonne," "Der Nachtkurier meldet..." "Raumpatrouille - Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion," "Das Kriminalmuseum," "Zimmer 13," "Mexikanische Revolution," "Hilfe, wir bauen," "Der Kommissar," "Meine Tochter - Unser Fräulein Doktor," "Der Kurier der Kaiserin," "Von Liebe keine Rede," "Les aventures du capitaine Luckner," "Mordkommission," "The Little Doctor," "Ein gewisser Herr S... (Ein tag aus dem leben eines show-agenten)," "Das kleine Hofkonzert - Musikalisches Lustspiel aus der Welt Carl Spitzwegs," "Zum blauen Bock," "Der Herr Kottnik," "Ardéchois Coeur Fidèle," "Münchner Geschichten," "Beschlossen und verkündet," "Eichholz und Söhne," "Polizeiinspektion 1," "Der Anwalt," and "The Old Fox." His last role was playing 'Ministerialrat a. D. von Borck' in the television series, "Café Wernicke," from 1980 to 1981. A few of the episodes were shown after his death. He passed away in Pullach im Isartal, Bavaria, Germany, on February 6, 1980, at the age of 84, and he was buried in Waldfriedhof München in Grosshadern, Germany. He was married three times including to Hertha Scheel from 1942 until his death. Together they had one child.
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