1931-08-08 Kaiserslautern, Germany
Peter Fitz (8 August 1931 - 10 January 2013) was a German stage and film actor. Fitz completed an apprenticeship at the drama school of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg in the 1950s. In the 1960s, engagements at the Schauspiel Frankfurt theatre followed. Director Peter Stein brought him into the ensemble of the Berlin Schaubühne theatre, where he worked under the direction of Stein as well as Klaus Michael Grüber. In the course of his career, Fitz performed at all major German-language venues, such as the Vienna Burgtheater, the Munich Kammerspiele, Berlin's Schiller Theater, as well as the Salzburg Festival. In 1980 and 1983, he was voted Actor of the Year by the editors of Theater heute magazine. Fitz' theater work took precedence throughout his career, but he also appeared in a number of films and television productions. Some of these include the 1987 film Au revoir les enfants and The Wannsee Conference in 1984. In 1996, Fitz was nominated for the German Film Award for his portrayal of Reinhold Schünzel in Hans-Christoph Blumenberg's Beim nächsten Kuß knall’ ich ihn nieder. Fitz was also known to a broad television audience through crime films and series, as well as for his voice acting work. Peter Fitz died in his Berlin apartment on 10 January 2013 at the age of 81. He was the father of actress Hendrikje Fitz (1961–2016) and actor Florian Fitz (born 1967). His is buried in the Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf Berlin forest cemetery. His daughter was buried next to him upon her death in 2016. Source: Article "Peter Fitz" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Der Kardinal | Kardinal József Mindszenty | 2011-01-01 | |
Ein Sommer in Paris | Rocher aka Günter Steiner | 2011-05-14 | |
Der Tiger oder Was Frauen lieben! | Dr. Goerden | 2009-04-22 | |
Bis an die Grenze | Anton Huber | 2009-09-07 | |
Das Glück am Horizont | Jens Herder | 2008-05-30 | |
Weisse Lilien | Ludwig von Auerbach | 2008-09-11 | |
Meine Mutter, mein Bruder und ich! | Galust | 2008-05-01 | |
Prater | Narrator | 2007-02-10 | |
Töredék | 2007-12-13 | ||
Heimweh nach drüben | CPD-Vorsitzender Wilfried Ahlert | 2007-10-03 | |
Die Blüten der Sehnsucht | John O'Hanlon | 2007-12-30 | |
Mörderische Erpressung | Hermann Jansen | 2006-11-03 | |
Utta Danella - Eine Liebe im September | Harry Severin | 2006-09-15 | |
Brecht - Die Kunst zu leben | Narrator (voice) | 2006-07-28 | |
Die Konferenz | Dr. Roman Branzger | 2005-02-04 | |
Die Braut von der Tankstelle | Jakob | 2005-10-11 | |
Wellen | Graf von Köhne-Jasky | 2005-01-21 | |
Lautlos | Martin Hinrich | 2004-04-22 | |
Lauras Stern | Mond (voice) | 2004-09-19 | |
Zwölf Stühle | Narrator | 2004-07-15 | |
Der Seerosenteich | Erich | 2003-02-07 | |
September | Isidor Krantz | 2003-06-26 | |
Hamlet_X | Claudius 2 | 2003-06-21 | |
Liebe zartbitter | Theo Böhlen | 2003-07-25 | |
Trenck - Zwei Herzen gegen die Krone | Generaladjutant von Borg | 2003-02-09 | |
Die Liebe kommt als Untermieter | Pater Gregor | 2003-03-04 | |
Planet der Kannibalen | Professor Dr. Dr. Best | 2001-11-17 | |
Ich schenk dir meinen Mann 2 | Herr Kranz | 2001-01-02 | |
Werckmeister harmóniák | György Eszter | 2001-02-01 | |
Deutschlandspiel | Wjatscheslaw Kotschemassow | 2000-09-29 | |
Die Mörderin | Margas Vater | 1999-03-01 | |
Dunckel | Kommisar Richter | 1999-10-28 | |
Gehetzt – Der Tod im Sucher | Adrian Philipp | 1998-04-29 | |
23 | Brückner | 1998-07-02 | |
Schwarze Sonne | Narrator | 1998-05-29 | |
Liebling, vergiß die Socken nicht! | Bernie Schwarz | 1998-06-16 | |
Champagner und Kamillentee | Jürgen Flohse | 1997-01-01 | |
Null Risiko und reich | Starnberg | 1997-04-21 | |
Geisterjäger John Sinclair : Die Dämonenhochzeit | Pater Ignatius | 1997-04-13 | |
Blutige Scheidung | Georg | 1997-10-08 | |
Gespräch mit dem Biest | Dr. Segebrecht | 1997-02-20 | |
14 Tage lebenslänglich | Direktor | 1997-04-03 | |
Schuldig auf Verdacht | 1996-01-22 | ||
Tote sterben niemals aus | 1996-03-25 | ||
Babuschka | 1996-06-06 | ||
Beim nächsten Kuß knall ich ihn nieder | Reinhold Schünzel | 1996-04-11 | |
Zu treuen Händen | Generalstaatsanwalt | 1995-08-31 | |
Flirt | Doctor | 1995-09-14 | |
Die Grube | August Haefner | 1995-10-28 | |
Hass im Kopf | 1994-09-02 | ||
Die Knickerbocker-Bande: Das sprechende Grab | Erik | 1994-04-29 | |
Ich und Christine | Hotte | 1993-09-02 | |
Die Denunziantin | Anwalt | 1993-05-06 | |
Alles Lüge | Rudolf Portmann | 1992-04-09 | |
Gesucht wird Ricki Forster | Kommissar Arendt | 1991-01-01 | |
All Out | Schnyder | 1991-08-08 | |
Wer hat Angst vor Rot, Gelb, Blau? | von Sell | 1991-08-22 | |
Wilhelm Tell | Werner Stauffacher | 1990-01-01 | |
Dr. M | Veidt | 1990-05-24 | |
Chimären - Fiktion und Wirklichkeit | Weyler | 1988-02-10 | |
z.B. ... Otto Spalt | Der Regisseur | 1988-03-25 | |
Kampf der Tiger 2 | Kreuner | 1988-01-17 | |
Au revoir les enfants | Muller | 1987-10-07 | |
Drachenfutter | Gast | 1987-09-02 | |
Geblendeter Augenblick - Anton Weberns Tod | Anton Webern | 1986-01-01 | |
Betrogene Liebe | Fritz | 1986-07-21 | |
Der Mord mit der Schere | 1984-07-25 | ||
Wundkanal | Voice | 1984-08-29 | |
Die Wannseekonferenz | Dr. Wilhelm Stuckart | 1984-12-19 | |
Die Geschwister Oppermann | Prof. Edgar Oppermann | 1983-01-01 | |
Faust | Mephistopheles | 1982-01-01 | |
Der Auslöser | Piet Kuhn | 1982-03-08 | |
Der Mann Im Pyjama | Herr Lachmann | 1981-12-18 | |
Wer den Schaden hat.. | Wetzel | 1981-11-07 | |
Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe | 1981-01-01 | ||
Wer spinnt denn da, Herr Doktor? | Chefarzt Prof. Eduard von Schög | 1981-11-10 | |
Trilogie des Wiedersehens | Moritz | 1979-03-25 | |
Zwischen zwei Kriegen | 1978-11-05 | ||
Die Brüder | Dr. Hoffmann | 1977-01-11 | |
Heinrich | 1977-10-13 | ||
Lohn und Liebe | Betriebsarzt | 1974-02-12 | |
Die Bakchen | Cadmus | 1974-12-12 | |
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg | Rittmeister von der Golz | 1973-11-25 | |
Der Held | Beutelmann | 1972-05-29 | |
Flick-Flack | 1971-06-06 | ||
Stückgut | Pfarrer | 1970-12-31 | |
Mike Blaubart | Geschäftsführer | 1967-12-13 | |
Bluthochzeit | Lumberjack | 1962-06-06 | |
Ein Fingerhut voll Mut | Freddie | 1960-06-01 | |
Zwei oder drei Ehen | Junger Bräutigam | 1954-11-17 |