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TürkçePaul Henckels
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Biography
Hürth, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Distinctive German star character actor, specialising in quaint or dyed-in-the-wool eccentrics, grumpy civil servants, pedantic school principals, doctors, head waiters and stuffy accountants. He studied under Louise Dumont and Gustav Lindemann and cut his acting teeth at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus. Henckels was co-founder, and, from 1921, co-director of the Berlin Schlossparktheater. He was also a member of the ensemble of the Berlin Staatstheater from 1936 to 1945. He was discovered for the screen by silent star Henny Porten. After his debut appearance in this medium in 1921 he was rarely absent from films for the next four decades. Read more... role was that of the droll academic, Professor Bömmel, in the second filming of Die Feuerzangenbowle (1944).
Actor
Character:
Ehemann
Melodie des Herzens 1929
1
Character:
Standesbeamter
Ihre Majestät die Liebe 1931
1
Character:
Weinbauer Diestelbeck
Der Stolz der 3. Kompanie 1932
1
Character:
Montalon, Michaels Adjutant
Die - oder keine 1932
6
Character:
Professor Landois
Der tolle Bomberg 1932
2
Character:
Lithograph / Litographer
Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse 1933
1
Character:
Lehrer
Der verlorene Sohn 1934
2
Character:
Stephan Spettik
Charleys Tante 1934
1
Character:
Ignaz Pleyel
Abschiedswalzer 1934
1
Character:
Tobias Wipperling, ihr Mann
Der Meisterboxer 1934
1
Character:
Direktor Schellhase
Immer nur-Du! 1941
1
Character:
Geheimrat Schmidt
Frau Luna 1941
5
Character:
Justizrat Flinth
Altes Herz wird wieder jung 1943
2
Character:
Ule Sleeks, Handelsmann
Das Bad auf der Tenne 1943
2
2
Character:
Baron Fölkersam
Träumerei 1944
1
Character:
Major in Königsberg
Kolberg 1945
2
Character:
Portier Wilkens
Gesucht wird Majora 1949
1
Character:
Professor Schöller
Pension Schöller 1952
2
Character:
Kapitän
Fanfaren der Ehe 1953
3
Character:
Valdivio
Clivia 1954
1
Character:
Pawlitsch
Der Zarewitsch 1954
1
Character:
Onkel Gode
Tolle Nacht 1957
3
Character:
Baron Eduard v. Löwenherz
Hier bin ich - hier bleib' ich 1959
5
Character:
Amadeo Winkler
Ave Maria 1936
0
Character:
Grenadier Spiller
Der große König 1942
0
Character:
Professor Gutgesell
No Greater Love 1952
0
Character:
Dr. Pudlich
Hochzeit auf Immenhof 1956
0
Character:
Hofmarschall Bühl zu Bühl
Königliche Hoheit 1953
0
Character:
Fürst Ypsheim
Vienna Blood 1942
1
Character:
Dr. Hepp, Lehrer
The Growing Youth 1933
0
Character:
Pesne
The Making of a King 1935
0
Character:
Schimmelpreester
Confessions of Felix Krull 1957
0
Character:
Schneidermeister Hediger
Hermine und die sieben Aufrechten 1935
0