Otto Wallburg
Otto Wallburg (21 February 1889 – 29 October 1944) was a German actor and Kabarett performer. He was a prolific film actor during the late silent and early sound era. He was arrested by the Nazis when they occupied the Netherlands and was killed in Auschwitz in October 1944.
Wallburg was born Otto Maximilian Wasserzug in Berlin, the son of a Jewish banker. He drifted into stage acting, but served in the German Army during the First World War and was wounded on the Eastern Front after winning an Iron Cross. From 1926 onwards he worked in the large German film industry, including many productions made by UFA.
When the Nazis came to power in 1933 he left Germany and moved to Austria where he continued to work in film. He later moved to France and then on to the Netherlands. He was arrested following the 1940 German invasion of the Netherlands. He was held for a while at Westerbork transit camp, and later deported to Auschwitz where he was murdered towards the end of October 1944.
Acted in
Crossroads
1938
as Le médecin allemand
Bubi
1937
as Muck
Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben
1936
as Paul Kaspar
Catherine the Last
1936
as Sixtus Braun
Four and a Half Musketeers
1935
as Bender, Klavierspieler
Ball at the Savoy
1935
as Verleger Haller
Everything for the Company
1935
as Emmerich Liebling
Little Mother
1935
as Max Berkhoff
Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten
1935
as Direktor Petermann
Peter
1934
as Mr. Zöllner, garage-owner
Konjunkturritter
1934
as Untermeier
Kind, ich freu' mich auf Dein Kommen
1933
as Der Konsul
Wege zur guten Ehe
1933
Tell Me Who You Are
1933
as Harry Reimers
What Women Dream
1933
as Kleinsilber
Die kleine Schwindlerin
1933
as Bräutigam
Die Tochter des Regiments
1933
as Sergeant Bully
The Private Secretary Gets Married
1933
as Direktor Mönckeberg
Marion, das gehört sich nicht
1933
as Direktor Satorius - Seifenfabrikant
Her Majesty Love
1933
as Othmar von Wellingen - Fred's brother
Der große Bluff
1933
as Otto Pitt, Generaldirektor
How Shall I Tell My Husband?
1933
as Hugo Brickner
Madame Wants No Children
1933
as Herr Balsam
The Black Hussar
1932
as Le Gouverneur Darmont
The Song of Night
1932
as Pategg
Zwei Herzen und ein Schlag
1932
as Herzog von Auribeau
The Lost Paradise
1931
as Commerziernrat Nitscke
Yorck
1931
as Feldmarschall Graf Diebitsch-Sabalkanskij
The High Tourist
1931
Help! Raid!
1931
as Karl Matthes
Weekend in Paradise
1931
The Congress Dances
1931
as Bibikoff, sein Adjutant
Who Takes Love Seriously?
1931
as Speculator Bruno
Bombs Over Monte Carlo
1931
as Ministerpräsident
Trapeze
1931
The Little Escapade
1931
as August Wernecke, Fabrikant
Cabaret program No. 1
1931
When the Soldiers
1931
as General von Plessow
That's All That Matters
1931
as Klöppel
Infidelities
1931
as Uncle Emile
Die Königin einer Nacht
1931
Hans in Every Street
1930
The Jumping Jack
1930
as Clamotte
The Song Is Over
1930
as The Baron
Hokuspokus
1930
as Rechtsanwalt Dr. Schüler
Tonight - Eventually
1930
as Rechtsanwalt
The widow's ball
1930
as Teckelmann
The Night Belongs to Us
1929
Ehe in Not
1929
Trust der Diebe
1929
as Kriminalkommissar Warren
Das närrische Glück
1929
The Crimson Circle
1929
as Marl
Die Frau, die jeder liebt, bist du!
1929
as Haucke
Der moderne Casanova
1928
Liebe im Kuhstall
1928
as Wenzel
Mein Freund Harry
1928
as Gen.Dir. Fredy Sanderson
Die Geliebte des Gouverneurs
1927
The Transformation of Dr. Bessel
1927
as Sergeant
Heaven on Earth
1927
as Louis Martiny
Die leichte Isabell
1927
Draga Maschin
1927
as Der Zar
Derby
1926
The Chaste Susanne
1926
as Charency
Die Abenteuer eines Zehnmarkscheines
1926
as Mister Fischer