Peter Garden

Peter Garden (born Karl-Heinz Rothmayer; 1924–2015) was a popular German stage, television, film actor and singer,[1] whose career ended abruptly in 1970 when it was revealed by some of his victims that he had worked in 1944 as a paid Gestapo informant in Salzburg, Austria.[2]

For the 18th Century Scottish figure, see Peter Garden (died 1775).
Peter Garden
Born
Karl-Heinz Rothmayer

17 August 1924
Munich, Germany
Died7 January 2015
Munich, Germany
OccupationActor, singer
Years active1947-1970 (stage, film & TV)

Garden, under his birth name Rothmayer, had already been investigated by a Berlin, Germany, state prosecutor between 1967 and 1970 for aiding and abetting murder, because two people he had denounced to the Gestapo had been sentenced to death, and executed. The prosecutor closed the case without taking further action.[2]

Selected filmography
gollark: Especially given that on partisan issues there's probably another group arguing for the exact opposite thing.
gollark: Although I think it can still get caught up in uselessness and signalling quite easily.
gollark: Yes, that is somewhat better.
gollark: "Debate" mostly isn't actual meaningful debate but just showing how virtuous you are for showing how terrible the Other Side is.
gollark: It's much more about tribal signalling than actual policy and doing useful things.

References
  1. Cowie p.120
  2. AFFÄREN: Uralte Kiste – Durch rechtliche Schritte gegen geplante Zeitungsartikel wirbelte der ZDF-Schau-Künstler Peter Garden ungewollt seine Vergangenheit als Gestapo-Spitzel auf. Der Spiegel, 8 November 1971. Retrieved 10 February 2018.

Bibliography
  • Cowie, Peter. Variety International Film Guide 1970. Tantivy Press, 1969.
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