Wolfgang Neuss

Wolfgang Neuss (3 December 1923 – 5 May 1989)[2] was a German actor and Kabarett artist. Beginning in the mid-1960s, he also became famous for his political engagement, first for the SPD, then for the extra-parliamentary opposition, APO. He died in 1989 from a longtime cancer.

For the German rower, see Wolfgang Neuß (rower).

Wolfgang Neuss
Born	Hans Wolfgang Otto Neuß[1] (1923-12-03)3 December 1923 Breslau / Wrocław
Died	5 May 1989(1989-05-05) (aged 65) Berlin
Nationality	German
Occupation	Actor, Kabarett artist

At the age of 15 he went to Berlin to become a clown but was dismissed. When Germany entered into the Second World War Neuss was drafted, first to the Reich Labour Service where he was occupied with road construction. Later he was sent to the Eastern Front where he became injured and was rewarded with the Iron Cross. It was during his stays in military hospitals and, after the war during military detention that Neuss began to discover his interest in acting and for Kabarett.

Selected filmography

• The Man in Search of Himself (1950)
• Who Drove the Grey Ford? (1950) as Uwe Lauterbach
• You Have to be Beautiful (1951) as Moritat singer
• Pension Schöller (1952) as Ballmann
• Mikosch Comes In (1952) as Franzek
• I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg (1952) as Karl
• You Only Live Once (1952) as Boxer-Willy
• All Clues Lead to Berlin (1952) as Martin
• The Uncle from America (1953) as Conferencier
• We'll Talk About Love Later (1953) as Detektiv Leonhard Pingel
• Dutch Girl (1953) as Mr. Zimt
• Not Afraid of Big Animals (1953) as Zauberkünstler
• The Empress of China (1953) as Wonderful
• No Way Back (1953) as Comedian
• Hooray, It's a Boy! (1953)
• On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight (1954) as Nigrantz
• The Phantom of the Big Tent (1954)
• The Beautiful Miller (1954)
• The Devil's General (1955) as Polizei-Fotograf
• Ein Mann vergißt die Liebe (1955)
• Die heilige Lüge (1955)
• Sergeant Borck (1955) as Krüger
• I Was an Ugly Girl (1955) as Journalist Mopp
• Bandits of the Autobahn (1955) as Chansonnier
• The Happy Wanderer (1955) as Regisseur Kneppke
• Operation Sleeping Bag (1955) as Hauptmann Z.
• My Leopold (1955) as Charly
• Sky Without Stars (1955) as Vopo Edgar Bröse
• The Three from the Gas Station (1955) as Prokurist Bügel
• Urlaub auf Ehrenwort (1955) as Gefr. Krawutke
• Le chemin du paradis (1956)
• Mädchen mit schwachem Gedächtnis (1956) as Polizeiarzt
• Küß mich noch einmal (1956) as Peter
• The Captain from Köpenick (1956) as Kallenberg
• Without You All Is Darkness (1956) as Apotheker
• Zu Befehl, Frau Feldwebel (1956) as Lemke
• Ein Mann muß nicht immer schön sein (1956) as Knacker-Karl
• Tired Theodore (1957) as Direktor Noll
• Spring in Berlin (1957) as Bankräuber
• Ferien auf Immenhof (1957) as Gast
• The Spessart Inn (1958) as Räuber Knoll
• The Green Devils of Monte Cassino (1958) as Neumann
• Schwarzwälder Kirsch (1958) as Egon
• The Muzzle (1958) as Wilhelm Donnerstag
• The Star of Santa Clara (1958) as Matteo
• Wir Wunderkinder (1958) as Narrator
• Here I Am, Here I Stay (1959) as Presenter
• Nick Knattertons Abenteuer (1959) as A butler at Rieselkalk Castle
• The Night Before the Premiere (1959) as Gavrilo
• Roses for the Prosecutor (1959) as Paul
• Der lustige Krieg des Hauptmann Pedro (1959) as Willibald Pauke
• Liebe verboten - Heiraten erlaubt (1959) as Jakob Wilkins
• Als geheilt entlassen (1960) as "Pulle" Kulka
• We Cellar Children (1960) as Macke Prinz
• Immer Ärger mit dem Bett (1961) as Gabriel Ernst, Bildhauer
• The Dream of Lieschen Mueller (1961) as Chauffeur
• Genosse Münchhausen (1962) as Oskar Puste
• Die endlose Nacht (1963) as Bowlingbahnangestellter Wolfgang
• Dead Woman from Beverly Hills (1964) as Ben
• Serenade for Two Spies (1965) as Secret Service Chief
• Der schwarze Freitag (1966, TV film) as Jones
• Katz und Maus (1967) as Pilenz
• Rotmord (1969, TV film) as Erich Mühsam
• Chapeau Claque (1974) as Herr Draeger
• Das fliegende Chaos (1983)
• Is was, Kanzler? (1984) as Annemarie Renger (final film role)

Bibliography

• Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German. Berghahn Books, 2009.

References

1. According to his ID-card as shown in documentation Neuss Deutschland – Querulant der Republik by Julia Oelkers & Peter Scholl, dated 2006
2. "schauspieler 43". www.knerger.de.

External links

• Wolfgang Neuss on IMDb