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Walter Rilla (1894-1980) Walter Rilla. The tall, expressively-browed, rather stern-looking character actor Walter Rilla was educated at the University of Koenigsberg and first worked as a newspaper journalist, drama critic and story editor for the Berliner Theater. He acted on stage from 1921, making his screen debut the following year.
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- Neunkirchen, Germany
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- Rosenheim, Bavaria, West Germany
Walther Rilla. Occupation. Actor. Years active. 1922–1977 (film) Walter Rilla (22 August 1894 – 21 November 1980) was a German film actor of Jewish descent. [1] He appeared in more than 130 films between 1922 and 1977. He was born in Neunkirchen, Germany and died in Rosenheim, Germany.
In a career spanning over 50 years, prolific German actor Walter Rilla weathered the storm of rising Nazism, fleeing his native land and finding work in British and French productions before finally returning home, where he also directed and wrote for television. Rilla started an art journal that included works by writers such as Bertolt Brecht, before becoming an assistant...
- August 22, 1894
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Biography. Walter Rilla (22 August 1894 – 21 November 1980) was a German film actor of Jewish descent. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1922 and 1977. He was born in Neunkirchen, Germany and died in Rosenheim, Germany. He was the father of the director Wolf Rilla, who directed him in Cairo. Walter Rilla (22 August 1894 – 21 ...
Walter Rilla died in 1980 in Rosenheim, Germany. He had been married twice. First he married Theresa Klausner, who died in 1948. They had a son, prominent British-based film screenwriter and director Wolf Rilla (1920-2005). Since 1959, Walter Rilla was married to the French writer Alix Degrelle-Hirth du Frênes.
Walter Rilla. Highest Rated: 83% Song Without End (1960) Lowest Rated: 80% The Face of Fu Manchu (1965) Birthday: Aug 22, 1894. Birthplace: Neunkirchen, Bezirk Trier, Germany. In a career spanning ...
