Walter Schultheiss (born 25 May 1924) is a German actor, author and painter.

Life and career

He began his career in 1947 as Pedro del Vegas in the operetta Maske in Blau. He became famous in 1963 through his street sweeper skits at the former Süddeutscher Rundfunk, in which he and Werner Veidt entertained radio listeners every Saturday for 20 years: as the street sweeper duo Karle and Gottlob. He was heard and seen in other sketches, and radio plays with Oscar Heiler, Oscar Müller, Willy Seiler, Georg Thomalla and Willy Reichert.

Walter Schultheiss

Schultheiss was involved in television films and family series such as Oh God, Herr Pfarrer, Der König von Bärenbach, as the pious parish councilor Karl Engstinger in Pfarrerin Lenau and as the winery owner Der Eugen. Even in old age, Schultheiss was still regularly on the theater stage for several weeks a year in the comedy im Marquardt in Stuttgart. From 2000 to 2007 he played the supporting role of the upper-class landlord Rominger in the SWR crime scene in Stuttgart (Ernst Bienzle). In 2009 he took part in the Swabian mini-series Laible und Frisch. In addition to acting, Schultheiss writes humorous dialogues, poems and valentines.

Walter Schultheiss

Personal life

On May 25, 1950, Schultheiss married actress Trudel Wulle (1925–2021); In 1955 their son was born. The couple lived in Wildberg.

Walter Schultheiss

Filmography

1964–1966: Schwäbische Geschichten

1975: Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplizissimus

1977: Tatort: Himmelblau mit Silberstreifen

1979: Das tausendunderste Jahr

1981/82: Augsburger Puppenkiste – Hippo und der Süßwasserkarl (Stimme von Hippo) 1983: Köberle kommt 1983: Tatort: Mord ist kein Geschäft 1984: Augsburger Puppenkiste – Das Tanzbärenmärchen (Stimme von Atta Troll) 1985: Die Schwarzwaldklinik – Die Wunderquelle 1986–1990: Der Eugen 1988: Oh Gott, Herr Pfarrer 1990: Pfarrerin Lenau 1991: Tassilo – Ein Fall für sich 1992: Der König von Bärenbach 1994–1998: Hallo, Onkel Doc!, Folgen 1–75 als Albert Kampmann 1995: Drei Tage im April 1995: Tatort: Bienzle und der Mord im Park 1996: Reise nach Weimar 2000–2007: Tatort (Fernsehreihe) 2006: Ein Fall für B.A.R.Z. (2. Staffel, 13 Folgen) 2007: Ein Fall für B.A.R.Z. (3. Staffel, 13 Folgen) 2008: Der Heckenschütze 2008–2012: Der Schwarzwaldhof (Fernsehfilm-Reihe) 2009/2010: Laible und Frisch – Liebe, Brot & Machenschaften 2013: Global Player – Wo wir sind isch vorne

References

1924 births

Living people

20th-century German male actors

21st-century German male actors

German male television actors

German male stage actors

People from Tübingen

German writers