Name
Peter Fitz
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1931-08-08
Deathday
2013-01-10 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Kaiserslautern, Germany
Biography
Peter Fitz (8 August 1931 - 10 January 2013) was a German stage and film actor.
Fitz completed an apprenticeship at the drama school of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg in the 1950s. In the 1960s, engagements at the Schauspiel Frankfurt theatre followed. Director Peter Stein brought him into the ensemble of the Berlin Schaubühne theatre, where he worked under the direction of Stein as well as Klaus Michael Grüber.
In the course of his career, Fitz performed at all major German-language venues, such as the Vienna Burgtheater, the Munich Kammerspiele, Berlin's Schiller Theater, as well as the Salzburg Festival. In 1980 and 1983, he was voted Actor of the Year by the editors of Theater heute magazine.
Fitz' theater work took precedence throughout his career, but he also appeared in a number of films and television productions. Some of these include the 1987 film Au revoir les enfants and The Wannsee Conference in 1984. In 1996, Fitz was nominated for the German Film Award for his portrayal of Reinhold Schünzel in Hans-Christoph Blumenberg's Beim nächsten Kuß knall’ ich ihn nieder. Fitz was also known to a broad television audience through crime films and series, as well as for his voice acting work.
Peter Fitz died in his Berlin apartment on 10 January 2013 at the age of 81. He was the father of actress Hendrikje Fitz (1961–2016) and actor Florian Fitz (born 1967). His is buried in the Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf Berlin forest cemetery. His daughter was buried next to him upon her death in 2016.
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Known For
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Au revoir les enfants tells a heartbreaking story of friendship and devastating loss conce...
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Laura sees a shooting star falling to earth and finds it in a park, down on the floor and ...
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Clara and her boyfriend break up their relationship in Paris. She stays a few days in the ...
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Konrad von Seidlitz is a young yuppie lawyer currently celebrating his engagement with Cor...
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A real time recreation of the 1942 Wannsee Conference, in which leading SS and Nazi Party ...
- 1998 23 as Brückner
- 1987 Au Revoir les Enfants as Muller
- 1997 Conversation with the Beast as Dr. Segebrecht
- 2004 Soundless as Martin Hinrich
- 2001 Werckmeister Harmonies as György Eszter
- 2004 Laura's Star as Mond (voice)
- 2007 Fragment
- 1990 Dr. M as Veidt
- 1984 The Wannsee Conference as Dr. Wilhelm Stuckart
- 2008 Silent Resident as Ludwig von Auerbach
- 1999 Die Mörderin as Margas Vater
- 2007 Die Blüten der Sehnsucht as John O'Hanlon
- 2011 Ein Sommer in Paris as Rocher aka Günter Steiner
- 1997 Null Risiko und reich as Starnberg
- 1988 The Case of Mr. Spalt as Der Regisseur
- 2006 Mörderische Erpressung as Hermann Jansen
- 1994 Hass im Kopf
- 1997 14 Days to Life as Direktor
- 1992 Everything's a Lie as Rudolf Portmann
- 2005 Die Konferenz as Dr. Roman Branzger
- 1991 Gesucht wird Ricki Forster as Kommissar Arendt
- 2003 Liebe zartbitter as Theo Böhlen
- 1970 Stückgut as Pfarrer
- 1972 Der Held as Beutelmann
- 1981 Der Mann im Pyjama as Herr Lachmann
- 2009 Bis an die Grenze as Anton Huber
- 1980 Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe
- 1983 The Oppermanns as Prof. Edgar Oppermann
- 2003 Der Seerosenteich as Erich
- 2005 Die Braut von der Tankstelle as Jakob
- 1981 Who's Going Crazy Here, Doctor? as Chefarzt Prof. Eduard von Schög
- 2001 Ich schenk dir meinen Mann 2 as Herr Kranz
- 1996 Suspicion of Guilt
- 2011 Der Kardinal as Kardinal József Mindszenty
- 2001 Planet der Kannibalen as Professor Dr. Dr. Best
- 2004 Twelve Chairs as Narrator
- 1996 Beim nächsten Kuß knall ich ihn nieder as Reinhold Schünzel
- 1998 Liebling, vergiß die Socken nicht! as Bernie Schwarz
- 1998 Gehetzt – Der Tod im Sucher as Adrian Philipp
- 2007 Heimweh nach drüben as CPD-Vorsitzender Wilfried Ahlert
- 2008 Meine Mutter, mein Bruder und ich! as Galust
- 1998 Black Sun as Narrator
- 1984 Wundkanal as Voice
- 1997 Blutige Scheidung as Georg
- 1986 Betrogene Liebe as Fritz
- 1993 The Denunciation as Anwalt
- 1997 Champagner und Kamillentee as Jürgen Flohse
- 2006 Utta Danella - Eine Liebe im September as Harry Severin
- 1987 Dragon Chow as Gast
- 2007 Prater as Narrator
- 1982 Der Auslöser as Piet Kuhn
- 1978 Between Two Wars
- 1991 Wer hat Angst vor Rot, Gelb, Blau? as von Sell
- 1997 Geisterjäger John Sinclair : Die Dämonenhochzeit as Pater Ignatius
- 1979 Trilogie des Wiedersehens as Moritz
- 1996 Flirt as Doctor
- 1996 Babuschka
- 1962 Bluthochzeit as Lumberjack
- 1974 Die Bakchen as Cadmus
- 2003 Die Liebe kommt als Untermieter as Pater Gregor
- 2005 Waves as Graf von Köhne-Jasky
- 1971 Flick-Flack
- 1999 Dunckel as Kommisar Richter
- 2003 September as Isidor Krantz
- 2008 Das Glück am Horizont as Jens Herder
- 1995 Die Grube as August Haefner
- 2003 Hamlet_X as Claudius 2
- 1993 Ich und Christine as Hotte
- 1994 The Knickerbocker Gang: The Talking Grave as Erik
- 1996 Tote sterben niemals aus
- 1977 The Brothers as Dr. Hoffmann
- 1967 Mike Blaubart as Geschäftsführer
- 1973 Prinz Friedrich von Homburg as Rittmeister von der Golz
- 1984 Der Mord mit der Schere
- 2003 Trenck - Zwei Herzen gegen die Krone as Generaladjutant von Borg
- 1974 Lohn und Liebe as Betriebsarzt
- 1982 Faust as Mephistopheles
- 1991 All Out as Schnyder
- 1954 Zwei oder drei Ehen as Junger Bräutigam
- 2009 Der Tiger oder Was Frauen lieben! as Dr. Goerden
- 1960 Ein Fingerhut voll Mut as Freddie
- 1986 Geblendeter Augenblick - Anton Weberns Tod as Anton Webern
- 1995 Zu treuen Händen as Generalstaatsanwalt
- 1988 Chimären - Fiktion und Wirklichkeit as Weyler
- 1990 Wilhelm Tell as Werner Stauffacher
- 2006 Brecht - Die Kunst zu leben as Narrator (voice)
- 1977 Heinrich
- 1978 The Indecent Profit as Bernd
- 2008 Die Anwälte ( 1 episode ) as Herr Scherer
- 1971 Polizeiruf 110 ( 1 episode ) as Herbert Krolikowski
- 1996 Stockinger ( 1 episode ) as Philipp Baldinger
- 2000 Donna Leon ( 3 episodes ) as Conte Orazio Falier
- 1970 Scene of the Crime ( 1 episode ) as Professor Santos
- 1994 Alles außer Mord ( 14 episodes ) as Ulis Vater
- 2001 Bronski und Bernstein ( 13 episodes ) as Dr. Alexander Bernstein
- 1998 Der letzte Zeuge ( 1 episode ) as Karl Riemeister
- 1981 A Case For Two ( 1 episode ) as Thomas Schuster
- 1997 Ein Mord für Quandt ( 1 episode ) as Baron Runeberg
- 2001 Der Ermittler ( 1 episode ) as Arthur Fleckenstein
- 1981 A Case For Two ( 1 episode ) as Karl März
- 1992 Wolffs Revier ( 1 episode ) as Karl Gebeler
- 1999 SK Kölsch ( 1 episode ) as Karl-Heinz 'Der Aap' Arpers
- 2005 Kanzleramt ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Friedrich Goerne
- 2002 Edel & Starck ( 1 episode ) as Roland Daarling
- 1997 Sophie – Schlauer als die Polizei erlaubt ( 1 episode ) as Norbert Naber
- 1993 Bella Block ( 1 episode ) as Pastor Justus Bauernfeind
- 1994 Inspector Rex ( 1 episode ) as Matzner
- 1994 Faust ( 1 episode ) as Wolfram Schulze-Leitner
- 1993 Auf eigene Gefahr ( 1 episode ) as Bleichert
- 1982 Schwarz Rot Gold ( 1 episode ) as Schmidt
- 1982 Schwarz Rot Gold ( 1 episode ) as Schmitz
- 1994 Immer im Einsatz - Die Notärztin ( 1 episode ) as Wolf Willford
- 2001 Die Kumpel ( 1 episode ) as Prof. Albrecht Weisenbach
- 1995 A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft ( 1 episode ) as Edgar Seewald
- 1989 Peter Strohm ( 1 episode ) as Daniel Wiener
- 1970 Scene of the Crime ( 1 episode ) as Jahnke
- 1978 SOKO München ( 1 episode ) as Bruder Emanuel
- 1988 Die Bertinis ( 5 episodes ) as Alf Bertini(alt)
- 1995 Wilsberg ( 1 episode ) as Kurt Vosswinkel
- 1970 Scene of the Crime ( 1 episode ) as Filialleiter Steinhoff
- 1970 Scene of the Crime ( 1 episode ) as Norbert's Father
- 1996 Schlosshotel Orth ( 1 episode ) as Marcel Moureau
- 1997 Felix – ein Freund fürs Leben ( 14 episodes ) as Ludwig
- 1997 Die Gang ( 1 episode ) as Franzen
- 1987 Kommissar Zufall ( 1 episode ) as Felix
- 2007 Contergan - Eine einzige Tablette ( 2 episodes ) as Dr.Kessler
- 1951 German Film Award ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1998 The Shop ( 3 episodes )
- 1988 Kampf der Tiger ( 2 episodes ) as Kreuner
- 2003 Der Seerosenteich ( 2 episodes ) as Erich
- 1983 Die Geschwister Oppermann ( 2 episodes ) as Prof. Edgar Oppermann
