Theodor Loos
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Theodor Loos, c. 1920.
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| Born | 18 May 1883[1] Zwingenberg, Germany[1] |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Stuttgart, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1916-1950s |
Theodor August Konrad Loos (18 May 1883 in Zwingenberg – 27 June 1954 in Stuttgart) was a German actor.[2]
The son of a watchmaker and instruments manufacturer, he left secondary school prematurely and worked for three years at an export firm for music instruments in Leipzig, and after that for his uncle, an art dealer in Berlin. He decided though to become an actor.
His theater engagements led him to Leipzig, Danzig and Frankfurt am Main, then to Berlin where he acted from 1912 to 1945 at different theaters. From 1913 he performed in more than 170 feature films, initially silent films. In the 1930s he could be seen performing in classic theater, on over 400 occasions in Peer Gynt alone.
During the Third Reich Loos was a member of the Advisory Council (Präsidialrat) of the president of the Reichsfilmkammer.
After the end of the war, Loos returned to the theater. From August 1949 he was a member of the Staatstheater Stuttgart. His two sons both died in the Second World War.
Selected filmography
- Frau Eva (1916)
- Figures of the Night (1920)
- The Solemn Oath (1921)
- Lady Hamilton (1921)
- The House in Dragon Street (1921)
- Othello (1922)
- Die Nibelungen (1924)
- Claire (1924)
- Manon Lescaut (1926)
- Metropolis (1927)
- Bigamie (1927)
- The Weavers (1927)
- Prinz Louis Ferdinand (1927)
- Cry for Help (1928)
- Luther (1928)
- Queen Louise (1927–28)
- The Schorrsiegel Affair (1928)
- Spies (1928)
- Atlantik (1929)
- Napoleon at Saint Helena (1929)
- Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (1929)
- The Great Longing (1930)
- The Flute Concert of Sans-Souci (1930)
- Yorck (1931)
- 1914 (1931)
- The Other Side (1931)
- M – Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder (1931)
- Sacred Waters (1932)
- Marshal Forwards (1932)
- Eight Girls in a Boat (1932)
- A Shot at Dawn (1932)
- Trenck (1932)
- The Eleven Schill Officers (1932)
- Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (1933)
- Death Over Shanghai (1933)
- The Peak Scaler (1933)
- William Tell (1934)
- A Woman With Power of Attorney (1934)
- The Higher Command (1935)
- The Girl from the Marsh Croft (1935)
- The Mystery of Betty Bonn (1938)
- Monika (1938)
- Shadows Over St. Pauli (1938)
- Comrades at Sea (1938)
- The Muzzle (1938)
- Robert Koch (1939)
- Jud Süß (1940)
- The Thing About Styx (1942)
- Andreas Schlüter (1942)
- Titanic (1943)
- The Murder Trial of Doctor Jordan (1949)
- Stars Over Colombo (1953)
