Portrait of Willy Fritsch

Acting

Willy Fritsch

Career

Active from 1923 to 1979, busiest in 1955 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
85
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Spies
Spies
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Willy Fritsch Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.5, average 5.4
  • Violence
    1.9, average 4.1
  • Psychological
    3.6, average 5.5
  • Scare
    1.0, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • German Cinema 8
  • Nostalgic 4
  • Lighthearted 4
  • Historical Setting 4
  • Classic Cinema 3
  • Silent Film 3
  • Classic Romance 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Melancholy 2
  • Black and White 2
  • Charming 2
  • Post-War Germany 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

110
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

3 titles
Austern mit Senf
Austern mit Senf (1979)

Writer

Die Kleine mit dem süßen Po
Die Kleine mit dem süßen Po (1975)

Writer

Einer spinnt immer
Einer spinnt immer (1971)

Writer

1960s

6 titles
I Learned It from Father
I Learned It from Father (1964)

as Clemens Andermann

Der Himmel kann warten
Der Himmel kann warten (1962)

as Alexander Allerson

Was macht Papa denn in Italien?
Was macht Papa denn in Italien? (1961)

as Studienrat Hanselmann

Isola Bella
Isola Bella (1961)

as Konsul Stülcken

Sweetheart of the Gods
Sweetheart of the Gods (1960)

as Gunzel

Wenn die Heide blüht
Wenn die Heide blüht (1960)

as Dr. Erdmann

1950s

31 titles · average score 55
Hubertusjagd
Hubertusjagd (1959)

as Otto von Lindenberg

Sin Began with Eve
Sin Began with Eve (1958)

as Gregor

Crazy Otto
Crazy Otto (1957)

as Alexander Korty

Schwarzwaldmelodie
Schwarzwaldmelodie (1956)

as Herbert Olberg

Wo die alten Wälder rauschen
Wo die alten Wälder rauschen (1956)

as Harald Rehm

Hungarian Rhapsody
Hungarian Rhapsody (1954)

as Großherzog

Lady's Choice
Lady's Choice (1953)

as Herbert Blank

When the White Lilacs Bloom Again
When the White Lilacs Bloom Again (1953)
GoodWatch score 55

as Willy Forster

Ferien vom Ich
Ferien vom Ich (1952)

as Dr. Hartung

Am Brunnen vor dem Tore
Am Brunnen vor dem Tore (1952)

as Roberts Vater

Schön muß man sein
Schön muß man sein (1951)

as Jupp Holunder

Mädchen mit Beziehungen
Mädchen mit Beziehungen (1950)

as Dr. Kobel

1940s

21 titles · average score 73
Kätchen für alles
Kätchen für alles (1949)

as Georg Vorster

Hallo - Sie haben Ihre Frau vergessen
Hallo - Sie haben Ihre Frau vergessen (1949)

as Dr. Hans Ollendorf

Das Leben geht weiter
Das Leben geht weiter (1945)

as Axel Aressen

Junge Adler
Junge Adler (1944)

as training manager Roth

Der kleine Grenzverkehr
Der kleine Grenzverkehr (1943)

as Georg Rentmeister

Die Gattin
Die Gattin (1943)

as Walter Baumann

Vienna Blood
Vienna Blood (1942)

as Count Georg Wolkersheim

Geliebte Welt
Geliebte Welt (1942)

as Generaldirektor Dr. Blohm

Attack on Baku
Attack on Baku (1942)

as Hans Romberg, Security Service Officer

Dreimal Hochzeit
Dreimal Hochzeit (1941)

as Fürst Alexander Woronin

Women Are Better Diplomats
Women Are Better Diplomats (1941)

as Rittmeister von Karstein

Das leichte Mädchen
Das leichte Mädchen (1940)

as Dietz Frobelius

1930s

31 titles · average score 66
Die Geliebte
Die Geliebte (1939)

as Therese

A Prussian Love Story
A Prussian Love Story (1938)

as Prinz Wilhelm von Preußen

Am seidenen Faden
Am seidenen Faden (1938)

as Richard Hellwerth

Seven Slaps
Seven Slaps (1937)

as William Tenson MacPhab

Menschen ohne Vaterland
Menschen ohne Vaterland (1937)

as Oberleutnant Maltzach

A Mad Idea
A Mad Idea (1932)

as Paul Lüders

The Cheeky Devil
The Cheeky Devil (1932)

as Junger Mann

I by Day, You by Night
I by Day, You by Night (1932)
GoodWatch score 69

as Hans

Her Grace Commands
Her Grace Commands (1931)

as Leutnant Karl von Conradi

Congress Dances
Congress Dances (1931)
GoodWatch score 70

as Zar Alexander von Russland / Uralsky

Burglars
Burglars (1930)

as Durand

The Three from the Filling Station
The Three from the Filling Station (1930)
GoodWatch score 63

as Willy

1920s

18 titles · average score 81
Woman in the Moon
Woman in the Moon (1929)
GoodWatch score 76

as Wolf Helius

Her Dark Spot
Her Dark Spot (1929)

as Erik Termeulen

Melody of the Heart
Melody of the Heart (1929)

as János Garas

Spies
Spies (1928)
GoodWatch score 85

as No. 326

Docks of Hamburg
Docks of Hamburg (1928)

as Klaus Brandt

Hungarian Rhapsody
Hungarian Rhapsody (1928)

as Lt. Franz Graf v. Turoczy

His Late Excellency
His Late Excellency (1927)

as Fürst Ernst Albrecht

The Waltz Dream
The Waltz Dream (1926)

as Nicholas Graf Preyn

The Chaste Susanne
The Chaste Susanne (1926)

as René Boislurette

A Sister of Six
A Sister of Six (1926)

as Count Horkay

Der Farmer aus Texas
Der Farmer aus Texas (1925)

as Akke

His Wife, the Unknown
His Wife, the Unknown (1923)

as Wilbur Crawford