Erik Ode
{{short description|German actor and director}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Erik Ode
| image = Odemar fritz erik signy.png
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| caption = Fritz Erik Signy Odemar, artist name: Erik Ode, 1910–1983
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1910|11|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = Berlin, German Empire
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1983|7|19|1910|11|6|df=y}}
| death_place = Weißach-Tegernsee, West Germany
| birthname = Fritz Erik Signy Odemar
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Erik Ode (born Fritz Erik Signy Odemar, 6 November 1910 – 19 July 1983) was a German director and actor who was most famous for playing Kommissar Herbert Keller in the German television drama Der Kommissar (The Police Inspector).{{Cite book |last=Horst Tappert |url=https://archive.org/details/derricketmoimesd0000hors/mode/2up?q=%22Erik+Ode%22 |title=Derrick et moi: Mes deux vies |date=1999-01-01 |publisher=Editions de Fallois |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-2-87706-365-4}}{{Cite book |last=Weber |first=Wolfgang Maria |url=https://archive.org/details/50jahredeutsches0000webe/mode/2up?q=%22Erik+Ode%22 |title=50 Jahre deutsches Fernsehen : ein Rückblick auf die Lieblingssendungen in West und Ost |date=1999 |publisher=München : Battenberg |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-3-89441-447-4}} He married actress Hilde Volk in 1942. Many years later they co-starred together in the TV series Sun, Wine and Hard Nuts.
Selected filmography
=Actor=
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- I.N.R.I. (1923) - Jesus als Kind
- The Cabinet of Doctor Larifari (1930) - Wolfgang Anglert, Chefredakteur
- A Student's Song of Heidelberg (1930)
- Sein Scheidungsgrund (1931) - Rudi
- Der Hochtourist (1931)
- Kadetten (1931) - Kadett von Brenken
- He Is Charming (1932) - (uncredited)
- Kavaliere vom Kurfürstendamm (1932) - Niske
- Ja, treu ist die Soldatenliebe (1932) - Krause
- FP 1 antwortet nicht (1932) - Konrad Lennartz
- What Women Dream (1933)
- Season in Cairo (1933) - 3. Gigolo
- Glück im Schloß (1933) - Georg
- The Castle in the South (1933) - Tonio
- Gypsy Blood (1934) - Graf Poldi Stauffenstein
- Charley's Aunt (1934) - Charley Wykeham
- The Daring Swimmer (1934)
- The Sporck Battalion (1934)
- Jungfrau gegen Mönch (1934) - Dr. Peter Rivius
- Winter Night's Dream (1935)
- Forget Me Not (1935) - Peter Petermann, Dritter Offizier
- Hero for a Night (1935) - Jantschi, Reklamezeichner
- The Call of the Jungle (1936) - Kelly
- Victoria in Dover (1936) - Prinz von Oranien
- The Empress's Favourite (1936) - Fähnrich Alexander Platow
- Hot Blood (1936) - Husarenoffizier
- Der Abenteurer von Paris (1936) - Robert - sein Sohn
- Drei tolle Tage (1936) - Robert Ferry - Schauspieler
- Land of Love (1937) - Erster Beamter
- Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit (1937) - Wölfchen Hillberg
- Rätsel um Beate (1938) - Schauspieler, 1.Etage
- Grossalarm (1938) - Zeitungsfahrer Alex
- Stärker als die Liebe (1938)
- Das Leben kann so schön sein (1938) - Dewitt, Reisender
- A Hopeless Case (1939) - Student
- Ich verweigere die Aussage (1939)
- Alarm at Station III (1939) - Egge, Zollpolizist
- We Danced Around the World (1939) - 1. Freund
- The Little Residence (1942) - Primaner Erich
- Tonelli (1943) - Der Sekretär des Theateragenten Bauer
- {{Ill|Eine kleine Sommermelodie|de}} (1944) - Gefreiter Otto Appelt
- Meine Herren Söhne (1945) - Apotheker
- Wir sehn uns wieder (1945) - Fritz Launer - Gefreiter
- The Berliner (1948) - Narrator (voice)
- Skandal in der Botschaft (1950)
- Czardas of Hearts (1951) - Gabor Takacs
- Just Once a Great Lady (1957) - Mann (uncredited)
- Liebe, Jazz und Übermut (1957) - Teddy Fisher, Künstleragent
- We Cellar Children (1960) - Aufgebrachter Vater
- Der Kommissar (1969–1976, TV Series) - Kommissar Keller
- Alexander Zwo (1972, TV Series)
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=Director=
- Scandal at the Embassy (1950)
- The Land of Smiles (1952)
- Hit Parade (1953)
- Such a Charade (1953)
- Ten on Every Finger (1954)
- The First Kiss (1954)
- Music in the Blood (1955)
- Request Concert (1955)
- Heroism after Hours (1955)
- The Model Husband (1956)
- Just Once a Great Lady (1957)
- {{Ill|Und abends in die Scala|de}} (1958)
- What a Woman Dreams of in Springtime (1959)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0643945}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040828104103/http://erik-ode.de/ Der Kommissar Unofficial Website] {{in lang|de}}
- [http://www.kommissar-keller.de/ Der Kommissar Unofficial Website] {{in lang|de}}
- [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=1229 Photographs of Erik Ode]
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Category:Male actors from Berlin
Category:German television directors
Category:German male television actors
Category:German male silent film actors
Category:German male film actors