Erich Schellow
Erich Schellow (1915–1995) was a German stage, film and television actor. In the late 1960s he portrayed Sherlock Holmes in a series of adaptations of Arthur Conan Doyle's stories for German television, alongside Paul Edwin Roth as Dr.
Erich Schellow
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- Name
- Erich Schellow
- Born
- 27 February 1915
- Birthplace
- Berlin, German Empire
- Died
- 25 November 1995
- Place of death
- Berlin, Germany
- Occupation
- Actor
- Nationality
- Germany
- Honours
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany · Berliner Kunstpreis · Staatsschauspieler · German Critics' Prize
- Languages
- German
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• Name — Erich Schellow • Born — 27 February 1915 • Birthplace — Berlin, German Empire • Died — 25 November 1995 • Place of death — Berlin, Germany • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1947-1987 (film & TV)
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Erich Schellow was an actor, film actor, musician and voice actor, born on 27 February 1915 in Berlin and died on 25 November 1995 in Berlin. Both events are recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Filmography
Filmography
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1947 — In Those Days — Karl / Rahmenhandlung • 1954 — Portrait of an Unknown Woman — Walter • 1954 — A Girl from Paris • 1954 — Three from Variety — Alexis • 1955 — Secrets of the City — Rudolf Thomas, Engineer • 1955 — The Plot to Assassinate Hitler — Evangelischer Pfarrer / Narrator • 1955 — Hotel Adlon — Louis Adlon • 1956 — Before Sundown — Wolfgang Clausen • 1956 — The Captain from Köpenick — Capt. von Schlettow • 1967 — Sherlock Holmes — Sherlock Holmes
Identity
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Erich Schellow is recorded as having received Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Berliner Kunstpreis and Staatsschauspieler. Schellow received Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Berliner Kunstpreis, Staatsschauspieler and German Critics' Prize.
Grab des Schauspielers Erich Schellow auf dem Friedhof Wilmersdorf in Berlin
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1995
Erich Schellow died at Berlin.
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- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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