Fritz Richard

He then appeared at various Austrian and German provincial theatres. From Metz in 1905 his path took him to Berlin, where he mainly worked at the Deutsches Theater and the Lessing Theater. He was part of Max Reinhardt's ensemble. He was particularly successful in Karl Schönherr's Der Weibsteufel and as Jedermann. From 1913 Richard also took part in numerous silent films. Richard married his fellow student Friederike Raithel in 1898, who later also became an actress under the name Frida Richard. Richard died in Berlin shortly after Adolf Hitler came to power.

• Name — Fritz Richard • Birth Name — Josef Richard Löwit • Born — 17 November 1869 • Birthplace — Chotieborsch, Austria-Hungary (now, Chotěboř, Czech Republic) • Died — 9 February 1933 • Place of death — Berlin, Germany • Occupation — Actor, theatre director • Years Active — 1886–1933 • Spouse — Frida Richard (née Friederike Raithel; 1898–1933) • Children — 3

• The Armoured Vault (1914) • Die geheimnisvolle Villa (1914) • The Mirror of the World (1918) • Love (1919) • Baccarat (1919) • The Blockhead (1921) • Alfred von Ingelheim's Dramatic Life (1921) • The Graveyard of the Living (1921) • A Dying Nation (1922) • Lola Montez, the King's Dancer (1922) • Duke Ferrante's End (1922) • Lumpaci the Vagabond (1922) • Count Cohn (1923) • Friend Ripp (1923) • The Ancient Law (1923) • Felicitas Grolandin (1923) • The Chain Clinks (1923) • The Beautiful Girl (1923) • The Woman Who Did (1925) • The Telephone Operator (1925) • Anne-Liese of Dessau (1925) • Peter the Pirate (1925) • The Most Beautiful Legs of Berlin (1927) • The Eighteen Year Old (1927) • The False Prince (1927) • The Prince of Rogues (1928) • The Little Slave (1928) • Fight of the Tertia (1929) • Retreat on the Rhine (1930)