Gerd Baltus

In 1952 he got his first theatre booking in Hamburg, later in Bonn, West Berlin and Munich. Baltus became known to a broad public however above all as a regular guest with crime film series such as Derrick and Tatort. He had basic roles also in the miniseries PS (1975) and in the popular family saga Lorentz & Söhne, where he starred with Ernst Schröder and Hans Korte before the camera. Besides his film work Baltus worked extensively as a speaker of radio plays. In 1964 he received the Federal Film Award for his work in the film The Blood of the Walsungs. He died in Hamburg.

• Name — Gerd Baltus • Born — 29 March 1932 • Birthplace — Bremen, Germany • Died — 13 December 2019 • Place of death — Hamburg, Germany

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1965 — The Blood of the Walsungs — Justus / Leutnant • 1966 — I Am Looking for a Man — Studienrat Benzinger • 1967 — Bonditis — Frank Born • Der Tod läuft hinterher — Harry Brenton — 2 episodes • 1968 — Madame Legros (film) — Chevalier d'Angelot — TV film • Komm nur, mein liebstes Vögelein — Commentator • Der Idiot — Prince Myshkin — TV miniseries • 1969 — Rotmord — Ernst Toller — TV film • 1970 — The Age of the Fish — Teacher • Christmas Not Just Once a Year (film) — Narrator — TV film • 1973 — The Caretaker (1973 film) — Aston — TV film • 1974 — Ein ganz perfektes Ehepaar — Robert Krieg — TV film • 1975–1976 — PS — Volker Schmitting — 8 episodes • 1975 — Der Strick um den Hals — Galpin — TV miniseries • 1977–1994 — Derrick — Konrad Schreiber / Kubeck / Abel / Hahne / Dr. Schöler / Erich Kleemann / Lehrer / Karl Hauweg / Martin Schlehdorn — 9 episodes • 1978 — Die Anstalt — Dr. Steinhausen • Lean Times — Dr. Peter Helfrich — 12 episodes • 1985 — Angry Harvest — Geistlicher • Die Einsteiger — Direktor Kappellusch • 1986 — Teufels Großmutter — Frank Engelhardt — 12 episodes • Käthe Kollwitz — Sander • 1988 — Lorentz & Söhne — Gerhard Lorentz — 11 episodes • 1989–1992 — Mit Leib und Seele — Klaus Bardusch — 16 episodes • 1993–1997 — Ein Bayer auf Rügen — Donatius Domberger — 45 episodes • 1996 — Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht — Herr Hohlbein — 13 episodes • 1999 — Der Hochstapler — Sommer — TV film • 2003 — Tiger Eyes See Better — Gernot — TV film