Biography

Short, stocky character comedian, on stage from circa 1900. Used as comic support in films of the 1930's. Despite having joined both the SS (1934) and the Nazi Party (1937), he fell foul of the regime and was banned from screen acting in 1941, not making a comeback until 1950.

In the years 1939 and 1940 he impersonated together with Jupp Hussels the pair "Tran und Helle", who had countless entrances in short movies which were shown as a contribution to the Wochenschau.

Ludwig Schmitz could go on from his earlier successes after the war and entertained the public with his typical sense of humor.

The actor Ludwig Schmitz got his first engagement about 1900 at the Stadttheater Nordhausen, later followed engagements in Mannheim, Düsseldorf, Münster and Munich, where he normally played funny roles.

He made his film debut with the movie "Um das Menschenrecht" (1934), it followed "Der ahnungslose Engel" (1935) and "Urlaub auf Ehrenwort" (1937). At the same time he continued his theater career and got involved in the Wehrmacht request program.