Erich Schellow was born on February 27, 1915 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Captain from Köpenick (1956), Seven Journeys (1947) and Portrait of an Unknown Woman (1954). He died on November 25, 1995 in Berlin.
Went into acting in 1935 on the advice of Lola Müthel and was trained at the acting school of the Preußischen Staatstheater in Berlin. Made his debut two years later as "Mortimer" in Schillers "Maria Stuart" at the Deutschen Volkstheater in Hamburg. Much praised for his roles on the classical stage. Appearances on screen relatively sparse.
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Played Conan Doyle's famous detective in Sherlock Holmes (1967) and was made an honorary member of the German Sherlock Holmes Society (Deutsche Sherlock-Holmes-Gesellschaft).
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Early in his career, Schellow worked occasionally as a dubbing actor. For example, he supplied the German voice for Peter Cushing.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg
1986
TV Movie
Schadow
Funkeln im Auge
1984
TV Movie
'Ne scheene jejend is det hier
1981
TV Movie
Ein Mord, den jeder begeht
1979
TV Movie
Herr von Hohenlocher
Die Buchholzens
1974
TV Series
Christoph Bergfeldt
Der Kommissar
1974
TV Series
Ernst Faber
Ein Fall für Männdli
1973
TV Series
Herr Schäfer
Das Jahrhundert der Chirurgen
1972
TV Series
Dr. Robert Koch
Das Trauerspiel von Julius Caesar
1969
TV Movie
Julius Caesar
Tragödie auf der Jagd
1968
TV Movie
Judge Kamyschow
Auf der Lesebühne der Literarischen Illustrierten
1968
TV Series
Narrator
Sherlock Holmes
1967-1968
TV Series
Sherlock Holmes
Ein Mädchenleben für Wind
1967
TV Movie
Odysseus
Mrs. Cheney's Ende
1965
TV Movie
Charles
Der Apoll von Bellac
1964
TV Movie
Herr von Bellac
Clavigo
1964
TV Movie
Carlos
Die Möwe
1963/I
TV Movie
Boris Trigorin
The Captain from Köpenick
1956
Capt. von Schlettow
Vor Sonnenuntergang
1956
Wolfgang Clausen
Hotel Adlon
1955
Louis Adlon
The Plot to Assassinate Hitler
1955
Evangelischer Pfarrer / Narrator
Die Stadt ist voller Geheimnisse
1955
Rudolf Thomas, Engineer
Drei vom Varieté
1954
Alexis
Ein Mädchen aus Paris
1954
Portrait of an Unknown Woman
1954
Walter
Seven Journeys
1947
Karl / Rahmenhandlung
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Weltbühne Berlin - Die Zwanziger Jahre
1986
TV Movie documentary voice
Herr, laß mich musizieren
1967
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Jedermann Remixed
2011
TV Movie
Tod
Known for movies
The Captain from Köpenick (1956) as Capt. von Schlettow
$800,000
