Rolf von Goth (1906–1981) was a film actor from Windhoek in German Southwest Africa who settled and worked in Germany. After appearing in minor roles in several silent films such as Metropolis (1927) von Goth emerged as a prominent actor in the late 1920s. During the early 1930s he played a mixture of leading and supporting roles in films such as Once There Was a Waltz and A Shot at Dawn (1932) but his appearances began to decline during the Nazi era. By the outbreak of the Second World War he had almost entirely retired from film. von Goth switched to become a director of radio shows, becoming extremely successful in the format during the post-war years. He was married to the actress Karin Hardt.
He was a film actor from Windhoek in German Southwest Africa who settled and worked in Germany.
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During the wartime he only took part in the movie "Die Frau meiner Träume" (1944), after that he retired from the film business.
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He became a popular support actor in the 30's.
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He was responsible for the production of more than two hundred radio plays for S.F.B. (Sender Freies Berlin).
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Von Goth switched to become a director of radio shows, becoming extremely successful in the format during the post-war years.
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The actor Rolf von Goth began his film career at the end of the 20's with minor parts in movies like "Metropolis" (1927).
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Dark-haired supporting actor in German films of the 1930's. His popularity had declined by the end of World War II and he reinvented himself as an important radio director and producer for NWDR in Berlin.