{{Short description|German actor (1889–1944)}} {{Infobox person | image = Otto-Wallburg-als-junger-Schauspieler-(Bern,-1909).jpg | image_size = 160px | caption = Otto Wallburg | name = Otto Wallburg | birth_name = Otto Maximilian Wasserzug | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1889|2|21}} | birth_place = [[Berlin]], [[German Empire]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1944|10|29|1889|2|21}} | death_place = [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz-Birkenau]], [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|German-occupied Poland]] | other_names = Otto Wasserzug | occupation = [[Film actor]] | years_active = [[1926 in film|1926]] – [[1938 in film|1938]] }}
'''Otto Wallburg''' (21 February 1889 – 29 October 1944) was a German [[actor]] and [[Kabarett]] performer.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090119134948/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/179769 BFI.org]</ref> He was a prolific [[film actor]] during the late [[silent film|silent]] and early [[sound era]]. He was arrested by the Nazis when they occupied the Netherlands and was killed in [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]] in October 1944.
Wallburg was born '''Otto Maximilian Wasserzug''' in [[Berlin]], the son of a [[Jewish]] [[bank]]er. He drifted into stage acting, but served in the [[German Army (German Empire)|German Army]] during the [[First World War]] and was wounded on the Eastern Front after winning an [[Iron Cross]]. From 1926 onwards he worked in the large German film industry, including many productions made by [[Universum Film AG|UFA]].
When the [[Nazi]]s came to power in 1933 he left Germany and moved to [[Austria]] where he continued to work in film. He later moved to [[France]] and then on to the [[Netherlands]]. He was arrested following the 1940 [[Battle of the Netherlands|German invasion of the Netherlands]]. He was held for a while at [[Westerbork transit camp]], and later deported to [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]] where he was murdered towards the end of October 1944.
==Selected filmography== {{div col}} * ''[[Uneasy Money (1926 film)|Uneasy Money]]'' (1926) - Herr Fischer * ''[[Chaste Susanne (film)|Chaste Susanne]]'' (1926) - Charency * ''[[Derby (1926 film)|Derby]]'' (1926) - Emil Henschke, Fleischwaren en gros * ''[[We'll Meet Again in the Heimat]]'' (1926) - Feldwebel Baumann * ''[[Light-Hearted Isabel]]'' (1927) * ''[[Heaven on Earth (1927 German film)|Heaven on Earth]]'' (1927) - Louis Martiny * ''[[Grand Hotel (1927 film)|Grand Hotel]]'' (1927) * ''[[The Transformation of Dr. Bessel]]'' (1927) - Ein französischer Sergeant * ''[[The Mistress of the Governor]]'' (1927) - Der Zar * ''[[My Friend Harry]]'' (1928) - Gen.Dir. Fredy Sanderson * ''[[Love in the Cowshed]]'' (1928) - Wenzel, Seifenschneider * ''[[Theatre (1928 film)|Theatre]]'' (1928) - Tenas * ''[[A Modern Casanova]]'' (1928) * ''[[The Fourth from the Right]]'' (1929) * ''[[The Woman Everyone Loves Is You]]'' (1929) - Haucke * ''[[The Crimson Circle (1929 film)|The Crimson Circle]]'' (1929) - Marl * ''[[Foolish Happiness]]'' (1929) * ''[[The Merry Widower]]'' (1929) - Ein Paradegast * ''[[Column X]]'' (1929) * ''[[Marriage in Trouble]]'' (1929) - Der Standesbeamte * ''[[Foolishness of His Love]]'' (1929) - Bürgermeister Boudier * ''[[His Best Friend (1929 film)|His Best Friend]]'' (1929) * ''[[Trust of Thieves]]'' (1929) - Kriminalkommissar Warren * ''[[Men Without Work (film)|Men Without Work]]'' (1929) * ''[[The Night Belongs to Us]]'' (1929) - Vater Bang * ''[[The Widow's Ball]]'' (1930) - Teckelmann * ''[[There Is a Woman Who Never Forgets You]]'' (1930) * ''[[Heute nacht - eventuell]]'' (1930) - Lawyer * ''[[Hocuspocus (1930 film)|Hocuspocus]]'' (1930) - Dr. Schüler * ''[[The Song Is Ended]]'' (1930) - Der Baron * ''[[The Jumping Jack (1930 film)|The Jumping Jack]]'' (1930) - Clamotte, Direktor des Warenhauses * ''[[Petit officier... Adieu!]]'' (1930) - Baron * ''[[Hans in Every Street]]'' (1930) * ''[[Her Majesty the Barmaid]]'' (1931) - Othmar von Wellingen - Freds Bruder * ''[[Queen of the Night (1931 German-language film)|Queen of the Night]]'' (1931) - Gaston Molneau * ''[[Her Grace Commands]]'' (1931) * ''[[Seitensprünge]]'' (1931) - Onkel Emil * ''[[That's All That Matters (film)|That's All That Matters]]'' (1931) - Klöppel - ein Maler * ''[[When the Soldiers]]'' (1931) - General von Plessow * ''[[The Opera Ball (1931 film)|The Opera Ball]]'' (1931) - von Arnolds - Helgas Vater * ''[[Salto Mortale (1931 German film)|Salto Mortale]]'' (1931) - Pressechef * ''[[The Little Escapade]]'' (1931) - August Wernecke, Fabrikant * ''[[The Woman They Talk About]]'' (1931) - G.Greven * ''[[Bombs on Monte Carlo (1931 film)|Bombs on Monte Carlo]]'' (1931) - Ministerpräsiden / Minister * ''[[Who Takes Love Seriously?]]'' (1931) - Speculator Bruno * ''[[Congress Dances]]'' (1931) - Bibikoff, his Adjutant * ''[[Weekend in Paradise (1931 film)|Weekend in Paradise]]'' (1931) * ''[[Alarm at Midnight]]'' (1931) - Karl Matthes * ''[[Der Hochtourist]]'' (1931) * ''[[Ronny (1931 film)|Ronny]]'' (1931) - Intendant des Hoftheaters * ''[[Yorck]]'' (1931) - Field Marshal Graf Diebitsch-Sabalkanskij * ''[[Distorting at the Resort]]'' (1932) - Abeles * ''[[Two Hearts Beat as One (film)|Two Hearts Beat as One]]'' (1932) * ''[[The Song of Night]]'' (1932) - Pategg * ''[[The Beautiful Adventure (1932 German-language film)|The Beautiful Adventure]]'' (1932) - Valentin le Barroyer * ''[[The Black Hussar (1932 film)|The Black Hussar]]'' (1932) - Gouverneur Darmont * ''[[How Shall I Tell My Husband?]]'' (1932) - Hugo Brickner * ''[[Spoiling the Game]]'' (1932) - Gottfried Paradies * ''[[Frederica (1932 film)|Frederica]]'' (1932) - Ewiger Student Wagner * ''[[When Love Sets the Fashion]]'' (1932) - Philippe Gilbert * ''[[Madame Wants No Children (1933 film)|Madame Wants No Children]]'' (1933) - Herr Balsam * ''[[The Big Bluff (1933 German film)|The Big Bluff]]'' (1933) - Otto Pitt, Generaldirektor * ''[[Marion, That's Not Nice]]'' (1933) - Direktor Satorius - Seifenfabrikant * ''[[What Women Dream]]'' (1933) - Kleinsilber * ''[[Das häßliche Mädchen]]'' (1933) - Direktor Mönckeberg * ''[[Daughter of the Regiment (1933 film)|Daughter of the Regiment]]'' (1933) - Sergeant Bully * ''[[The Little Crook]]'' (1933) - Der Bräutigam * ''[[Greetings and Kisses, Veronika]]'' (1933) - Max Becker, ein Geschäftsfreund * ''[[Tell Me Who You Are (1933 film)|Tell Me Who You Are]]'' (1933) - Harry Reimers * ''[[Ways to a Good Marriage]]'' (1933) - 'Tange Paula', Eheberatung * ''[[Kind, ich freu' mich auf Dein Kommen]]'' (1933) - Der Konsul * ''[[The Tsarevich (1933 film)|The Tsarevich]]'' (1933) - Graf Narkyn * ''[[Inge and the Millions]]'' (1933) - Conrady, Geschäftsfreund Seemanns * ''[[Financial Opportunists]]'' (1934) - Untermeier, Grundstücksspekulant * ''[[Peter (1934 film)|Peter]]'' (1934) - Mr. Zöllner, garage-owner * ''[[Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten]]'' (1934) - Direktor Petermann * ''[[Ball at the Savoy (1935 film)|Ball at the Savoy]]'' (1935) - Der Verleger Haller * ''[[Everything for the Company (1935 film)|Everything for the Company]]'' (1935) - Emmerich Liebling * ''[[Little Mother (1935 film)|Little Mother]]'' (1935) - Max Berkhoff * ''[[Viereinhalb Musketiere]]'' (1935) - Bender, pianist * ''[[Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben]]'' (1935) - Paul Kaspar * ''[[Catherine the Last]]'' (1936) - Sixtus Braun, Großindustrieller * ''[[Bubi (film)|Bubi]]'' (1937) - Taxidriver Muck * ''[[Crossroads (1938 film)|Crossroads]]'' (1938) - Le médecin allemand (uncredited) (final film role) {{div col end}}
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0908963}} * [http://www.virtual-history.com/movie/person/683/otto-wallburg Otto Wallburg] at Virtual History
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