Roger Fritz

{{Short description|German actor (1936–2021)}} {{for|the American management consultant|Roger J. Fritz}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} '''Roger Fritz''' (22 September 1936 – 26 November 2021) was a German actor, director, producer and photographer, perhaps best known for ''Cross of Iron'', and his work with Rainer Werner Fassbinder in ''Querelle'', ''Lili Marleen'' and ''Berlin Alexanderplatz''.<ref name=VW>{{cite web|title=Querelle|url=http://www.vwberlin.com/exhibitions/QUERELLE%20-%20PHOTOGRAPHED%20BY%20ROGER%20FRITZ/artists/Roger%20Fritz%20and%20Rainer%20Werner%20Fassbinder/biography|work=vwberlin.com|accessdate=10 April 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140410172023/http://www.vwberlin.com/exhibitions/QUERELLE%20-%20PHOTOGRAPHED%20BY%20ROGER%20FRITZ/artists/Roger%20Fritz%20and%20Rainer%20Werner%20Fassbinder/biography|archivedate=10 April 2014}}</ref>

Roger Fritz was born on 22 September 1936 in Mannheim, Baden, Germany. He was married to the actress, Helga Anders (1948–1986), from 1968 to 1974, when they divorced. They had one child, Leslie Fritz, who is an assistant director.<ref name=IMdB>{{cite web|title=Roger Fritz|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0296064/bio|work=IMdB|accessdate=10 April 2014}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== '''Director''' * ''Girls, Girls'' (1967) * ''{{ill|Erotik auf der Schulbank|de}}'' (1968), Anthology film, segment ''Sybille'' * ''Rabbit in the Pit'' (1969) * ''The Brutes'' (1970) * ''Motiv Liebe'' (1972, TV series) * ''{{Ill|Frankfurt: The Face of a City|de|Frankfurt Kaiserstraße}}'' (1981)

'''Actor''' * ''...und noch frech dazu!'' (1960, directed by Rolf von Sydow) - Michael * ''{{Interlanguage link|Officer Factory (1960 film)|de|3=Fabrik der Offiziere (1960)|lt=Officer Factory}}'' (1960, directed by Frank Wisbar) - Fähnrich Andreas * ''Jet Generation'' (1968, directed by Eckhart Schmidt) - Raoul Malsen * ''Sugar Bread and Whip'' (1968, directed by Marran Gosov) - Roger * ''Till the Happy End'' (1968, directed by {{Interlanguage link|Theodor Kotulla|de}}) - Paul * ''Carnal Circuit'' (1969, directed by Alberto De Martino) - Giulio Lamberti * ''{{ill|Lovemaker (1969 film)|it|Lovemaker - L'uomo per fare l'amore|lt=Lovemaker}}'' (1969, directed by Ugo Liberatore) - Klaus * ''Kompanie der Knallköppe'' (1971, directed by Rolf Olsen) - Heinz von Kattnig * ''Strange City'' (1972, directed by Rudolf Thome) - Philipp Kramer / Franz Lerchenfeld * ''{{Interlanguage link|Nessuno deve sapere|it}}'' (1972, TV miniseries, directed by Mario Landi) - Pietro Rusconi * ''Cross of Iron'' (1977, directed by Sam Peckinpah) - Leutnant (Lt.) Triebig * ''Despair'' (1978, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder) - Inspector Braun * ''Berlin Alexanderplatz'' (1980, TV miniseries, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder) - Herbert Virchow * ''Lili Marleen'' (1981, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder) - Kauffmann * ''Querelle'' (1982, directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder) - Marcellin * ''Ich bin dein Killer'' (1982, directed by Jochen Richter) - Manager Didi * ''{{Interlanguage link|Anna's Mother|de|Annas Mutter}}'' (1984, directed by Burkhard Driest) - Micha * ''{{ill|Die Story|de}}'' (1984, directed by Eckhart Schmidt) - Franz * ''Der Havarist'' (1984, directed by Wolf-Eckart Bühler) * ''{{Ill|Mama Mia – Don't Panic|de|Mama Mia – Nur keine Panik}}'' (1984, directed by Dieter Pröttel) * ''Ich schenk dir die Sterne'' (1991, directed by Jörg Graser) * ''Daniel – Der Zauberer'' (2004, directed by Ulli Lommel) - Producer (final film role)

'''Producer''' * ''Jet Generation'' (1968, directed by Eckhart Schmidt) * ''Madame Bovary'' (1969, directed by Hans Schott-Schöbinger)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|0296064|name=Roger Fritz}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fritz, Roger}} Category:1936 births Category:2021 deaths Category:Male actors from Mannheim Category:German male film actors Category:20th-century German male actors