Wilhelm Diegelmann
Wilhelm Diegelmann was a German actor.
Career
Diegelmann's first stage appearance was in 1878 in the chorus for the Frankfurt Opera. In 1881 he debuted at the Frankfurt City Theater, playing King Lear, William Tell, and other title characters. Sometime around 1900, Diegelmann relocated to Berlin. Here, he appeared at a variety of theaters, including the Deutsches Theater, the Großes Schauspielhaus, and the Deutsches Künstlertheater. Diegelmann was introduced to film in 1913 by Max Reinhardt. He became a prolific actor of supporting roles, often as a father figure. He performed in the well-known film Der Blaue Engel, where he played a ship captain who flirts with the lead actress. The final film he starred in was the Theodor Storm adaptation of Der Schimmelreiter. He continued to make stage appearances after this, with his last role being in Rembrandt vor Gericht. He died not long after this. He was laid to rest at the Stahnsdorf South-Western Cemetery near Berlin, though the grave itself no longer exists.
Selected filmography
Robert and Bertram Laugh Bajazzo Benjamin the Timid Hans Trutz in the Land of Plenty Carmen Midnight The [Pied Piper of Hamelin (1918 film)|The Pied Piper of Hamelin] Alkohol The Woman at the Crossroads The Mistress of the World Prince Cuckoo Crown and Whip Veritas Vincit During My Apprenticeship The Derby The Mask The Bride of the Incapacitated Prostitution President Barrada The Forbidden Way Kri-Kri, the Duchess of Tarabac The Legend of Holy Simplicity The Tragedy of a Great Mary Magdalene Patience Monika Vogelsang The Skull of Pharaoh's Daughter Wibbel the Tailor The Wildcat Trix, the Romance of a Millionairess The Vulture Wally Memoirs of a Film Actress Off the Rails Parisian Women The Shadow of Gaby Leed The Poisoned Stream The Buried Self The Graveyard of the Living Hannerl and Her Lovers The Fear of Women Roswolsky's Mistress Hashish, the Paradise of Hell Lady Godiva The Black Panther The Conspiracy in Genoa Kean The Stranger from Alster Street Lola Montez, the King's Dancer The Big Shot The Fire Ship The [Man of Steel (1922 film)|The Man of Steel] Barmaid The Flight into Marriage Lumpaci the Vagabond The False Dimitri The Love Nest Bigamy Lucrezia Borgia The Treasure of Gesine Jacobsen The Stone Rider Friedrich Schiller The Second Shot Man by the Wayside The Woman on the Panther The Maharaja's Victory The Pilgrimage of Love The Burning Secret Martin Luther William Tell The Final Mask The Hobgoblin The Path to God Around a Million Dudu, a Human Destiny Man Against Man Mother and Child The Girl with a Patron The Director General The Dice Game of Life People in Need Letters Which Never Reached Him In the Valleys of the Southern Rhine The Old Ballroom Struggle for the Soil Ash Wednesday The Girl from America If You Have an Aunt Countess Maritza White Slave Traffic Vienna - Berlin I Liked Kissing Women The Mill at Sanssouci Sword and Shield Sons in Law Superfluous People Gretchen Schubert Fadette Vienna, How it Cries and Laughs Give My Regards to the Blonde Child on the Rhine The Fallen Hello Caesar! Regine A Serious Case Poor Little Colombine The Lorelei Aftermath When the Guard Marches The Market of Life Violantha Katharina Knie Youth of the Big City Hungarian Nights The Blue Angel The True Jacob Scandal on Park Street Secret Agent Hans Westmar