Biography
Alfred Struwe (April 22, 1927 – February 13, 1998) was a German actor, best known for his television role as Dr. Alexander Wittkugel in Zahn um Zahn.
Struwe was born in Marienburg, West Prussia (today Malbork in Poland), the son of a postman, and grew up there with five siblings. His first acting experience was in Hitler Youth summer camps. In 1944 he was called up first into the Reich Labour Service, then into the military. After attending officer training school in Hanover, he was sent along with other young contemporaries into battle in the final days of World War II. In 1945 he rejoined his family in Leipzig. Since his father, Gustav, was opposed to his making acting his career, he instead had to attend a police academy, until in 1948 it closed and he was also discharged. From then on, he was able to dedicate himself entirely to acting. He had already performed part-time in amateur productions and taken private acting lessons during his police training. In 1949 he joined the theater company in Greiz and subsequently was engaged in Brandenburg, Zittau, Cottbus, Karl-Marx-Stadt and Dresden.
Struwe made his first appearance before the cameras in 1954, in the DEFA co-production Leuchtfeuer. Then beginning in the 1960s, his face was often seen on both movie and television screens. Several times he played the part of the would-be assassin of Hitler, Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg. In 1985 he played what would become his signature role, the eccentric dentist Dr. Alexander Wittkugel in the television series Zahn um Zahn ("A Tooth for a Tooth"). This was so successful that in response to viewer demand the 7 projected episodes were extended and in the end 21 stories of "Dr. Wittkugel's Practices" were produced.Struwe's daughter Catharina Struwe is likewise an actress, with, for example, a longstanding engagement at the Neue Bühne in Senftenberg.
With the dissolution of the Iron Curtain, the popular actor's life became quieter. Struwe made occasional further appearances on stage and on television, but otherwise enjoyed his retirement. He died in Potsdam in 1998 after a lengthy illness caused by pneumonia and was buried in the Southwest Cemetery in Stahnsdorf.
Filmography
all 61
Movies 47
TV Shows 14
Verdammtes Glück (1997)
Mit Herz und Robe (1991)
Aerolina (1990)
The Ascent of Chimborazo (1989)
Biała wizytówka (1989)
Mensch, mein Papa...! (1988)
Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria (1987)
The Magnate (1987)
Zwei blaue Augen (1986)
Ernst Thälmann (1986)
Zahn um Zahn (1985)
Die Geschichte vom goldenen Taler (1985)
Front Without Mercy (1984)
Our Best Man (1983)
Zwei Ärztinnen (1983)
Automärchen (1983)
Verzeihung, sehen Sie Fußball? (1983)
Die lieben Luder (1983)
Frühstück im Bett (1983)
A Long Way to School (1982)
Your Unknown Brother (1982)
Das große Abenteuer des Kaspar Schmeck (1982)
Berühmte Ärzte der Charité: Der kleine Doktor (1981)
Der ungebetene Gast (1981)
Asta, mein Engelchen (1981)
Wizja lokalna 1901 (1981)
Jeśli serce masz bijące (1981)
Oben geblieben ist noch keiner (1980)
Archiv des Todes (1980)
Ende vom Lied (1979)
Verlobung in Hullerbusch (1979)
Abschied vom Frieden (1979)
Until Death Do Us Part (1979)
Anton the Magician (1978)
Umwege ins Glück (1977)
The Liberation of Prague (1977)
The Life and Death of Ferdinand Luce (1977)
In the Dust of the Stars (1976)
Fischzüge (1975)
Visa für Ocantros (1974)
Ulzana (1974)
Maria und der Paragraph (1974)
Rückkehr als Toter (1974)
Das unsichtbare Visier (1973)
Ein idealer Gatte (1973)
Die Bilder des Zeugen Schattmann (1972)
Der Adjutant (1972)
Ein Mann, der sterben muß (1972)
Istanbul – Masche (1971)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971)
KLK Calling PTZ – The Red Orchestra (1971)
Artur Becker (1971)
Verdacht auf einen Toten (1969)
Die Toten bleiben jung (1968)
Der Streit um den Sergeanten Grischa (1968)
Ich-Axel Cäsar Springer (1968)
Der Mann aus Kanada (1967)
Ohne Kampf kein Sieg (1966)
Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort (1965)
Secret Archives on Elbe (1963)
The Beacon (1954)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1927-04-22
Deathday1998-02-13 (70 years old)
Birth PlaceMalbork, Poland
CitizenshipsGermany
Also Known AsAlfred Shtruve, Альфред Штруве
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