Siegfried Wischnewski was a German

Germany

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 stage and film actor.

Career

Wischnewski was born in the Masuria

Masuria

Masuria is an area in northeastern Poland famous for its 2,000 lakes. Geographically, Masuria is part of two adjacent lakeland districts, the Masurian Lake District and the Iława Lake District...

n village of Saborowen (today Zaborowo, Poland

Poland

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) to a peasant labourer. He decided to become an actor after he appeared at a school theater, but was conscripted into the German Navy

Kriegsmarine

The Kriegsmarine was the name of the German Navy during the Nazi regime . It superseded the Kaiserliche Marine of World War I and the post-war Reichsmarine. The Kriegsmarine was one of three official branches of the Wehrmacht, the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany.The Kriegsmarine grew rapidly...

 after he had passed his Abitur

Abitur

Abitur is a designation used in Germany, Finland and Estonia for final exams that pupils take at the end of their secondary education, usually after 12 or 13 years of schooling, see also for Germany Abitur after twelve years.The Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife, often referred to as...

 at the Arndt-Gymnasium at Berlin-Dahlem in 1940. As a professional actor he appeared at the theater of Lüneburg

Lüneburg

Lüneburg is a town in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is located about southeast of fellow Hanseatic city Hamburg. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, and one of Hamburg's inner suburbs...

 in 1946 and in the following years at several other stages in Germany.

In the late 1950s and 1960s he became wellknown for his TV-appearances, often as a police detective. He played several roles in popular TV-productions like The Squeaker, Tatort

Tatort

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss , crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF 2 in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland...

, Derrick

Derrick (TV series)

Derrick is a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein , who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings Derrick is a...

 or Der Kommissar but also in movie versions of Brecht

Brecht

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's Dreigroschenoper (1962) or the Nibelungen (1966/67).

Probably his most significant success was the role of a veterinary in the 1980s TV-production "Ein Heim für Tiere". Wischnewski was twice married to the actress Suzanne Ritter, from 1948 till 1956 and 1963 till Wischnewski's death of bronchial cancer at Königswinter

Königswinter

Königswinter is a town and summer resort in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, opposite to Bonn, at the foot of the Siebengebirge.- Main sights :...

 in 1989.

Selected filmography

• Dreigroschenoper (1962)
• Nibelungen (1966/67).
• Derrick
  Derrick (TV series)
  Derrick is a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein , who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings Derrick is a...
  
   - Season 2, Episode 10: "Kamillas junger Freund" (1975)
• Derrick
  Derrick (TV series)
  Derrick is a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein , who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings Derrick is a...
  
   - Season 6, Episode 05: "Die Puppe" (1979)
• Derrick
  Derrick (TV series)
  Derrick is a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein , who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings Derrick is a...
  
   - Season 7, Episode 03: "Ein Lied aus Theben" (1980)
• Derrick
  Derrick (TV series)
  Derrick is a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein , who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings Derrick is a...
  
   - Season 7, Episode 10: "Eine unheimlich starke Persönlichkeit" (1980)
• Derrick
  Derrick (TV series)
  Derrick is a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein , who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings Derrick is a...
  
   - Season 10, Episode 3: "Geheimnisse einer Nacht" (1983)
• Maximilian von Mexiko
  Maximilian von Mexiko
  Maximilian von Mexiko is a 1970 German-Austrian historical television miniseries depicting the events of the French Intervention in Mexico which placed Emperor Maxamilian on the throne of Mexico. It consisted of two parts totalling 185 minutes.-Cast:...
  
  (television series, 1970)

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