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- Birth nameGustav Adolf Karl Friedrich Knuth
- Gustav Knuth was born on 7 July 1901 in Brunswick, Germany. After he received acting lessons from Casimir Paris, a well known actor at that time, he made his stage debut at the Stadttheater Heidelberg in 1918. Later, he played in Hamburg and also in Basel, Switzerland, but finally returned to Hamburg. In 1935, his first movie Der Ammenkönig (1935) became a unexpected success and many more such as the legendary Great Freedom No. 7 (1944) or the Sissi (1955) trilogy in the 1950s followed. After World War II, his stage career continued in Switzerland, where he lived in Küsnacht and was ensemble member at the Schauspielhaus Zurich. On 1 February 1987, he died of a stroke in Neu-Münster near Zurich, Switzerland.
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- SpousesElisabeth Lennartz(1940 - February 1, 1987) (his death)Gustl Busch (divorced, 1 child)
- Father of Klaus Knuth.
- Was trained to be a locksmith, but ran away from home to become an actor.
- Became naturalized citizen of Switzerland and lived in Küsnacht near Zurich until his death.
- The role of veterinarian Dr. Hofer on Alle meine Tiere (1962) made him one of Germany's first television stars.
- Published his autobiography "Mit einem Lächeln im Knopfloch" (With a smile in the buttonhole) in 1974.
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