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- Theo Mackeben was born on January 5, 1897 in Preußisch Stargard, West Prussia, Germany [now Starogard Gdanski, Pomorskie, Poland]. He was a composer and actor, known for Suite Française (2014), The Way to Freedom (1941) and Patriots (1937). He was married to Loni Heuser and Toni Neft. He died on January 10, 1953 in Berlin, Germany.
- SpousesLoni Heuser(1950 - January 10, 1953) (his death)Toni Neft(1925 - ?) (divorced, 1 child)
- He used the pseudonyms: John Morris, Red Roberts.
- German composer and conductor of music for stage and screen. A child prodigy, he was a concert pianist by the age of fifteen. During the 1920's, he worked as a café and radio pianist in Berlin. In 1928, he conducted at the premiere of Brecht's "Threepenny Opera" and during the following decade became one of Germany's most prolific composers of movie themes and of popular songs, including "Bel ami", "Frauen sind keine Engel" and "Nur nicht aus Liebe weinen".
- The young Theo Mackeben acquired his knowledge of piano by creeping in a piano factory where he practiced the piano in secret.
- After the war he wrote a piano concerto and a Sinfonische Ballade for cello and orchestra, while also being conductor at the Metropol-Theater.
- A selection of Mackeben's music was recorded by the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne conducted by Emmerich Smola and published in 1995 by Capriccio.
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