- Born
- Died
- Birth nameHeinrich Gerhard Dammann
- Gerhard Dammann was born on March 30, 1883 in Cologne, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Ganz unheimliche Geschichten (1920), Theodor Körner (1912) and Sein Strandliebchen (1918). He was married to Hansi Dege. He died on February 21, 1946 in Bad Ischl, Upper Austria, Austria.
- SpouseHansi Dege(? - February 21, 1946) (his death)
- Gerhard Dammann founded his own company in 1917 he became the man at all fronts. He played, directed, wrote scripts as well as produced movies and carried out the stunts. His movies were very successful.
- With the arising competition from the USA with Harold Lloyd and Charles Chaplin, the humor of Gerhard Dammann was pushed out constantly. Finally he shut down his company in 1925.
- As "Bumke" he became the most successful and popular film comedians of the early German film history. He impersonated the figure of Bumke in a whole string of one-act plays. In these movies he made use of his acrobatic abilities and he hopped over tables, jumped from bridges or did gymnastic on a chandelier.
- With the entry in World War I his film career was interrupted, but in 1916 he returned to Berlin where he shot many movies as "Schnurzel" together with his wife Hansi Dege.
- Served on the Eastern Front from 1914-1916 in World War I..
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