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- Birth nameHeinrich August Franz Schroth
- Heinrich Schroth was born on March 23, 1871 in Pirmasens, Kingdom of Bavaria [now Rhineland-Palatinate], Germany. He was an actor, known for 1914, die letzten Tage vor dem Weltbrand (1931), Die Ratte (1918) and Das Tagebuch des Dr. Hart (1918). He was married to Käthe Haack and Else Ruttersheim. He died on January 13, 1945 in Berlin, Germany.
- SpousesKäthe Haack(1915 - January 13, 1945) (his death, 1 child)Else Ruttersheim (divorced, 1 child)
- Children
- RelativesChristoph Köster(Grandchild)Sabine Schroth(Grandchild)Hans Hass Jr.(Grandchild)
- In the final phase of the Second World War, Reich Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels placed Schroth on the Gottbegnadeten list ("God-gifted list" or "Important Artist Exempt List"), a 36-page list of artists considered crucial to Nazi culture.
- Schroth's most memorable role of the World War II era is possibly that of the role of Herr von Neuffer in the 1940 Veit Harlan-directed, anti-Semitic melodrama Jud Süß, commissioned by Joseph Goebbels.
- Father of Heinz Schroth aka Heinz Sailer (1892-1957), Carl-Heinz Schroth and Hannelore Schroth.
- Dapper character actor, on stage from 1890. Schroth entered films in 1916 at the age of forty. He first came to prominence as private detective Joe Deebs in eight silent films, made between 1918 and 1919. He made a successful transition to sound with key roles in big budget productions, such as Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf (1931), The Captain from Köpenick (1931) and Wasser für Canitoga (1939). In private life, Schroth had a reputation as a ladies' man and bon vivant. His second wife was the popular actress Käthe Haack.
- Schroth made his acting debut at the Sigmaringen Royal Theatre in 1890.
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