Trivia

His career came to an abrupt end when he suffered a stroke in 1926. Afterwards he was no longer able to perform on stage or in movies. He became active as a singing teacher but had to live in poverty at the end of his life.

His songs were very popular and he also recorded many songs in the next years.

He impersonated his last roles in front of the camera in the 20s.

In Berlin he soon became also well-known as a chansonnier at the cabaret of Rudolf Nelson. It followed tours through the whole world.

He joined the film business in 1919 where he took part in some movies sporadically.

He took singing lessons and was able to gain a foothold as an opera singer, among others also in Berlin from 1906.