Gerd Baltus is a German

Germany

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 television actor.

Already during law studies Baltus became interested in acting. In 1952 he got his first theatre commitment in Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

, later in Bonn

Bonn

Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....

, Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

 and Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

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Baltus became known to a broad public however above all as a regular guest with crime film series such as Derrick. He had basic roles also in the short series HP - stories around the car 1975 and in the popular family Saga Lorentz and sons, where he starred with Ernst Schröder

Ernst Schröder

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 and Hans Korte

Hans Korte

Hans Korte is a German television actor.-Selected filmograqphy:* Derrick - Season 5, Episode 11: "Die verlorenen Sekunden" * Derrick - Season 11, Episode 11: "Gangster haben andere Spielregeln"...

 before the camera. Besides his film work Baltus worked extensively as a speaker of radio plays.

In 1964 he received the Federal Film Award for his work in the film Wälsungenblut

Wälsungenblut

Wälsungenblut is a 1965 German drama film directed by Rolf Thiele, based on a Thomas Mann novella of the same name. It was entered into the 15th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Michael Maien - Siegmund Arnstatt...

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Selected filmography

• Derrick
  Derrick (TV series)
  Derrick is a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein , who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings Derrick is a...
  
   - Season 4, Episode 05: "Tod des Wucherers" (1977)
• Derrick
  Derrick (TV series)
  Derrick is a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein , who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings Derrick is a...
  
   - Season 8, Episode 08: "Prozente" (1981)

External links

• ZBF Agency Hamburg