Erik Ode

German actor and director

Erik Ode
Fritz Erik Signy Odemar, artist name: Erik Ode, 1910–1983
Born	Fritz Erik Signy Odemar (1910-11-06)6 November 1910 Berlin, German Empire
Died	19 July 1983(1983-07-19) (aged 72) Weißach-Tegernsee, West Germany

Erik Ode (born Fritz Erik Signy Odemar, 6 November 1910 – 19 July 1983) was a German director and actor who was most famous for playing Kommissar Herbert Keller in the German television drama Der Kommissar (The Police Inspector). He married actress Hilde Volk in 1942. Many years later they co-starred together in the TV series Sun, Wine and Hard Nuts.

Selected filmography

Actor

I.N.R.I. (1923) - Jesus als Kind
The Cabinet of Doctor Larifari (1930) - Wolfgang Anglert, Chefredakteur
A Student's Song of Heidelberg (1930)
Sein Scheidungsgrund (1931) - Rudi
Der Hochtourist (1931)
Kadetten (1931) - Kadett von Brenken
He Is Charming (1932) - (uncredited)
Kavaliere vom Kurfürstendamm (1932) - Niske
Ja, treu ist die Soldatenliebe (1932) - Krause
FP 1 antwortet nicht (1932) - Konrad Lennartz
What Women Dream (1933)
Season in Cairo (1933) - 3. Gigolo
Glück im Schloß (1933) - Georg
The Castle in the South (1933) - Tonio
Gypsy Blood (1934) - Graf Poldi Stauffenstein
Charley's Aunt (1934) - Charley Wykeham
The Daring Swimmer (1934)
The Sporck Battalion (1934)
Jungfrau gegen Mönch (1934) - Dr. Peter Rivius
Winter Night's Dream (1935)
Forget Me Not (1935) - Peter Petermann, Dritter Offizier
Hero for a Night (1935) - Jantschi, Reklamezeichner
The Call of the Jungle (1936) - Kelly
Victoria in Dover (1936) - Prinz von Oranien
The Empress's Favourite (1936) - Fähnrich Alexander Platow
Hot Blood (1936) - Husarenoffizier
Der Abenteurer von Paris (1936) - Robert - sein Sohn
Drei tolle Tage (1936) - Robert Ferry - Schauspieler
Land of Love (1937) - Erster Beamter
Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit (1937) - Wölfchen Hillberg
Rätsel um Beate (1938) - Schauspieler, 1.Etage
Grossalarm (1938) - Zeitungsfahrer Alex
Stärker als die Liebe (1938)
Das Leben kann so schön sein (1938) - Dewitt, Reisender
A Hopeless Case (1939) - Student
Ich verweigere die Aussage (1939)
Alarm at Station III (1939) - Egge, Zollpolizist
We Danced Around the World (1939) - 1. Freund
The Little Residence (1942) - Primaner Erich
Tonelli (1943) - Der Sekretär des Theateragenten Bauer
Eine kleine Sommermelodie [de] (1944) - Gefreiter Otto Appelt
Meine Herren Söhne (1945) - Apotheker
Wir sehn uns wieder (1945) - Fritz Launer - Gefreiter
The Berliner (1948) - Narrator (voice)
Skandal in der Botschaft (1950)
Czardas of Hearts (1951) - Gabor Takacs
Just Once a Great Lady (1957) - Mann (uncredited)
Liebe, Jazz und Übermut (1957) - Teddy Fisher, Künstleragent
We Cellar Children (1960) - Aufgebrachter Vater
Der Kommissar (1969–1976, TV Series) - Kommissar Keller
Alexander Zwo (1972, TV Series)

Director

Scandal at the Embassy (1950)
The Land of Smiles (1952)
Hit Parade (1953)
Such a Charade (1953)
Ten on Every Finger (1954)
The First Kiss (1954)
Music in the Blood (1955)
Request Concert (1955)
Heroism after Hours (1955)
The Model Husband (1956)
Just Once a Great Lady (1957)
Und abends in die Scala [de] (1958)
What a Woman Dreams of in Springtime (1959)

External links

Erik Ode at IMDb
Der Kommissar Unofficial Website (in German)
Der Kommissar Unofficial Website (in German)
Photographs of Erik Ode

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