Fred Delmare was born Werner Vondrab in Hüttensteinach, Sonneberg, Germany on April 24, 1922. He studied at the Hebbel Theater Acting School, and from 1950 to 1970 he was a member of the Leipzig Schauspielhaus ensemble.
Small parts require the same dedication as leading roles. Fred Delmare always remained true to this motto. Whether he played a taxi driver, unrequited lover, or cowboy, his performances were always stellar. Delmare acted in over 200 cinema and television productions.
His breakthrough came with the movie “Der Teufelskreis”, an adaptation of a Hedda Zinner play by Carl Balhaus in which he gave an unforgettable performance as Marius van der Lubbe. Delmare’s popularity grew when he played the concentration camp inmate Pippig in both the television and cinematic adaptations of “Nackt under Wölfen”. He portrayed this character, who faces certain death, with calmness and bravery.
Delmare worked in the film business for over 50 years and tried out many genres – he was the dwarf Naseweis in the fairy tale adaptation “Schneewittchen”, the unsuccessful lover in “Die Legende von Paul und Paula”, the funny cowboy in the East German Western series, as well as the friendly and beloved grandfather in the television series ‘In aller Freundschaft’.
He celebrated a special comeback with a television production praised by critics, ‘Matulla und Busch’, a comedy about the transitional period between the fall of the Berlin Wall and German unification. Delmare and Erwin Geschonneck played two seasoned old Berliners who end up in a retirement home and find out that one of them owns a house in East Berlin that is occupied by squatters.
Fred appeared as a character actor in five East German westerns usually as comedy relief or friend of the hero.
Fred Delmare died on May 1, 2009, in Leipzig, Danzig, Germany.
DELMARE, Fred (Werner Vorndran)
[4/24/1922, Hüttensteinach, Sonneberg, Germany – 5/1/2009, Leipzig, Danzig, Germany
(pneumonia)] – theater, film, TV actor, married to singer Iris Brockmeier
(1952-1953) father of Felicitas Delmare [1953-1980], married to Mona Winzer
(1959-1964) father of Tino Delmare [1960-2001], married to actress Dagmar
Marquardt (1965-1973) father of Claudia Delmare [1968- ], married to Silvia Kallenbach (1973-1982)
father of Nici Delmare [1976- ], Jette
Delmare [1978- ], married to Renate
Schuck [1944- ] (1986-2009), awarded
Patriotic Order of Merit [1987].
The Falcon’s Trail - 1967 (Peter Hille)
White Wolves – 1969 (Peter Hille)
Apaches - 1973 (Doctor Klein)
Ulzana – 1973 (Bob Tribollet)
The Long Ride from School – 1982 (outlaw)
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