Erik Ode

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title: "Erik Ode" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1910-births", "1983-deaths", "male-actors-from-berlin", "german-television-directors", "german-male-television-actors", "german-male-silent-film-actors", "german-male-film-actors", "film-directors-from-berlin", "20th-century-german-male-actors"] description: "German actor and director" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Ode" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary German actor and director ::

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Field	Value
name	Erik Ode
image	Odemar fritz erik signy.png
imagesize	250px
caption	Fritz Erik Signy Odemar, artist name: Erik Ode, 1910–1983
birth_date
birth_place	Berlin, German Empire
death_date
death_place	Weißach-Tegernsee, West Germany
birthname	Fritz Erik Signy Odemar
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| name = Erik Ode | image = Odemar fritz erik signy.png | imagesize = 250px | caption = Fritz Erik Signy Odemar, artist name: Erik Ode, 1910–1983 | birth_date = | birth_place = Berlin, German Empire | height = | death_date = | death_place = Weißach-Tegernsee, West Germany | birthname = Fritz Erik Signy Odemar | othername = | website = 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
• ** (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)
• ** (1958)
• What a Woman Dreams of in Springtime (1959)

References

References

1. Horst Tappert. (1999-01-01). "Derrick et moi: Mes deux vies". Editions de Fallois.
2. Weber, Wolfgang Maria. (1999). "50 Jahre deutsches Fernsehen : ein Rückblick auf die Lieblingssendungen in West und Ost". München : Battenberg.

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