Walter Amtrup

Walter Otto Hugo Karl Amtrup (15 March 1904 – 7 August 1974) was a German actor, film dubber, opera singer (bass), and acting teacher.
Early life and education.
Walter Amtrup was born in Altona, Hamburg as the son of a state court judge. He was student of the gymnasium in Lüneburg and, after achieving his "Abitur", visited the Berlin University of the Arts from 1925 until 1931, where he was educated as an opera singer and a stage actor.
Opera and acting career.
Amtrup made his professional opera debut in 1932 at the "Landestheater Altenburg". This was followed by many appearances in Meißen, Neisse, Wilhelmshaven, Hanau, Bunzlau, at the "Staatstheater Schwerin" (state theater of Mecklenburg) and until the end of the Second World War at the municipal "Städtische Bühnen" in Chemnitz.
German Democratic Republic.
Ten years after the End of World War II the Amtrup family moved to Central Germany in 1955, where Amtrup was employed as a character actor by the Städtische Bühnen Erfurt. In 1966 he was booked by the Meiningen Court Theatre, where his artistic career ended 1969.
Family.
Walter Amtrup was married to former opera singer Johanna Amtrup, née Kieling. The couple had three children: Karin (born 1936), Turid (born 1943), and Niels-Torsten (born 1951). The German marine biologist and dolphin research scientist Karsten Brensing is Walter Amtrup’s grandson.