Fritz Spira
Austrian actor (1877-1943) · Austria · On the map · Actors · Died at 66
Fritz Spira was an Austrian stage and film actor. He appeared frequently in films during the silent and early sound eras. Spira played the role of the Austrian Emperor Franz Josef in the 1926 film The Third Squadron.
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Affairs of MaupassantFilm1933Die Nacht im ForsthausFilm1932
Gitta Discovers Her HeartFilm1931
A Waltz by StraussFilm, Der Lamperl-Hirsch1930Am Rande der SaharaFilm1929
The Alley CatFilm1928
Das Schicksal derer von HabsburgFilm, Emperor Franz Josef1926Die dritte EskadronFilm, Kaiser Franz Joseph1925
Freies VolkFilm, Großkaufmann Lahr1923Freund RippFilm1920
Der Pokal der FürstinFilm1919
Freie LiebeFilm1917Der 10. Pavillon der ZitadelleFilm1914
Die PerleFilm1877Born1 August 1877People around Fritz
Paul Morgan Also in The Red Mouse and The Third Squadron
Carl Boese Directed Nanette Makes Everything (1926)
Hans Steinhoff Directed Countess Maritza (1925)
Anton Pointner Also in Der Choral von Leuthen and A Free People
Sig Arno Also in Nanette Makes Everything (1926)
Ernő Verebes Also in Countess Maritza and The Third Squadron- Arzén von Cserépy Directed Fridericus Rex (1922)
Rudolf Meinert Directed Ferdinand Lassalle and The Red Mouse
Ewald André Dupont Directed Two Worlds (1930)
Harry Liedtke Also in Countess Maritza and Love and Trumpets
Erna Morena Also in Fridericus Rex (1922)
Eugen Burg Also in Fridericus Rex and The Third Squadron
Julius Falkenstein Also in Fairground People (1930)
Max Ehrlich Also in Family Gathering in the House of Prellstein (1927)
Eduard von Winterstein Also in Fridericus Rex and Darling of the Gods
Hans Junkermann Also in Fridericus Rex and Love and Trumpets
Betty Bird Also in Darling of the Gods (1930)- Carl Wilhelm Directed The Third Squadron (1926)
Harry Halm Also in Friend Ripp and Love and Trumpets
Mary Kid Also in Love and Trumpets (1925)
Robert Garrison Also in Countess Maritza and The Third Squadron
Eugen Rex Also in Ferdinand Lassalle and Fridericus Rex
Conrad Wiene Directed A Waltz by Strauss (1931)
Colette Brettel Also in Countess Maritza (1925)
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Spira had been working in Germany before the Nazi takeover in 1933 compelled him to leave because of his Jewish background. He went first to Poland, then returned to his native Austria. Following the Anchluss he tried to leave, but was arrested. He would die in 1943 at the Ruma concentration camp in Vojvodina.
