Walter Giller

Walter Giller (23 August 1927 – 15 December 2011) was a German actor. He was very successful in the 1950s and 1960s, when he was often seen as a comedic leading man. One of his most successful and more serious roles was in Roses for the Prosecutor.

Giller was born in Recklinghausen. In 1956, he married actress Nadja Tiller; they had two children and appeared together in a number of films. The couple resided in Lugano, Switzerland for many years. In 2009, he was diagnosed with lung cancer. He underwent a major (but unsuccessful) operation. He died in Hamburg in 2011, aged 84.

Selected filmography

 * Artists' Blood (1949)
 * Kein Engel ist so rein (1950)
 * The Girl from the South Seas (1950) .... Lothar
 * Insel ohne Moral (1950) .... Dicky
 * Falschmünzer am Werk (1951) .... Conny Hauser
 * Die Frauen des Herrn S. (1951) .... Platon
 * Sensation in San Remo (1951) .... Ernst
 * Wildwest in Oberbayern (1951) .... 2.Aufnahmeleiter Schmittchen
 *  (1951) .... Thomas
 * The Colourful Dream (1952) .... Benno
 * The Thief of Bagdad (1952) .... Ommar
 * Der Mann in der Wanne (1952)
 * Weekend in Paradise (1952) .... Ewald Bach
 * The Day Before the Wedding (1952) .... Schurisch
 * Fräulein Casanova (1953) .... Fritz Schromm
 * Scandal at the Girls' School (1953) .... Paul Heller
 * Irene in Trouble (1953) .... Dr. Konrad Berko
 * Southern Nights (1953) .... Thomas
 * Secretly Still and Quiet (1953) .... Peter Vondenhoff
 * Hit Parade (1953) .... Walter Lorenz
 * The Great Lola (1954) .... Dr. Hugo Bendler
 * She (1954) .... Ypsilon
 * Ten on Every Finger (1954) .... Fips
 * Music, Music and Only Music (1955) .... Karl Zimmermann
 * Swedish Girl (1955) .... Rolf
 * The Three from the Filling Station (1955) .... Fritz
 * Charley's Aunt (1956) .... Charley Sallmann
 * The Bath in the Barn (1956) .... Peter Korff
 * Ich und meine Schwiegersöhne (1956) .... Fred Windberg
 * Black Forest Melody (1956) .... Luggi
 * The Captain from Köpenick (1956) .... Willy Wormser
 * Das Sonntagskind (1956) .... Bosty Mc. Millar
 * Was die Schwalbe sang (1956) .... Rudi Winter, Student
 * Nichts als Ärger mit der Liebe (1956)
 * Spy for Germany (1956) .... Billy Cole
 * Der schräge Otto (1957) .... Otto Schräge
 * Das Glück liegt auf der Straße (1957) .... Felix Rabe
 * Seamen (1957 film) (1957) .... Rolli
 * The Big Chance (1957) .... Walter Gerber
 * Drei Mann auf einem Pferd (1957) .... Erwin Tucke
 * Spring in Berlin (1957) .... Peer Peterson
 * Two Hearts in May (1958) .... Ralf Siedler
 * Voyage to Italy, Complete with Love (1958) .... Hans Fichte
 * Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1958) .... Bobby Dodd
 * Arena of Fear (1959) .... Dody, Musical-Clown
 * Liebe auf krummen Beinen (1959) .... Daniel Mogge
 * Du rififi chez les femmes (1959) .... Clochard (uncredited)
 * Bobby Dodd greift ein (1959) .... Bobby Dodd
 * Roses for the Prosecutor (1959) .... Rudi Kleinschmidt
 * Peter Voss, Hero of the Day (1959) .... Bobby Dodd
 * That's No Way to Land a Man (1959) .... Micki Flunder
 *  (1960) .... Just
 * Ingeborg (1960) .... Ottokar
 * The Nina B. Affair (1961) .... Holden
 * Three Men in a Boat (1961) .... Jerome (Jo) Sommer
 * Two Among Millions (1961) .... Paulchen
 * Beloved Impostor (1961) .... Robert Bolle
 * The Dream of Lieschen Mueller (1961) .... Autograph hunter
 * The Burning Court (1962) .... Michel Boissand
 * Liebling, ich muß dich erschießen (1962) .... Tom Fleming
 * Snow White and the Seven Jugglers (1962) .... Norbert Lang, Hotelier
 *  (1963) .... Beggar Filch
 * The Conjugal Bed (1963) .... Father Mariano
 * The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle (1963) .... Edgar
 * Gripsholm Castle (1963) .... Kurt
 * And So to Bed (1963) .... Polizist
 * Encounter in Salzburg (1964) .... Kröner, Insurance Agent
 * The Last Ride to Santa Cruz (1964) .... Woody Johnson
 * Dead Woman from Beverly Hills (1964)
 * Tonio Kröger (1964) .... Merchant
 * Fanny Hill (1964) .... Hemingway
 * Legend of a Gunfighter (1964) .... Spike Sunday
 *  (1965) .... Charly Bauer
 * Shots in Threequarter Time (1965) .... Renato Balli
 * Legacy of the Incas (1965) .... Fritz Kiesewetter
 * I Am Looking for a Man (1966) .... Dr. Pleskau
 * Killer's Carnival (1966) .... Karl (Vienna segment)
 * The Pipes (1966) .... George Randy
 * Action Man (1967) .... Maurice Labrousse
 * Johnny Banco (1967) .... Inspector Jakubowski
 * Love Thy Neighbour (1967) .... Forfatter Sven Gjeholm
 * A Fine Pair (1968) .... Franz
 * Klassenkeile (1969) .... Dr. Wagner
 * The New Adventures of Snow White (1969) .... Hans I
 * Gentlemen in White Vests (1970) .... Inspektor Walter Knauer
 * Die Feuerzangenbowle (1970) .... Dr. Hans Pfeiffer
 * Ein Käfer auf Extratour (1973) .... Ritchie
 * The Maddest Car in the World (1975) .... Jean-Pierre
 * Lady Dracula (1977) .... Herr Oskar
 * Halali (film) (1995) .... Dr. Dittmers
 * Mein Vater, die Tunte (2001) .... Wanda
 * Dinosaurier – Gegen uns seht ihr alt aus! (2009) .... Siegfried (final film role)
 * Germaine Damar – Der tanzende Stern (2011, documentary) .... Himself