Gerd Baltus (29 March 1932 – 13 December 2019) was a German television actor.
Baltus was born in Bremen. While doing law studies Baltus became interested in acting. In 1952 he got his first theatre booking in Hamburg, later in Bonn, West Berlin and Munich.
Baltus became known to a broad public however above all as a regular guest with crime film series such as Derrick and Tatort. He had basic roles also in the miniseries PS (1975) and in the popular family saga , where he starred with Ernst Schröder and Hans Korte before the camera. Besides his film work Baltus worked extensively as a speaker of radio plays.
In 1964 he received the Federal Film Award for his work in the film The Blood of the Walsungs. He died in Hamburg.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1965 The Blood of the Walsungs Justus / Leutnant 1966 I Am Looking for a Man Studienrat Benzinger 1967 Bonditis Frank Born Harry Brenton 2 episodes1968 Chevalier d'Angelot TV film Commentator Der Idiot Prince Myshkin TV miniseries1969 Rotmord Ernst Toller TV film1970 The Age of the Fish Teacher Narrator TV film1973 Aston TV film1974 Ein ganz perfektes Ehepaar Robert Krieg TV film1975–1976 PS Volker Schmitting 8 episodes1975 Galpin TV miniseries1977–1994 Derrick Konrad Schreiber / Kubeck / Abel / Hahne / Dr. Schöler / Erich Kleemann / Lehrer / Karl Hauweg / Martin Schlehdorn 9 episodes1978 Die Anstalt Dr. Steinhausen Lean Times Dr. Peter Helfrich 12 episodes1985 Angry Harvest Geistlicher Die Einsteiger Direktor Kappellusch 1986 Teufels Großmutter Frank Engelhardt 12 episodes Käthe Kollwitz Sander 1988 Gerhard Lorentz 11 episodes1989–1992 Mit Leib und Seele Klaus Bardusch 16 episodes1993–1997 Ein Bayer auf Rügen Donatius Domberger 45 episodes1996 Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht Herr Hohlbein 13 episodes1999 Der Hochstapler Sommer TV film2003 Gernot TV film
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