Adolf Meyer (16 March 1840 – 9 January 1890Register of deaths Berlin XII, 1890, entry no. 174) was a German stage actor and theatre director.
Life Born in Leipzig, Meyer started his stage career at the court theatre in Dessau on 1 August 1857, where he worked as a hero for 18 years. In 1876, he moved to the municipal theatre in Cologne, then to Leipzig and Düsseldorf.Ludwig Eisenberg: Großes biographisches Lexikon der Deutschen Bühne im XIX. Jahrhundert. Paul List Edition, Leipzig 1903, , ()
Among his most popular roles were Götz, Faust, Tell, Odoardo Galotti, Wallenstein etc. Besides his acting he also worked as a director.
His sisters were the actresses Clara and Hedwig Meyer.
Meyer died in Berlin at the age of 49.
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