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Heinz Erhardt was born on 20 February, 1909 in Riga, Russian Empire [now Latvia], is an actor,soundtrack,producer. Discover Heinz Erhardt's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 70 years old?

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Occupation actor,soundtrack,producer
Age 70 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 20 February 1909
Birthday 20 February
Birthplace Riga, Russian Empire [now Latvia]
Date of death 5 June, 1979
Died Place Hamburg, West Germany
Nationality Latvia

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Who Is Heinz Erhardt's Wife?

His wife is Gilda Zanetti (5 January 1935 - 5 June 1979) ( his death) ( 4 children)

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Wife Gilda Zanetti (5 January 1935 - 5 June 1979) ( his death) ( 4 children)
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Heinz Erhardt Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Heinz Erhardt worth at the age of 70 years old? Heinz Erhardt’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from Latvia. We have estimated Heinz Erhardt's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1932

The multi-talented comedian, pianist, singer and home-spun poet Heinz Erhardt was born in Riga, the son of a successful bandmaster. After his parents split up, he had a somewhat unsettled upbringing, spent, alternately, with his mother in St. Petersburg, with his grandparents in Riga and with his father in Hannover. Forced to change school some fifteen times, he eventually completed his education -- though failing to matriculate -- and commenced musical studies at the Leipzig Conservatory under the distinguished concert pianist and educator Professor Robert Teichmüller. He then had a stint as a piano salesman, but soon put his talents to better use 'tickling the ivories' and performing as a cabaret artist and stand-up comic in cafés and on radio in Danzig. He made his proper stage debut at the Riga Schauspielhaus in 1932 in a play, for which he had also composed the music. Then followed several years of financial hardship supporting his new family, a wife and four children.

1938

However, in 1938 he was invited by the actor and emcee Willi Schaeffers to join the popular satirical revue Kabarett der Komiker in Berlin. Erhardt quickly established a singular reputation as humorist, as well as persisting with his musical vocation. Though a non-swimmer, he was conscripted to serve as a pianist with the orchestra of the German Navy during the Second World War. After the war, he resumed work on the stage in Hamburg and had a huge national hit as presenter of a weekly radio series ("So was Dummes") which spotlighted his forte for spontaneous wit, pun poetry and double entendre. Eventually, the screen beckoned, initially finding him cast in minor supporting parts or as a singing pianist. As his radio fame grew, the bespectacled, cherubic, corpulent Erhardt became an instant cinematic favorite.

1957

His starring debut in Der müde Theodor (1957) was a box-office blockbuster, followed with a back-to-back hit in Widower with 5 Daughters (1957). A kind of querulous equivalent to Hollywood's S. Z. Sakall, Erhardt often lampooned bourgeois values and philistine preoccupations.

1959

Thus, even his more irritating characters, like Paul Perlacher in Der Haus-Tyrann (1959), were never dislikeable.

1961

In order to escape his typecasting as a comedian, Erhardt founded his own television production company in 1961, though the venture lasted a mere two years. The public seemed more than reluctant to accept Erhardt in any genre other than comedy. Following this disappointment, he returned to the small screen, inevitably in his familiar comic guises, including a recurring role as good-hearted but hapless taxation officer Willi Winzig. He also proceeded to publish several best-selling compilations of his comic poetry and profited from numerous record sales of his live performances.

1979

In 1979, three days before he died, Heinz Erhardt received the highest honor of Germany, the Große Bundesverdienstkreuz, the Superior Federal Cross of Merit.