Willi Forst

Willi Forst, born Wilhelm Anton Frohs (7 April 1903 – 11 August 1980) was an Austrian actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer and singer. As a debonair actor he was a darling of the German-speaking film audiences, as a director, one of the most significant makers of the Viennese period musical melodramas and comedies of the 1930s known as Wiener Filme. From the mid-1930s he also recorded many records, largely of sentimental Viennese songs, for the Odeon Records label owned by Carl Lindström AG.

Birth and Death Data: Born April 7, 1903 (Vienna), Died August 11, 1980 (Vienna)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1930 - 1931

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Gramophone BDR8910 10-in. 8/13/1930 Ich liebe, du liebst, er liebt Willi Forst ; Lewis Ruth Band Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band vocalist  
Gramophone BDR8911 10-in. 8/13/1930 Mein Herz hängt an dir Willi Forst ; Lewis Ruth Band Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band vocalist  
Odeon £Be9544 10-in. 1931 Warum lächelst du Mona Lisa? Willi Forst ; Peter Kreuder ; Odeon-Künstler-Orchester Male vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist  
Odeon Be9545 10-in. 1931 Du dummer kleiner Korporal Willi Forst ; Peter Kreuder ; Odeon-Künstler-Orchester Male vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Forst, Willi," accessed May 2, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/359583.

Forst, Willi. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 2, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/359583.

"Forst, Willi." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 May 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/359583

External Sources

Wikipedia: Willi Forst

Discogs: Willi Forst

IMDb: Willi Forst

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Forst, Willi, 1903-1980 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86045988

Wikidata: Willi Forst - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q78866

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/61756372

MusicBrainz: Willi Forst - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a9444a2e-e2c1-4604-9455-b97f624e8cd6

ISNI: 0000 0000 8141 3042 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000081413042

FAST: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/197569

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