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Ton Lutz

Ton Lutz

Born on June 17th, 1919

Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Died on May 3rd, 2009

Biography

Antonius Cornelis "Ton" Lutz (1919 – 2009) was a Dutch actor and stage director. He was married to actress Ann Hasekamp. Twice, in 1968 and 1983, he was awarded the prestigious Louis d'Or, the award for the best Dutch actor. The Ton Lutz prize, for the best stage direction debut int he Netherlands, was named after him. After finishing high school, Lutz worked as a reporter for the Nieuwe Delftse Courant newspaper in Delft, where eventually he found himself assigned to write the theater reviews. During World War II he tried join the repertoire group at the Royal Theatre in The Hague, known as the Residentie Tooneel, but was rejected. Instead, he was accepted for training at the Amsterdam Theatre School in 1944, but the program was shut down by the war. After liberation Lutz went to work as a radio announcer in Groningen. Subsequently he worked as an actor for various theatre companies, including the Nederlands Volkstoneel, Toneelgroep Comedia, De Nederlandse Comedie, the Rotterdam Theatre, Zuidelijk Toneel Globe and the Publiekstheater.

Filmography

Shadow of Victory

1986

Verzetsman

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Things Past

1982

Mr. Huisman

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Lucifer

1981

Gabriël

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The Rising Sun

1978

Mathijs de Sterke

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Martha

1974

Berend Zevenhuis

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Champagne Rose Is Dead

1970

Character TBA

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Each for the Other

1963

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A Bride in the Morning

1959

Rik Patijn / Henri Pattini

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Fanfare

1958

Altena

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