Biography
Fritz Odemar was a German theatre and film actor. He was born on 31 January 1890 in Hannover and died on 6 May 1955 in Munich. His father was the actor Fritz Odemar senior.
Odemar made his stage debut in 1909 and appeared in over 130 films between 1927 and 1955. He is known for his role as The Cheater in Fritz Lang’s M (1931) and for playing Dr Watson in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1937). He was married to the actress Erika Nymgau-Odemar and was the father of the actor and director Erik Ode.
