Peter Garden

German actor (1924–2015) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Peter Garden (born Karl-Heinz Rothmayer; 1924–2015) was a popular German stage, television, film actor and singer.[1]

Born
Karl-Heinz Rothmayer

(1924-08-17)17 August 1924
Died7 January 2015(2015-01-07) (aged 90)
Munich, Germany
OccupationsActor, singer
Yearsactive1947-1970 (stage, film & TV)
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Peter Garden
Born
Karl-Heinz Rothmayer

(1924-08-17)17 August 1924
Died7 January 2015(2015-01-07) (aged 90)
Munich, Germany
OccupationsActor, singer
Years active1947-1970 (stage, film & TV)
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Background

whose career ended abruptly in 1970 when it was revealed by some of his victims that he had worked in 1944 as a paid Gestapo informant in Salzburg, Austria.[2]

Garden, under his birth name Rothmayer, had already been investigated by a Berlin, Germany, state prosecutor between 1967 and 1970 for aiding and abetting murder, because two people he had denounced to the Gestapo had been sentenced to death, and executed. The prosecutor closed the case without taking further action.[2]

Career

According to the 6 February, 1971 issue of Cash Box, Gardener was one of the artists that would be releasing recordings through the BASF record label.[3]

Selected filmography

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