Thorleif Dymling Reiss (May 22, 1898 – April 14, 1988) was a Norwegian actor.
Career Reiss made his debut at the National Theater in Oslo in 1918. From 1931 to 1939, he was employed at the Carl Johan Theater, where he also served as co-director. From 1942 onward he was employed at the New Theater.
Family Reiss was the son of the lawyer, composer, and musicologist Georg Reiss and Elisabeth Dymling (1861–1920). He was the brother of the pianist and cabaret performer Elisabeth Reiss and the father of the actor Helge Reiss. He played opposite his son in the 1970 crime comedy Skulle det dukke opp flere lik er det bare å ringe. His first marriage was in 1920 to Esther Colbjørnsen Dahl (1896–1941). After her death, he remarried in 1944 to Gunborg Kristiane Skistad (1911–2001).
Filmography
1922: Die Gezeichneten as Alexander Krasnow (Sasha) 1933: Jeppe på bjerget as Victor 1941: Gullfjellet as Pettersen 1942: Den farlige leken as Mr. Holt 1942: Det æ'kke te å tru as Harald Hagen 1943: Den nye lægen as Mørch, an engineer 1946: Englandsfarere as the lawyer 1948: Kampen om tungtvannet as Jomar Brun, an engineer 1948: Trollfossen as Kavli, an office manager 1954: I moralens navn as Alf Mowitz 1958: I slik en natt as the chief doctor 1959: Jakten 1970: Balladen om mestertyven Ole Høiland as Count Wedel Jarlsberg 1970: Skulle det dukke opp flere lik er det bare å ringe as Direktor Marthinsen 1971: 3 1972: Motforestilling 1974: Under en steinhimmel as the minister 1977: Karjolsteinen as the judge 1982: Henrys bakværelse as customer #2
References
External links
Thorleif Reiss at Sceneweb Thorleif Reiss at Filmfront Thorleif Reiss at the National Theater Thorleif Reiss at the Swedish Film Database