Walo Lüönd

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Walo Lüönd (1974)

Walo Lüönd (born 13 April 1927 in Zug, died 17 June 2012 in Locarno) was a Swiss movie actor, best known for his role in the movie The Swissmakers (Die Schweizermacher) along with comedian Emil Steinberger.^[1] He has had roles in 102 films and television shows.

He had been married with Eva-Maria Bendig since 1957; they have two children, Daniel (1957-1987) and Oliver (b. 1958).

He died on 17 June 2012, at the age of 85 in a hospital in Locarno, Ticino, due to pneumonia after suffering a hip fracture in his residence in Losone. His funeral took place on Tuesday, 26 June, in Untersiggenthal in the canton of Aargau.

Selected filmography[]

• Palace Hotel (1952)
• Café Oriental (1962)
•  [de] (1965, TV miniseries)
• The Swissmakers (1978)
• Bread and Stones (1979)
• Sternenberg (2004)

References[]

External links[]

• Detailed biography (with photo) at the Wayback Machine (archived January 18, 2006) (in German)
• Walo Lüönd at IMDb

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