Cor Ruys

Cor Ruys ( Amsterdam , February 10 1889 - Amsterdam, September 22 1952 ) was a Dutch actor, comedian, comedian and theater director. He played "Potasch" inPotasch and Perlemoer of Montague Glass .

Cinema Journal of July 23, 1937 with images of the arrival of Cor Ruys at the return of his tour of the Dutch East Indies .

Career [ edit ]
In 1905 Ruys begins with the Dutch Tooneelvereeniging Chrispijn. From 1913 he worked at Eduard Verkade and he made ​​him his first trip to the Dutch East Indies . In 1919 Ruys went back to India, now as a director of a company. From 1922 to 1924 he was director of the Princesse Theatre in The Hague . In 1924 he became director of the Dutch East Indies Tooneel but also continued touring as making actor. In the summers of 1940 to 1943 he was leader of the Kurhaus Cabaret to Scheveningen, and from 1945 to 1952 he was director of the Free Theatre. This company he had with his brother Anthony Ruys (1892-1955), under the name The Ruys Ensemble,founded in 1940.

Besides comedian he was also a comic actor with a specialty improvisation .

Filmography [ edit ]

 * De damescoupeur, (1919) - Jacques De damescoupeur
 * Potash and Perlemoer, (ca. 1930) - Potasch
 * The Kribbebijter, (1935) - Baron de Kribbebijter
 * Comedy for Money (1936) - Moorman