Alexander Welbat

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Alexander Welbat (born August 1, 1927 in Berlin , † November 17, 1977 in Hamburg ) was a German actor , voice actor and cabaret artist .

Life

In 1949 the actor Welbat founded the cabaret Die Stachelschweine in Berlin together with Rolf Ulrich , Klaus Becker and Joachim Teege , which performed in the jazz cellar bathtub . After a short time it was so successful that in March 1950 it was able to move to the larger stage of the Burgkeller on Kurfürstendamm. There the ensemble broke up at the end of the year. While a part around Rolf Ulrich stayed in the castle cellar under the name of porcupines , Alexander Welbat, who had directed all seven programs until then, went back to the bathtub with the others under the same name , but had to give up a little later due to the lack of commercial success . Nevertheless, he remained connected to political cabaret and staged for Die Wühlmäuse as well as for the Reich Cabaret, which split off in 1965 .

As early as 1948, Welbat was repeatedly seen in film and television productions, including in Berlin Ballad , the American production Time to Live and Time to Die or in the TV series Dr. Muffels Telebrause , a satirical mixture of sketches and parodies of the New Frankfurt School , whose authors also included Robert Gernhardt .

In addition, Welbat was extensively active in dubbing from 1956. He acted both as the author of the German dialogues and dialogue director (among other things for the cartoon series Flintstones ) and as a voice actor. He lent his sonorous voice to prominent fellow actors such as Peter Ustinov (for example in Topkapi or The Hour of the Comedians ), Ernest Borgnine ( The Flight of the Phoenix ), Mel Brooks ( The Twelve Chairs ), Victor Buono ( Four for Texas ), Anthony Quinn ( Matsoukas, the Greek ), Bud Spencer ( The Five Feared ) or Telly Savalas ( The Prisoner of Alcatraz and A Bait for the Beast ).

He also appeared in numerous radio plays such as The Count of Monte Christo , Asterix or as Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame .

Alexander Welbat was married to the actress Siegrid Hackenberg (1936–1980), who also worked in the Reich cabaret. His son Douglas Welbat also works as an actor. After the death of Edgar Otts , he took over his dubbing role as Cookie Monster in Sesame Street , which his father had dubbed from the start of the German version in 1973 until his death in 1977.

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SURNAME Welbat, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor, voice actor and cabaret artist
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 17th November 1977
Place of death Hamburg