Fritz Imhoff

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Fritz Imhoff , born Friedrich Arnold Heinrich Jeschke (born January 6, 1891 in Vienna ; † February 24, 1961 there ) was an Austrian actor , operetta singer (tenor) and comedian .

Life

Memorial plaque at the Habig-Hof in Vienna-Wieden

Friedrich Jeschke was the son of Karl Jeschke (* 1858), chief accountant in Vienna-Alsergrund , and his wife Ottilie (* 1866), daughter of the Hanoverian legation councilor Juan Gg. Lumée. His brother was the Viennese song composer Ernst Arnold . He attended the Weiss Handelsschule in Vienna and then completed a year-long vocal course with Karl Streitmann (1858–1937). In 1911 he started his first engagement as second operetta tenor at the Stadttheater von Troppau . Because he was only allowed to act as an extra and choir singer, recognized by the theater director as lacking in talent , he resigned and was trained in the operetta school of Ludwig Gothov-Gruneke (1847–1921). After one year of military service with the kuk Uhlans , he, now Fritz Imhoff , made his debut in Baden near Vienna in the operetta Polenblut on December 20, 1913 - with a sensational premiere success . In 1916 he came to the Brno City Theater and in 1918 to the Teplitz-Schönau Summer Theater. Under the direction of Wilhelm Karczag (1857–1923) he worked from 1919–22 at the then combined operetta stages of the Raimund Theater and the Theater an der Wien and at the same time appeared as a comedian in the cabaret Die Hölle . From 1920-28 he was the first operetta buffo in the Johann Strauss Theater . In 1928 he was engaged at the Theater an der Wien , subsequently he appeared at almost all Vienna theaters (with the exception of the Burgtheater and Akademietheater ), especially at the Volksoper , the Raimundtheater, the State Opera , the Citizens' Theater and the Theater in der Josefstadt , the Carltheater and the Stadttheater . From 1928–29 he went on a tour through Germany, Holland and Switzerland with Hubert Marischka (1882–1959) in the revue Alles aus Liebe . In the last heyday of the Theater an der Wien he played 1928-34 in the subject of character comics. He had important roles as a comedian at the State Opera in Land of Smiles with Richard Tauber (1891–1948) and at the Stadttheater im Weißen Rößl . At the Volksoper he played 1934–38, where the initial bankruptcy of the operetta Der benevolent Antonius von Jara Beneš (1897–1949) became a series of successes through his personal commitment. Since 1931 he has also appeared in the revue stage Femina . He has made guest appearances in Germany, England, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the CSSR and Hungary.

Imhoff starred in 173 films from 1933. There the plump character comedian embodied sometimes grumpy, sometimes cozy characters of all kinds, and he often gave vocal interludes. He had more than 16,000 stage appearances, appeared in 40 television plays and 215 radio shows.

From 1938 to 1944 Fritz Imhoff worked at the Raimund Theater in Vienna, from 1945 to 1948 as director of the house. At the Vienna Scala he played in the anti-fascist folk play The Bockerer with great success and thus proved himself as a human designer even in the serious subject. In the post-war period Imhoff was involved in Vienna at the Volkstheater, Bürgerertheater, the Kammerspiele , the Simpl , the Colosseum ( Wien-Alsergrund , Nußdorfer Straße 4), the Löwinger-Bühne , the Raimundtheater and the Theater in der Josefstadt. 1951–59 he was the fat cousin in Jedermann at the Salzburg Festival . 1959–61 he was a permanent member of the theater in the Josefstadt.

tomb

In the evening hours of February 24, 1961 Fritz Imhoff died in Vienna Rudolfinerhaus of gallbladder cancer . His honorary grave is in the Vienna Central Cemetery (33A-1-30).

Fritz Imhoff was married to the actress Huberta Mojzis (1909–2002) since 1931. The marriage remained childless. - He lived in Habig-Hof on Wiedner Hauptstrasse from 1945 until his death ; a plaque at the entrance commemorates him. The Fritz Imhoff Park in Vienna's 6th district was named after him.

The stage name “Imhoff” supposedly comes from the fact that Friedrich Jeschke's father said, when his son announced that he wanted to become an actor: “ What? Want to play in the theater? You can play in the yard ! "

Filmography

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Ingrid Karner:  Jeschke, Friedrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , p. 419 f. ( Digitized version ).
  2. ^ Gustav Calliano :  Theater. Anniversary city theater in Baden. In:  Badener Zeitung , No. 103/4 (XXXIV. Volume), December 24, 1913, p. 4, top right. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bzt.
  3. ↑ FW : The death of the people actor. Fritz Imhoff died . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 26, 1961, p. 6 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  4. ↑ Hedwig Abraham: Fritz Imhoff . In: viennatouristguide.at , accessed on September 15, 2012.

Remarks

  1. ^ In Troppau, 1911, the actor Friedrich Jeschke had been disqualified by the theater director, Carl Heiter; In 1913, Carl Heiter was director of the Baden City Theater, and Jeschke decided to use a pseudonym in the (fulfilled) hope of not being recognized by Heiter. - See: Walden: Laughing at the bedside .
personal data
SURNAME Imhoff, Fritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jeschke, Friedrich Arnold Heinrich (birth name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor, operetta singer (tenor) and comedian
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 1961
Place of death Vienna , Austria