Hans W. Hamacher

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Hans Wilhelm Hamacher (born June 14, 1920 in Cologne , † July 23, 2000 in Berlin ) was a German actor and voice actor .

Life

After completing his acting training, Hamacher made his debut as a stage actor in the Rhenish province. Theater stations followed in Berlin (including the Berliner Ensemble ), Düsseldorf , Bonn and Neuwied . He has also given many guest appearances on stages in Germany, Paris , London , Moscow , Stockholm and Prague . Hamacher acted not only as an actor, but also as a director.

In 1955 he made his feature film debut with a small role in the DEFA production Ernst Thälmann - Leader in his class . While working as an actor at the Berliner Ensemble , he played in several other DEFA films, such as Martin Hellberg's Thomas Müntzer biography, Slatan Dudow's Der Hauptmann von Köln and Peter Palitzsch's "Mother Courage" adaptation.

Since the early 1960s, Hamacher has worked on West Berlin stages and in West German film productions. He often embodied representatives of law and order, as in the Simmel film It doesn't always have to be caviar , Franz Peter Wirth's stage adaptation Der Regenmacher (next to Lilo Pulver ), Rolf Olsen's crime film The Doctor of St. Pauli , Bryan Edgar Wallace - Thrillers The Secret of the Black Suitcase and The Phantom of Soho and as Constable Smith in Wolfgang Staudte's adaptation of the Threepenny Opera .

In addition, Hamacher worked extensively as a voice actor between 1951 and 1995 and lent his memorable, rough voice to internationally known acting colleagues such as John Wayne ( The Powerful , The Harbor Pub of Tahiti ), Lionel Barrymore ( inter alia in the films of the Dr. Kildare series), Dan Blocker ( If my bedroom could talk ), Ernest Borgnine ( The Persecutors ), Van Heflin ( San Fernando ), Jack Klugman ( Around the World in 80 Days ), Karl Malden ( That Was the Wild West ), Lionel Stander ( Promise her everything ), Rupert Davies as Maigret in the eponymous BBC - television series and Ray Collins as Lt. Tragg in the television series Perry Mason .

Filmography (selection)

Synchronous rollers (selection)

Lionel Barrymore

Rupert Davies

Movies

Series

theatre

Radio plays

literature

  • Hermann J. Huber: Langen-Müller's Actors Lexicon of the Present: Germany, Austria, Switzerland , Munich-Vienna: Langen-Müller 1986.

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personal data
SURNAME Hamacher, Hans W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hamacher, Hans Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and voice actor
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH July 23, 2000
Place of death Berlin