Alexander May (actor)
Alexander May (born July 8, 1927 in Görlitz , † May 2, 2008 in Hanover ) was a German actor , screenwriter , director and producer .
Life
May was trained for two years from 1946 at the Düsseldorf drama school under Gustaf Gründgens . He received his first engagement at the Stadttheater Gießen . In 1949 he came to the Schauspielhaus Bochum as a director . From 1959 he worked as a dramaturge at the Münchner Kammerspiele . At the Oberhausen Theater he worked as a director in various productions. At the same time he was a lecturer in film dramaturgy at DIFF (German Institute for Film and Television). From 1978 to 1988 he was managing director and director of the Hanover theater .
On television, May was seen in many films and series. His most famous roles were those of Dr. Walter Leibrecht in the ZDF doctor series Friends for Life , Grandpa Hermann in the family series Aus heiterem Himmel ( ARD / Bayerischer Rundfunk ) and for school television that of Mr. Schmidt in the series Anna, Schmidt and Oskar and that of Mayor Lütje in Pappa portas .
Alexander May's son Jerzy May is a presenter at Bayerischer Rundfunk in Munich . May was married to the actress Marga Klappert, who died in 1995.
Awards
- 1968: German film award in gold for best tattoo actor
- 1993: Lower Saxony Art Prize
- 2001: City plaque of Hanover
Filmography
- 1963: Order for the child prodigies
- 1963: Two whiskeys and a sofa
- 1963: a man at his best age
- 1964: Inspector Freytag - letters from Sydney
- 1967: tattoo
- 1969: You are taking notes - the love letter
- 1970: The professions of Mr. K.
- 1971: Arsène Lupine
- 1971: Tatort - Kressin stops the Nordexpress (TV series)
- 1972: Soldier murder in Lebach
- 1972: time recording
- 1972: Special Department K1
- 1973: the pedestrian
- 1973: dream city
- 1975: Eurogang - No Evidence Against Martellan (TV series)
- 1975: Views of a clown
- 1975: Eurogang - The Last Delivery (TV series)
- 1976: The Chinese miracle
- 1977: Grete Minde
- 1977: Do you have nothing to declare?
- 1978: Tatort - final sale
- 1979: Tatort - 30 liters of super
- 1980: The normal madness (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 1980: Johann Sebastian Bach's futile journey into fame
- 1981: thorn in the flesh
- 1981: Tegtmeier explains (TV series, episode 1x05 ... about politics and cheese )
- 1981: Don't be afraid of relatives! (TV movie)
- 1981: The Treasure of Priam (TV movie)
- 1981: The Spot or Almost a Career (TV movie)
- 1981: The Laurents (TV series, episode 1x07 Sabetzky's Fall - 1767 )
- 1981: Alberta and Alice or Submission (TV Movie)
- 1982: A Fall of Affection (TV Movie)
- 1983: Two dead in the transmitter and Don Carlos in the Pogl (TV movie)
- 1983: In the Sign of the Cross (TV movie)
- 1983: Mrs. Juliane Winkler (TV movie)
- 1983: Children of our People (TV movie)
- 1984: A Man Called Parvus (TV Movie)
- 1984: The Quiet Poison (TV movie)
- 1984: Ghost Stories : The Monkey Paw
- 1985: In a Class of Its Own (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1985: Ami Go Home or The Questionnaire (TV film)
- 1985: The Black Forest Clinic (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1986: Eight hours of time (TV movie)
- 1986: Those who are lonely have it good because there is nobody there to do anything to them (TV movie)
- 1986: Company Köpenick (TV series)
- 1988: A Case for Two (TV series, episode 8x01 Shortly behind Ankara )
- 1988: A tricky case (TV series, episode 2x09 Against the Current )
- 1988: A meeting with Rimbaud
- 1990: Hotel Paradies (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 1990: Another Lover (TV Movie)
- 1990: You're right with me
- 1990: The frog intrigue
- 1991: Pappa ante portas
- 1991: Bronstein's children
- 1990–1991: How good that Maria exists (TV series, 27 episodes)
- 1991: The Deal (TV movie)
- 1992: The Second Home - Chronicle of a Youth (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 1992: Happy Journey - Sri Lanka (TV series)
- 1992–1997: Friends for Life (TV series, 63 episodes)
- 1993: The Country Doctor (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1992–1993: Anna, Schmidt and Oskar (TV series, 26 episodes as Herr Schmidt )
- 1994: Matchball (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 1994: Our Hagenbecks (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1994: The Salt Baron (TV series, 5 episodes)
- 1995, 1998: The Streets of Berlin (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 1995: In the name of the law as a judge (TV series)
- 1995: Enemies in love
- 1995–1998: Out of the Blue (TV series, 7 episodes)
- 1996: Alarm for Cobra 11 - The Old and the Young (TV series)
- 1997: Ice cold love
- 1998: summer thunderstorm
- 1999: Viehjud Levi
- 2000: Polizeiruf 110 - The power and its price (TV series)
- 2000: crime scene - rat line
- 2002: Et kütt like et kütt
- 2002: The eighth deadly sin: Tuscany carousel
- 2003: Tompson Music
- 2004: Großstadtrevier - Walking a Fine Line (TV series)
- 2005: Zeppelin!
- 2006: Never trust your son-in-law!
- 2007: Adelheid and her murderers
- 2008: Donna Leon - The dark hour of the Serenissima
- As a screenwriter
- 1962–1963: Radio patrol Isar 12
- 1968: The fifth column
- 1970: The Padola riders
- 1973: early meeting
- 1976: Emergency ambulance 7
- As a producer
- 1964: Comedy of Errors
- As a director
- 1970: Interrogation - crime scene in the executive office
Playwright
- 1997: King Drosselbart (Theater Hof)
Radio plays
- 1977: Fred Kassack : Discretion - Director: Otto Kurth (crime radio play - BR )
Web links
- Alexander May in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Alexander May in the catalog of the German National Library
personal data | |
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SURNAME | May, Alexander |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 8, 1927 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Goerlitz |
DATE OF DEATH | May 2, 2008 |
Place of death | Hanover |