Bernd Simon

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Rain, Rain, Rain (as Simon Butterfly)
  DE 20th 04/22/1973 (14 weeks)
  AT 17th 08/15/1973 (4 weeks)
  CH 4th 07/04/1973 (9 weeks)

Bernd Cornelius Simon (born August 24, 1946 in Hamburg ; † November 27, 2017 in Munich ) was a German music producer , singer and voice actor .

biography

The son of the pop singer Hans-Arno Simon initially worked as a music producer z. B. with Agnetha and Danyel Gérard (production of the German version of Gérard's hit Butterfly ), before he himself appeared as a pop singer in 1973 under the pseudonym Simon Butterfly ( Rain Rain Rain ). In later years he produced a. a. Songs by Kristina Bach , Eberhard Hertel and Stefan Mross .

From 1985 Simon also worked as a voice actor. His distinctive, slightly brittle voice predestined him as a spokesman for cartoon characters. His best-known dubbing role is that of " Moe Szyslak ", the bartender from the series The Simpsons , whom he lent his voice from 1991 for over 27 years. He also spoke " Lenny Leonard " in season 1 of the series. His other cartoon roles include the mouse "Winslow" in CatDog and the "duck" in the film Till Eulenspiegel . He also spoke in the two Transformers series The Transformers and Transformers: Generation 2 and in the 1984 film Transformers - The Battle for Cybertron, the Decepticon Starscream. In the series For All Cases Amy , he spoke the actor Gregory Harrison in four episodes .

Discography

Singles

  • 1967: Mars patrol
  • 1968: SOS for the Beat (The Elephants with Andy and Bernd Simon)
  • 1969: I'll bet 1000: 1
  • 1970: And there were two comrades (with Bettina Simon; as Bettina and Bernd)
  • 1973: Rain, Rain, Rain (as Simon Butterfly)
  • 1973: Darling (as Simon Butterfly)
  • 1974: Bella Marie (as Simon Butterfly)
  • 1974: Today is my lucky day (as Simon Butterfly)
  • 1976: Make My Bed Mama (as Simon Butterfly)
  • 1979: Sing a Summer Song (as Simon Butterfly)
  • 1981: Gartenzwerg AG (as Simon and the 7 dwarfs)

swell

  1. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH
  2. ^ Advertisement by Bernd Simon. In: trauer.tagesspiegel.de. November 30, 2017, archived from the original on December 2, 2017 ; Retrieved December 3, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Bernd Simon in the German dubbing index

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personal data
SURNAME Simon, Bernd
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Simon, Bernd Cornelius (full name); Linus, Sven (pseudonym); Butterfly, Simon (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German music producer, singer and voice actor
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH November 27, 2017
Place of death Munich