Bruno Stickroth

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Bruno Stickroth (born July 16, 1937 in Stuttgart ; † October 2017 ) was a German actor , presenter and hairdresser ; he also worked as a model . He is the father of former professional soccer player Thomas Stickroth .

Life

Stickroth was born in Stuttgart-Kaltental and grew up in the west of Stuttgart. His parents were the owners of a bookbinding business . At the age of 17 he won a singing competition in the Hindenburg building in Stuttgart ; However , Stickroth could not accept an offered record contract with Polydor because he was still a minor and his father refused to sign. Stickroth completed training as a hairdresser; He was also active as a light welterweight boxer at Germania Stuttgart and did bodybuilding .

In 1958, as a soldier, Stickroth met the singer Elvis Presley during a joint maneuver between US and German units in Grafenwoehr and was allowed to cut his hair. In the 1960s, Stickroth became “Mr. Baden-Württemberg ”and three times for the“ Mr. Stuttgart "was chosen. In 1968 he was hired by Arnold Schwarzenegger as a hairdresser. Schwarzenegger won with Stickroth's short hairstyle in the Grugahalle in Essen the “Mr. Europe "; Stickroth reached seventh place.

Various jobs followed as a photo model, catwalk model at fashion shows and dressman . As a catalog model, he posed for the Baur , Quelle and Neckermann catalogs, among others . He worked as a swimwear model for a long time, most recently he was the face of an advertising campaign for the optics company pro optik .

From 1975 to 1980, Bruno Stickroth made numerous films in Turkey under the pseudonym Bruno Hakan . Stickroth was used as the type of blond, blue-eyed lover in soft sex films and television series.

When the model orders decreased, Stickroth worked again in his profession as a hairdresser in the Stuttgart Salon Hörrmann. He also tried his hand at singing and imitating Elvis. He took part in various karaoke competitions , always in a flashy costume and platform shoes, and also recorded a CD with evergreens such as Moon River , Lili Marleen , Wonderful World , True Love and My Way .

Cult figure

In Stuttgart, the always tanned Bruno Stickroth has been considered the Stuttgart original for decades and is known as the "beautiful Bruno". He was considered a star hairdresser and “barber from the city”.

When Bruno Labbadia , who, like Bruno Stickroth, is considered to be the “beautiful Bruno”, became the coach of VfB Stuttgart in December 2010 , Bruno Stickroth experienced a sudden surge in popularity in Stuttgart. Stickroth's son Thomas Stickroth , who played in the VfB youth team, later became a professional soccer player and had got to know Bruno Labbadia well in his career.

In July 2011, on behalf of Stuttgart Internet Regional (SIR) GmbH, the video series Bruno sees red started for the internet portals of the Stuttgarter Zeitung and Stuttgarter Nachrichten , in which Bruno Stickroth (leading role, moderator, host) regularly discussed the current situation at VfB Stuttgart . For the series, Bruno Stickroth met Joachim Löw , Andreas Hinkel , Jürgen Sundermann and Manfred Kastl in front of the camera .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Boxer, barber, swimwear model - from the life of the beautiful Bruno ( Memento from December 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ); Portrait of Bruno Stickroth by Markus Heffner in Suite 101 from June 26, 2010; last accessed on February 16, 2012
  2. ↑ Death of Bruno Stickroth: A man with too much talent , obituary. In: Stuttgarter Zeitung from October 19, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2017
  3. ↑ a b c d "Bruno sees red": The handsome Bruno chats about VfB Stuttgart - portrait of Bruno Stickroth. In: Stuttgarter Nachrichten of September 14, 2011
  4. ↑ a b The Sunnyboy now also plays in the rain in: Berliner Zeitung of October 14, 1997
  5. ↑ a b Bauer's dispatches Joe Bauer (columnist for the Stuttgarter Nachrichten ) about an encounter with Bruno Stickroth
  6. ↑ a b Zeitungsverlag Waiblingen, Germany: Bruno sees red: The beautiful Bruno chats about VfB Stuttgart - newspaper publisher Waiblingen. In: zvw.de. Retrieved October 27, 2018 .
  7. ^ A b Bruno Stickroth: Elvis' hairdresser . Blog 5 Freunde im Abseits from July 28, 2011 (with photo of Bruno Stickroth as an erotic model)
  8. ↑ a b "Labbadia is a beautiful Bruno" Interview with Bruno Stickroth in: Stuttgarter Zeitung of December 14, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Stickroth, Bruno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor, presenter, singer and hairdresser and model
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH October 2017