Bruno W. Pantel

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Bruno Walter Pantel (born March 17, 1921 in Berlin , † November 30, 1995 in Munich ) was a German actor , cabaret artist and voice actor .

Life

The son of the magician and variety artist Benno Pantel-Patrix initially trained as a driving instructor and passed a medical laboratory assistant test. On the side, he already worked as a conférencier for a Berlin cabaret. Eventually Pantel shifted his professional focus to acting. In 1945 he began a stage career as Buffo under Kurt Seifert at the Berlin theater . This was followed by theater engagements at the Hebbel Theater in Berlin and at the Bavarian State Theater in Munich . He designed in the 1950s by Hans Rosenthal and Kurt Pratsch in business on the radio the RIAS - coffee table . In addition, from 1959 he was a member of the Senftöpfchen cabaret ensemble in Cologne . He played with Brigitte Mira , with whom he had a lifelong friendship.

After a stage accident on April 13, 1973, Pantel's right leg was amputated. In the following years he continued to work as an actor, mainly taking on roles in television productions. In 1989 his left leg had to be amputated after a heart attack . Nevertheless, he did not give up the job and still played in television productions such as the RTL series Ein Schloß am Wörthersee .

On August 31, 1992, he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon for his services to the arts . Bruno W. Pantel was the father of two children. His grave is in the Peiting cemetery in the Birkland district .

Movie and TV

In 1952, Pantel made his feature film debut alongside Georg Thomalla and Willy Fritsch in the comedy Mikosch einrückt . Numerous roles in films of various genres followed. He starred in homeland films such as Die Christel von der Post , music films such as Freddy, the guitar and the sea with Freddy Quinn , in crime novels such as Bank Vault 713 and Sherlock Holmes and the Collar of Death with Christopher Lee , Edgar Wallace films such as Zimmer 13 and The monk with the whip and in adventure films such as William Dieterle's Mistress of the World , comedies such as Three Men in the Snow based on Erich Kästner and Heinz Erhardt's The Last Pedestrian , literary adaptations like The Elixirs of the Devil based on ETA Hoffmann and dramas like Gottfried Reinhardt's Darling of the Gods about the Actress Renate Müller and Robert Siodmak's east-west drama Tunnel 28 . In the science fiction film The 1000 Eyes of Dr. He played Mabuse under the direction of Fritz Lang .

On television he could be seen in the multi-part series A Chapter for Himself by Walter Kempowski and Jauche and Levkojen by Christine Brückner . He made guest appearances in various television series and series such as Tatort , Der Kommissar , Salto Mortale , Der Alte , SOKO 5113 , Derrick and Meister Eder and his Pumuckl .

synchronization

Pantel worked extensively as a voice actor. In the German first dubbing of Das Mädel aus dem Böhmerwald (1957), Revenge is sweet (1960) as well as in some episodes of the television series Dick & Doof , he lent Oliver Hardy his voice. He dubbed Lou Costello ( Abbott and Costello as gangster fright ), Gordon Jackson ( Viking Raid ), Peter Falk ( A totally, totally crazy world ) and Sebastian Cabot (in the previous evening series Dear Uncle Bill ). His voice is known to a younger audience through children's series. Under the synchronous direction of Eberhard Storeck, Pantel spoke the Fozzie Bear in the Muppet Show , the housefly Puck in Maya the Bee and the Viking Elm in Wickie and the strong men .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Office of the Federal President
  2. ↑ knerger.de: Grave of Bruno W. Pantel
personal data
SURNAME Pantel, Bruno W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pantel, Bruno Walter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor, cabaret artist and voice actor
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH November 30, 1995
Place of death Munich