Christopher Barker
Christopher Barker (born May 2, 1960 in Rome , Italy ) is a former Swiss actor and singer and the youngest son of the US actor Lex Barker from his fourth marriage to the Swiss actress Irene Labhardt .
Life
His mother became terminally ill with leukemia and committed suicide in 1962, his father died in 1973 of a heart attack . Due to the untimely death of his parents, Christopher Barker grew up with his grandmother and his maternal aunt in Lucerne , Switzerland, and attended an international boarding school there .
Barker trained as an opera singer and actor and tried his hand at acting in New York City in the 1980s . When a crisis broke out in the serial production business there in the 1990s, he was no longer offered any roles. So he went in to the offer at the Karl May Festival in Bad Segeberg the Old Shatterhand to play his father's most famous role. After a few roles, mainly in German TV series, musical performances and various single releases, with which he tried largely unsuccessfully to establish himself as a pop singer in Germany, he withdrew from show business .
Christopher Barker commutes between Switzerland and the United States , but now lives mostly in Geneva , where he works as a real estate agent and broker . Two children were born from two divorced marriages.
Filmography (selection)
- Movie and TV
- 1992–1993: The Great Freedom (TV series)
- 1992: With a Mother's Heart (TV Movie)
- 1993: A Special Couple (TV series)
- 1993: Happy Journey - Puerto Rico (TV series)
- 1993: Two halves are far from being a whole (TV series, six episodes)
- 1995: An Unforgettable Weekend (TV series, episode)
- 1996–1998: Dr. Stefan Frank - The doctor whom women trust (TV series, episode 25-67)
- 1996: Mona M. - With a woman's guns (TV series, episode: Hot laundry)
- 1996: The Ice Princess (TV movie)
- 1997: Großstadtrevier (TV series, episode: The Stuntgirl)
- Further appearances
- 2007: Winnetou must not die (documentation)
- 2009: Kölner Treff (talk show)
- 2011: I Have a Big Name (TV Show)
Discography
- Albums
- 1993: From My Heart
- 1994: All In Love
- 1996: feelings in the fire
- 1997: Find me in your dreams
- Singles & EPs
- 1993: If I Only Had Time
- 1993: You're The Only One
- 1993: The Hour of Your Glory
- 1994: Who Needs A Broken Heart
- 1994: All In Love
- 1995: Love is much more than just a word (with Patrick Lindner )
- 1996: Are you lonely
- 1996: You are very good for me
- 1996: feelings in the fire
- 1997: Find me in your dreams
- 1997: Don't chase the wind
- 1998: There are so many stars
- Compilations
- 2000: One Moment In Time
literature
- Reiner Boller, Christina Böhme: Lex Barker - The Biography . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-896-024-442 .
Web links
- Christopher Barker in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Christopher Barker at Discogs (English)
- Christopher Barker's website about Lex Barker
- Complete discography Christopher Barker
- Karl May on the Internet (Czech)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Barker, Christopher |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss actor and singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1960 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome , Italy |