Dieter Augustin

Dieter Augustin (born February 20, 1934 in Glatz , Lower Silesia , † July 15, 1989 in Munich ) was a German actor who was best known as a comedian in the ARD comedy series Klimbim .

Life

After completing secondary school, Augustin first did a commercial apprenticeship in Erlangen. He then completed an apprenticeship at the Film and Television University in Munich. He played on stages in Munich, Detmold and numerous touring theaters.

In 1966 he made his debut as a film actor in a short film by Marran Gosov, which he directed a few more times. Augustin took part in numerous light comedies such as Engelchen or Die Jungfrau von Bamberg (with Gila von Weitershausen ) and Helgalein (at the side of Anita Kupsch ), where he often embodied stiff and awkward characters.

He became known to a wide audience in 1973 as a comedian in the comedy series Klimbim . In the first season of Michael Pflegehar's entertainment series, Augustin acted in various sketches and disguises as well as the father of the "Klimbim family" . Augustin left production after a year.

In the following years he played in Alfred Vohrer's adaptation of Erich Kästner's Drei Männer im Schnee , in Werner Herzog's Woyzeck adaptation (with Klaus Kinski in the title role), in the Gottschalk comedy Zärtliche Chaoten and made guest appearances in numerous television series such as Der Kommissar , Polizeiinspektion 1 , The Fast Gerdi and Claude Chabrols Histoires Insolites .

His final resting place is in Erlangen .

Filmography (selection)

• 1966: Power Slide (short film)
• 1968: Engelchen or The Virgin of Bamberg
• 1968: the carrot and the stick
• 1968: Carrera - The secret of the blonde cat (El magnifico Tony Carrera)
• 1969: Engelchen continues - hop, hop rider
• 1969: The guy loves me - and should I believe that?
• 1969: Head in the water, tail in the heights
• 1969: Helgalein
• 1970: bite me darling
• 1972: Hooper's last hunt
• 1972: Jan Billbusch (multi-part series by Rainer Erler)
• 1972: Wonnekloß
• 1973–1974: Klimbim
• 1973: Okay SIR (TV Series)
• 1974: The Commissioner : Episode 77: Without saying goodbye
• 1974: Three men in the snow
• 1975: hugs and other things
• 1979: Woyzeck
• 1980: Car-napping - ordered - stolen - delivered
• 1981: Sooch halt wos (TV movie) (Directed by Heinz Lindner)
• 1982: Confessions of the impostor Felix Krull
• 1983: Eisenhans
• 1984: Die Libelle (The Little Drummer Girl)
• 1987: The aviator
• 1989: Himmelsheim
• 1989: Factory of the officers (4-part TV film)

Theater (selection)

• 1980: Sooch halt wos (Dieter Augustin directs here) taS-Theater am Sozialamt, Munich

Radio plays (selection)

• 1984: Hollywurst (WDR)
• 1984: Parapet removal (WDR)
• 1984: Kiddepping (WDR)
• 1986: The year has two murders, 5th episode: In May life is sometimes over (SWF / BR / WDR)
• 1988: The royal Bavarian official gray (BR)
• 1988: Mother's Day (BR)

literature

• Hermann J. Huber: Langen-Müller's Actor Lexicon of the Present: Germany, Austria, Switzerland . Langen-Müller, Munich / Vienna 1986.

Web links

• Dieter Augustin in the Internet Movie Database (English)