Edgar Bessen

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Grave of Edgar Bessen in the Ohlsdorf cemetery in Hamburg

Edgar Bessen (born November 11, 1933 in Hamburg ; † February 2, 2012 there ) was a German actor . He had his birth name "Beßen" changed by a registry office.

Life & Work

After an apprenticeship as a carpenter Edgar Bessen attended the drama school of Hildburg Frese in Hamburg. Then in 1960 he got an engagement at the Hamburg Ohnsorg Theater , where his uncles Henry Vahl and Bruno Vahl-Berg also worked and which was his artistic home until 1979. Through his numerous roles, especially as a partner of Heidi Mahler , as well as many guest performances and television broadcasts by the theater on the NDR , he became known to a large audience nationwide. Here he was one of the audience's favorites and showed his comedic talent in many pieces.

Due to his outward appearance, Bessen was often used in much younger roles. For example, he played Ernst Grabbe's son, who was only seven years older, in the piece Kein Auskommen mit denommen.

Roles at the Ohnsorg Theater

His roles at the Ohnsorg Theater in plays such as

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In addition, he wrote the play Marriage Diaper for the Ohnsorg Theater , which was broadcast on television by NDR in 1979.

Free actor

From 1979 Edgar Bessen worked as a freelance actor for four years. During this time he played a. a. at the Ernst Deutsch Theater , the Hamburger Kammerspiele and the Landesbühne Schleswig . In 1984 and 1985 he was part of the ensemble of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus . He then played at the Hamburg Theater im Zimmer , the Frankfurt Theater am Turm and the Berlin Theater am Kurfürstendamm .

In 1990 he became a member of the Thalia Theater in Hamburg . This was followed by engagements with the comedy Winterhuder Fährhaus , the Ernst Deutsch Theater and the Altona Theater . He played, among others, the Brabantino in Shakespeare's Othello , the Manes in Hölderlin's The Death of Empedocles , the field captain in Brecht's mother Courage and her children and the pastor Kimball in the Threepenny Opera .

In 2000, Bessen celebrated its 40th stage anniversary.

TV series and TV games

Since the 1970s, he has taken on guest roles in numerous television series and television games , in which he demonstrated his acting range beyond the Low German stage, for example in the social drama Wilhelmsburger Friday from 1964 (ARD / NDR, director: Egon Monk ), Dem Täter auf the track , crime scene , St. Pauli Landungsbrücken and attention to customs! . From the early 1980s to 1996 he took on the role of customs investigator Globig in 18 episodes of the NDR crime series Schwarz Rot Gold alongside Uwe Friedrichsen . In 1985 and 1987 he played Commissioner Glockner in twelve episodes of the television series Ein Fall für TKKG . He also gave his voice to the same role in the radio play series of the same name .

Between 1973 and 1993 he played supporting roles in seven films in the NDR productions of the Tatort series - police officers and different characters. He had other television appearances in the series Hafenkrankenhaus with Anneli Granget (1968), in the ZDF multi-part Timm Thaler as Hafenmeister Rickert (1979), in the multi-part consul Möllers Erben (1983) Die Bertinis (1989) and The State Chancellery of Heinrich Breloer ( 1989), in the series Tante Tilly , The Men from K3 , Blankenese (1994), A man stands his wife (1997) and in Der Kleine Dachschaden (1998) in The Manns - A Century Novel (2001) by Heinrich Breloer and in the Crime episode Das Duo - Totes Erbe (2002).

Movie

He was on the big screen in the film Klein Erna auf dem Jungfernstieg (1969) with Heidi Kabel, in the comedy Liebling, don't be silly! (1970), in Die Verrohung des Franz Blum (1974) by Reinhard Hauff in In the Heart of the Hurricane (1980) by Hark Bohm and in the documentary Hundert Jahre Brecht (1997) by Ottokar Runze . Bessen also worked for the radio and gave readings. He also directed Low German radio plays produced by Radio Bremen .

Again at the Ohnsorg Theater

In the season of the centenary, Bessen returned to the Ohnsorg Theater in 2002/03 for the role of Jan Kreyenborg in Wenn de Hahn kreiht von August Hinrichs . He had another guest role there five years later in the play Allen's Böse to'n Birthday . His last role at the theater where he started his career was in 2008 as Friedrich Brammer in Mien Mann, de fohrt to See .

Last role (& 50th stage anniversary)

Most recently, Edgar Bessen was the second cast of the fun-loving pensioner Otto Staudach from 2009 in the musical I have never been in New York by Udo Jürgens on the stage of the Operettenhaus Hamburg. Here he also celebrated his 50th stage anniversary in 2010.

Honors

On the occasion of his 70th birthday (November 11, 1933), Bessen received the Biermann-Ratjen Medal from the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg in 2003 . Since April 2005 he has been an honorary member of the Hamburger Volksbühne .

Private

Edgar Bessen had been married to his wife Heidi since 1970 and lived with her for more than three decades in the Hamburg district of Poppenbüttel . The actor found his final resting place in the Ohlsdorf cemetery in Hamburg .

Filmography (selection)

Radio plays (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Edgar Bessen
  2. ^ NDR: Low German radio play: Das Köhlschapp
personal data
SURNAME Bessen, Edgar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 2012
Place of death Hamburg