Egon Hoegen

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Egon Hoegen (born September 28, 1928 in Düsseldorf ; † June 1, 2018 ) was a German actor and speaker .

Life

Hoegen grew up in Linz on the Rhine . He was a stage actor trained by Gustaf Gründgens . He was best known for the introduction of the international morning pint and as a spokesman for All Of The Facts and The 7th Sense on the First German Television . Furthermore, he spoke the off-voice in forklift driver Klaus , whereby his serious, sonorous voice helps to give the whole film an even more satirical character.

He was also active as a spokesman for the seven-part mini-series Journal 1870/71 (1970) and for the television program Harald Schmidt , both for introducing and as a spokesman for clips. In the mid-1990s, Hoegen hosted a German-language tourism magazine for the European channel TRT INT on the Turkish state television network TRT . The daily newspaper taz then described him in an article as “the man who for some inexplicable reason always smiles”.

In 1973 he was a radio announcer in the WDR production Smog . He also moderated the launch of 1 Live . At the end of the 1990s, Hoegen also served the German versions of the Need-for-Speed parts up to and including Need for Speed: Porsche (fifth part of the series) as an off-speaker, provided information on vehicle details and company histories, counted races (“3… 2 … 1 lot! ”) And made small comments. He was also known for setting the propaganda reports in the movie Starship Troopers to music.

In 1954 he played a major role in Charley's aunt alongside Willy and Lucy Millowitsch in one of the early television broadcasts from the Millowitsch Theater in Cologne .

Hoegen lived in Rösrath near Cologne since 1976 . As a spokesman he was still active for Radio Andernach , the troop broadcaster of the Bundeswehr . There he spoke in the style of The 7th Sense warning notices on behavior in the Bundeswehr and on missions that are sporadically displayed in the program.

Hoegen stressed that you always prepare very carefully. Because of the calm and deliberate way of speaking, he was nicknamed The Man Who Never Makes Promises .

Private

Egon Hoegen had been married since 1957 and had a daughter. He was a water sports enthusiast and high diver. Hoegen died in early June 2018.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Claus Boelen-Theile: Egon Hoegen: The voice of the WDR. In: Bergische Landeszeitung . September 27, 2008, p. 52 , accessed June 7, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Egon Hoegen died: The voice of “The 7th Sense”. In: welt.de . June 7, 2018, accessed June 7, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Reinhard Lüke: Now be careful! In: The daily newspaper: taz . April 27, 1996, ISSN  0931-9085 , p. 17 ( taz.de [accessed on June 9, 2018]).
  4. ↑ Egon Hoegen: The voice with the 7th sense in Harald Schmidt. dpa article on schwaebische.de , April 4, 2005, accessed on June 7, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Darmstädter Echo, Tuesday, June 17, 2014, p. 36
  6. ↑ Laura Becker: Egon Hoegen: The voice of the motorist. In: www.ksta.de . September 26, 2008. Retrieved July 18, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Laura Becker: Egon Hoegen: The voice of the motorist. In: www.ksta.de . September 26, 2008. Retrieved July 18, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Hoegen, Egon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and speaker
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH June 1, 2018