Erwin Parker
Erwin Parker (born on 26. June 1903 as Erwin Pinkus in Berlin died, 1. November 1987 in Zurich ) was a German actor , radio speaker and acting teacher .
Life
After attending the reform school in Odenwald, he completed an eight-month apprenticeship at AEG before taking acting classes with Ferdinand Gregori in Berlin.
He was married to Heidi Sturzenegger.
He found his final resting place in the Witikon cemetery in Zurich . Erwin Parker's estate is in the Zurich City Archives.
career
He made his debut in 1924 with the Holtorftruppe , from 1925 to 1930 he was engaged at the Stadttheater Münster and from 1930 to 1933 at the Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf and Stadttheater Düsseldorf . In 1933 he toured Belgium, the Netherlands and England with the Jeßertruppe. From January 1934 he was a member of the Swiss cabaret ping pong . From 1934 to 1936 he worked for the first time at the Schauspielhaus Zurich and in 1936/37 at the Theater an der Wien . From 1937 until his death he appeared again at the Schauspielhaus Zürich. Here he played hundreds of mostly smaller roles. He was also a director at the fairy tale stage.
He was a teacher at the Zurich Stage Studio (predecessor of the Zurich University of the Arts ).
In the short period from 1968 to 1969 he was co-director of the Schauspielhaus Zürich alongside Teo Otto and Otto Weissert .
Publications
- The winged words of the Berlin original Prüfi, head cloakroom attendant at the Schauspielhaus Zurich , 1963
- Mein Schauspielhaus , 1983 ISBN 3-85842-069-7
Filmography (selection)
- 1960: Gustav Adolfs Page
- 1962: Carter Henschel
- 1963: The nylon sling
- 1963: Even the cleverest does something stupid
- 1964: The Embassy Prisoner
- 1964: Stories from the Vienna Woods
- 1965: The life of Horace AW Tabor - A piece from the days of the last kings
- 1968: The Belzebir Convention
- 1972: Georgie's daring adventures
- 1973, 1975: a case for Männdli
- 1977: The consequence
- 1978: Heidi
- 1984: Bluebeard
- 1985: Concert for Alice
- 1986: The neighbor
Radio plays (selection)
- 1955: Hans Weigel : The Imaginary Doctor - Director: Walter Wefel
- 1958: Marcel Pagnol : Zum Goldenen Anker (3 parts) - Director: Robert Bichler
- 1959: Charles Chilton : Journey into Space - Director: Hans Hausmann
- 1960: Bertolt Brecht : Life of Galilei - adaptation and direction: Leonard Steckel
- 1960: Günter Bruno Fuchs : I was once a king - Director: Theodor Steiner
- 1960: Alphonse Daudet : The wonderful adventures of Mr. Tartarin from Tarascon - Director: Charles Ferdinand Vaucher
- 1962: Johann Peter Hebel : The Shirt of the Happy - Director: Lilian Westphal
- 1962: Richard Hughes : Danger (also ran under the title Hazard ) - Director: Kurt Bürgin
- 1962: Hans Christian Andersen : The Snow Queen - Director: Walter Wefel
- 1962: Albert Bosper : Wang and the Mandarin - Director: Theodor Steiner
- 1963: Max Frisch : Rip van Winkle - Director: Walter Wefel
- 1963: Ruth Blum : Geldsack & Cie. - Director: Hans Jedlitschka
- 1964: Marie Luise Kaschnitz : The customs officer Matthäus - Director: Walter Wefel
- 1964: Heinar Kipphardt : In the case of J. Robert Oppenheimer - Director: Amido Hoffmann
- 1964: Marie Luise Kaschnitz: The Journey of Mr. Admet - Director: Walter Wefel
- 1965: Marie Luise Kaschnitz: The Wedding Guest - Director: Walter Wefel
- 1966: Ernst Barlach : The Sündflut - Director: Amido Hoffmann
- 1966: Gerhard Fritsch : Nachtfahrt - Director: Gert Westphal
- 1967: Walter Oberer : Don't leave your garden - Director: Robert Bichler
- 1968: Marcel Pagnol: Topaze - The great ABC - adaptation and direction: Walter Wefel
- 1968: Günter Eich : The other and I - Director: Robert Bichler
- 1968: Rolf and Alexandra Becker : Dickie Dick Dickens 2: Rhapsody in Gold - Director: Lilian Westphal
- 1968: Rolf and Alexandra Becker: Dickie Dick Dickens 3: Raindrops on the tin roof - Director: Lilian Westphal
- 1968: Rolf and Alexandra Becker: Dickie Dick Dickens 6: Passports must also fit - Director: Lilian Westphal
- 1970: Dylan Thomas : Return Journey - Director: Robert Bichler
- 1970: John Wyndham : A Visit from the Future - Director: Edward Rothe
- 1970: Peter Karvaš : The Carlton Comedy - Director: Edward Rothe
- 1971: Donald Howarth : One love is worth another - Director: Edward Rothe
- 1973: Wolfgang Hildesheimer : Encounter in the Balkan Express - Director: Robert Bichler
- 1973: Arthur Conan Doyle : The Three Students - Director: Lilian Westphal
- 1973: Charles Dickens : The Bells (also: Bells of London ) - Director: Klaus W. Leonhard
- 1976: Marie Luise Kaschnitz: Who is afraid of the black man? - Director: Robert Bichler
- 1976: Wolfgang Ecke : Assault in the Tulip Express - Director: Lilian Westphal
- 1977: Gerold Späth : Morning Procession - Director: Mario Hindermann
- 1977: Henry Slesar : Witnesses to choose from - Director: Klaus W. Leonhard
- 1977: Paul Barz : Schreckmümpfeli 0: Madame Florian - Director: Paul Roland
- 1978: Ödön von Horváth : Faith, Love, Hope - adaptation and direction: Robert Bichler
- 1979: Robert Louis Stevenson : The Black Club (2 parts) - Director: Thomas Köhler
- 1979: Bernd Roewer : Inspector Kadzand does it… (episode: artist's bad luck) - director: Thomas Köhler
- 1980: Jürg Federspiel : Kilroy was here - Director: Matthias von Spallart
- 1980: Jacques Fayet : The Tour to Marseille - Director: Buschi Luginbühl
- 1983: Tom Stoppard : It was the dog that died - Director: Hans Hausmann
- 1983: Jost Nickel : In der Bibliothek - Director: Christian Jauslin
- 1983: Sam Jaun : The minute of silence - Director: Amido Hoffmann
- 1984: Esther Vilar : Love song for a restless man - Director: Klaus W. Leonhard
- 1984: Hansjörg Schertenleib : Someone is screaming in my head - Director: Walter Baumgartner
- 1986: Wilhelm Hauff : The Cave of Steenfoll - Director: Markus Kägi
literature
- Anna Beck: Erwin Parker . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 2, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , pp. 1372-1374.
Web links
- Erwin Parker in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erwin Parker; The winged words of the Berlin original, Prüfi, head cloakroom at the Schauspielhaus Zürich IDS Basel Bern
- ↑ Erwin Parker; My Schauspielhaus IDS Basel Bern
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Parker, Erwin |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pinkus, Erwin |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor, radio play speaker and acting teacher |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 26, 1903 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
DATE OF DEATH | November 1, 1987 |
Place of death | Zurich |