Franz-Otto Kruger
Franz-Otto Krüger (born April 1, 1917 in Berlin ; † March 17, 1988 in Munich ) was a German actor , dubbing actor and dubbing director .
Life
After completing his training as an actor, from 1934 onwards he played at Berlin stages such as the Lessing Theater and the Rose Theater . At the same time he worked as an emcee at La Scala , later also in Munich and Cologne.
After the end of the war, Krüger was able to continue his stage career in Berlin and acted in the stands , in the Renaissance theater and in comedy. His film career began at this time. He had one of his first film roles, directed by Roberto Rossellini, in the neorealistic rubble film Germany in the year zero . He appeared in numerous films of the 1950s and 1960s, mostly in comedies. As a rule, his roles were very small, he briefly embodied officials, doctors, clerks, porters and other marginal figures who appeared in the scene.
He tried several times as a theater director and staged Wer der Wahl hat (1961), Spiel im Schloß (1963), Belvedere (1963) and Viola (1969). His only film direction was glasses and bombs - you've come to the right place! (1967), for which he also contributed the script. In addition there was directing work for television. From 1948 he was head of the entertainment department at the NWDR outstation in Berlin for several years .
As a voice actor he gave the eagle owl in the series Puschel, the Eichhorn his voice, he was responsible for the German version of a very large number of Hollywood productions. These include Die Faust im Nacken , Bambi and The Great Dictator . Krüger also became known for his 1946 13-minute sketch Auf der Rennbahn , which he performed together with Wilhelm Bendow , as head waiter Charlie in the television series Der Forellenhof and for the radio series of RIAS Berlin "Komiker-Cocktail", in which he from 1976 until 1986 presented numerous skits and songs by well-known artists in 48 episodes and commented on them with witty words.
His grave is in the Zehlendorf forest cemetery .
Filmography (selection)
- 1947: No place for love
- 1947: an amazing novelty
- 1948: Germany in the year zero ( Germania anno zero )
- 1948: Berlin ballad
- 1948: Everything will be better tomorrow
- 1949: nothing but coincidences
- 1950: When men cheat
- 1950: Last night's wife
- 1950: One night in the Séparée
- 1950: Black Forest girl
- 1951: The heather is green
- 1951: Queen of one night
- 1952: The Prince of Pappenheim
- 1952: Oh, you dear Fridolin
- 1952: Mikosch moves in
- 1952: When the heather dreams in the evening
- 1952: The Battle of the Tertia
- 1953: women's choice
- 1953: What a monkey theater
- 1953: The Rose of Stambul
- 1953: The cousin from Dingsda
- 1953: red roses, red lips, red wine
- 1954: my sister and me
- 1955: heroism after the store closes
- 1955: Father's Day
- 1955: Before God and man
- 1955: Alibi
- 1956: A heart beats for Erika
- 1956: Student Helene Willfüer
- 1956: The girl Marion
- 1956: Confessional secret
- 1956: The wild Auguste
- 1956: music parade
- 1956: you are music
- 1956: The model husband
- 1956: A man doesn't always have to be beautiful
- 1956: Salzburg stories
- 1957: The stage hare
- 1957: Aunt Wanda from Uganda
- 1957: Viktor and Viktoria
- 1957: The simple girl
- 1957: The tired Theodor
- 1957: Egon, the womanizer
- 1957: In contrast, being a father is a lot
- 1957: widower with five daughters
- 1957: Bank vault 713
- 1957: No getting by with the income!
- 1958: Black Forest cherry
- 1958: Travel to Italy - love included
- 1958: The man who couldn't say no
- 1958: The muzzle
- 1958: The timpanist
- 1958: Peter Voss, the millionaire thief
- 1959: Bobby Dodd intervenes
- 1959: Tomorrow you will cry for me
- 1959: Charming Arabella
- 1959: Good thieves
- 1959: An angel on earth
- 1959: a thousand stars shine
- 1960: believe me
- 1960: no angel is so pure
- 1960: We never want to part
- 1960: The Avenger
- 1961: Who has the choice (also directing)
- 1961: Riviera story
- 1962: As great as it was back then
- 1962: Songs sound on Lake Maggiore
- 1962: Kohlhiesel's daughters
- 1963: And when all the snow burns up
- 1964: The blue of the sky
- 1965: Jean
- 1965: A vacation bed with 100 hp
- 1966: Kubinke
- 1966: How do you learn to travel?
- 1966: Season in Salzburg (script only)
- 1967: glasses and bombs: you've come to the right place! (only direction and script)
- 1968: The Soho Gorilla
- 1968: behind the walls
- 1969: The man with the glass eye
- 1970: The dearest baroness
- 1970: August the Strong - A whole people call him papa
- 1971: No safe opens by itself. The Eddie Chapman Story
- 1972: The Secret of Mary Celeste
- 1973: So'n Theater
- 1973: Invitation to be beheaded
- 1973: Local appointment - consequence: Your oath is perjury
- 1973: Dr. Dolittle (director only)
- 1975: Decided and proclaimed - consequence: ghost hands
- 1977: Adaptation to a destroyed illusion
- 1977: A thousand songs without sound
- 1978: Crime scene: Invoice with a stranger
- 1978: 1982: Gutenbach
- 1979: The Koblanks (series)
- 1980: Layer in white (series)
- 1980: On the southern slope
- 1985: A Home for Animals (series)
- 1986: A Thick Case (series)
- 1987: Long live it
theatre
- 1947: William Shakespeare : The Winter's Tale (Antolykus) - Director: Fritz Genschow ( Zehlendorfer Freilichtbühne am Waldsee )
Web links
- Franz-Otto Krüger in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Franz-Otto Krüger at filmportal.de
- Franz-Otto Krüger in the German dubbing index
- Franz-Otto Krüger at cinema.de with film images
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kruger, Franz-Otto |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1917 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
DATE OF DEATH | March 17, 1988 |
Place of death | Munich |