Fred Alexander (actor)
Fred Alexander (actually Alfred Beeh ; born June 16, 1927 in Augsburg ; † December 15, 2012 there ) was a German film and theater actor .
Life
Fred Alexander made his debut as a theater actor in Bochum , but later worked mainly on stages in the former GDR in Frankfurt (Oder) , Halle , Leipzig and the Volksbühne Berlin . At the same time, he also worked in national film and television productions for DEFA and German TV broadcasters such as Carl von Ossietzky (1963) and international productions such as Die Befreiung Prags (Osvobození Prahy, 1976).
He was best known to GDR television audiences as the voice of the heavenly messenger Arthur the Angel , a successful Hungarian animated television series.
He also acted as a presenter for the DFF music program Liebe, Rosen und Champagne.
The children of the last GDR generation in the 1980s got to know him as the old Friedemann , in whose role he occasionally appeared at the evening greeting from Our Sandman and with the help of marionettes, retold well-known fairy tales .
After the German reunification he continued his work as a theater actor on stages in Stuttgart , Hanover and Frankfurt am Main . He died on December 15, 2012 in Augsburg.
Filmography
- 1970: In the field of tension
- 1970: Hey you!
- 1970: Assad (TV series)
- 1970: The killer sits in Wembley Stadium (two-part TV series)
- 1971: Avant-garde (theater recording)
- 1972: The Adjutant (TV movie)
- 1972: The Lord Ornifle (TV movie)
- 1972: Tecumseh
- 1972: The Great Journey of Agathe Schweigert (TV movie)
- 1972: Police Call 110: The Mask (TV series)
- 1973: Days of Treason (Dny zrady I)
- 1975: Police call 110: hot coins
- 1975: Profile of an Unwanted Person (TV movie)
- 1975: The Wild Duck (theater recording)
- 1976: The liberation of Prague (Osvobození Prahy)
- 1976: Trini
- 1977: El Cantor (TV movie)
- 1977: Danton's Death (studio recording)
- 1978: Police call 110: In mask and costume
- 1985: Police call 110: One step too far
- 1986: Bebel and Bismarck
- 1987: Saxony's glamor and Prussia's glory (TV series)
- 1988: man, my papa ...!
- 1988: Vera - The Difficult Path of Knowledge (TV movie)
- 1988: The Ghost Seer (TV movie)
- 1989: The Man in the Closet (TV Movie)
theatre
- 1968: Friedrich Schiller : Maria Stuart (French envoy) - Director: Fritz Bornemann ( Volksbühne Berlin )
- 1973: Tirso de Molina : Don Gil from the green pants (Don Fabio) - Director: Brigitte Soubeyran (Volksbühne Berlin)
Radio plays
- 1964: William Shakespeare : Macbeth (Duncan) - Director: Fritz Göhler (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR )
- 1966: William Shakespeare: Der Sturm (Sebastian) - Director: Fritz Göhler (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1968: Nikolai Dubow : The Boy by the Sea (Sternzähler) - Director: Manfred Täubert (Children's radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1968: Day Keene / Warren Brand : Naked Fury - Naked violence - Director: Helmut Hellstorff (crime radio play - Rundfunk der DDR)
- 1968: Vito Blasi / Anna-Luisa Meneghini : Eiertanz (Konsul) - Director: Hans Knötzsch (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1968: Gerhard Rentzsch : At the fountain in front of the gate - Director: Hans Knötzsch (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1970: Helga Pfaff : Die Schildbürger (envoy) - Director: Horst Liepach (children's radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1971: Heinrich Mann : The Youth of King Henri Quatre - Director: Fritz Göhler (Radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1978: Karel Čapek : Taschenspiele (Herr) - Director: Joachim Staritz (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1978: Till Sailer : Winterreise - Director: Fritz Göhler (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1980: Karl-Heinz Jakobs : Casanova in Dux (Grimani) - Director: Barbara Plensat (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1980: Dorothy L. Sayers : The Suspicion (Dr. Brooks) - Director: Werner Grunow (Detective radio play - Rundfunk der DDR)
- 1983: Lion Feuchtwanger : Success - Director: Werner Grunow (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1984: Bodo Schulenburg : Mouse with blue socks (hangover) - Director: Manfred Täubert (children's radio play / short radio play from the series: Tales from the Hat)
- 1985: Brigitte Reimann : Franziska Linkerhand (doctor) - Director: Walter Niklaus (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
literature
- Frank-Burkhard Habel , Volker Wachter : The great lexicon of the GDR stars. The actors from film and television. Extended new edition. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-89602-391-8 .
Web links
- Fred Alexander in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Alexander, Fred |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beeh, Alfred (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German film and theater actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1927 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | augsburg |
DATE OF DEATH | December 15, 2012 |
Place of death | augsburg |