Georg Bucher (actor)

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Georg Bucher (born December 8, 1905 in Villach , † October 12, 1972 in Klagenfurt ) was an Austrian folk actor . Through his radio activity, he achieved great fame in his home state of Carinthia . With his ability to interpret the various Carinthian dialects perfectly, he was the number one popular speaker there for a long time.

Life

Bucher's parents, the former shoemaker Georg Bucher senior from Obervellach . and Theresia Bucher (née Sperl), born in Vienna, moved to Klagenfurt shortly after the birth of their only son. Bucher grew up here in the Völkermarkter Vorstadt , attended high school, which he dropped out of and began to take on first roles in student theater groups at the age of 16. In 1934 he took up a position as a librarian in the Klagenfurt Chamber of Labor library, which he only gave up in 1958.

In the 1930s Bucher belonged to various Carinthian amateur theater groups . Their repertoire included cheerful and serious folk pieces such as Graber's “Kärntner Totentanz” and “'s Nullerl” by Karl Morré .

During the war he visited various bases as part of the troop support, including the Kuban bridgehead in Russia and Monte Cassino in Italy.

From 1946 onwards, in addition to his work as a librarian, Bucher played regularly as a guest in the reopened City Theater in Klagenfurt . At that time Grete Bittner and later Herta Fauland also belonged to the ensemble .

In the post-war years, as an artist, he was also closely linked to the reconstruction of radio work in Carinthia. As “the” dialect spokesman for the country, he became the “personified Carinthia”, as Peter Goritschnig, then director of the ORF studio in Carinthia , described him. The comedic characters he created, especially the “Tippeltaler”, made him very popular throughout the broadcasting area. From 1949 the cheerful series “Kärntner Jägerstunde” with Bucher as “Jagdchef Schrottmaier” was broadcast for almost two decades. In addition, he often read works by local poets on the radio, such as those of his former school colleague Gerhard Glawischnigs .

In 1958 Bucher accepted Herbert Wochinz's invitation to the Vienna “Theater am Fleischmarkt”, where he appeared on stage in plays by Feydeau and Beckett, among others . In autumn of the same year he moved to the theater in der Josefstadt . Here he appeared in 42 productions and various types of roles until 1971. In between he made guest appearances at home and abroad, often in Klagenfurt, in Maria Saal in the avant-garde “Theater am Tonhof ” and at the Porcia comedy theater . In the early seventies he could also be seen in smaller roles in comedies in the cinema.

Honors

  • 1951 Gold Medal of Honor from the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation
  • 2005 Monument (bust) in Klagenfurt's Achterjäger-Park behind the city theater.
  • Honorary grave at the Annabichl cemetery in Klagenfurt
  • Georg-Bucher-Gasse in Klagenfurt Viktring
  • The Georg Bucher Prize, a sculpture created by the Austrian sculptor Hans-Peter Profunser, is awarded annually to committed amateur theater makers by Theater-Service-Kärnten.

Trivia

When Bucher performed Ghelderode's “Escorial” staging together with Klaus Kinski at the “Theater am Fleischmarkt” in Wochinz , the latter repeatedly pressed an iron crown onto his head so hard that he had to be treated regularly after the performance. “Herbert, he's killing me,” Bucher complained to Wochinz. When Kinski heard about it, he just said, as usual, contemptuously: "That coward!". Nonetheless, the Upper Austrian News ruled : "Kinski turns the nameless [...], psychopathic king [...] into a pantomime study that was less 'received' by the audience than the cumbersome, large representation of people that Georg Bucher gave as a fool".

Filmography (excerpt)

Radio plays (selection)

Discography

literature

  • Ida Weiss : Georg Bucher. Man - the actor . Carinthia Publishing House, Klagenfurt 1974.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ida Weiss : Georg Bucher. Man - the actor . Carinthia publishing house, Klagenfurt 1974, p. 70 .
  2. ^ Georg Bucher Prize. In: Theater-Service-Kärnten. Retrieved April 25, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Alois Brandstetter : Signs of Life . 1st edition. Residence, Salzburg / Vienna 2018, ISBN 3-7017-1702-8 , p.  99.100 .
  4. ↑ Ida Weiss : Georg Bucher. Man - the actor . Carinthia publishing house, Klagenfurt 1974, p. 85 .
personal data
SURNAME Bucher, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Villach
DATE OF DEATH October 12, 1972
Place of death Klagenfurt