Georg Thomalla
Georg Valentin Thomalla (born February 14, 1915 in Katowice ; † August 25, 1999 in Starnberg ) was a German actor and voice actor .
Life
Thomalla was the son of the judicial inspector Blasius Thomalla and his wife Maria, née Damas. After the referendum in Upper Silesia and the division of the area, the family moved to Opole . He lost his parents at an early age and initially learned the profession of cook , but then joined a traveling theater as an actor. In 1932 he made his debut in Dömitz as a servant in the operetta The Land of Smiles . In 1935 he was engaged by the Theater am Nollendorfplatz , from 1936 to 1938 he played at the Stadttheater Gelsenkirchen and from 1938 to 1939 at the Reussisches Theater Gera . At the same time, Thomalla found his way to his later home theaters as a tabloid actor, comedy and the theater on Kurfürstendamm in Berlin . In the summer months he played on smaller stages, such as B. 1937 on the Waldbühne Heessen .
While he was still shooting his first film role in Josef von Báky's literary film adaptation of Your First Experience , he was drafted, but soon afterwards he was released for film and theater work. Thomalla gave Karl Ritter's propagandistic aviator films - such as Stukas (1941) - cheerful accents. His comedic talent was already shown to advantage in small non-commissioned officer roles and then especially in Helmut Käutner's film We Make Music .
In 1945/46 he appeared at the cabaret of comedians , of which he was a member from 1948 to 1956. In the Haus am Waldsee and in the Theater am Kurfürstendamm he played the puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream and in 1950 at the Schlosspark Theater the civil servant Chlestakov in Der Auditor . As a film actor, he had his breakthrough in 1951 in fanfare of love at the side of Dieter Borsche . The "little man" quickly became popular, mainly through slapstick roles. When Carl Boese , who had entrusted him with the main role in the musical comedy Bezierendes Fräulein (1953), fell ill, Thomalla directed it for the only time in his career. In addition, he continued to play theater in Berlin. At the beginning of his career he also sang. In 1958 he took part in the German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest .
In the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s, the lively Thomalla was one of the most important players in the German film amusement. Thomalla remained a comedian throughout his life and was never able to establish himself in the character subject . In Fritz Kortner's film drama The City is Full of Secrets and in Käutner's romantic East-West drama Sky Without Stars , he can be seen in serious roles for once. He acted as the main actor in the film comedies Reverend turns a blind eye and Always Trouble with Reverend and One Is Always Crazy . In addition, he continued to play the theater and celebrated great success in the tabloid plays Father of a Daughter and The Man Who Doesn't Dare, which Curth Flatow tailored to his needs .
The beginning of television as a mass medium finally helped his breakthrough. His television series Comical Stories with Georg Thomalla (1961–1971) was one of the most popular programs among German viewers. He also had great success with the embodiment of the title role in the family television series Our Pauker , which was broadcast in 1965 and 1966 in the evening program of ZDF in 20 episodes. Also on ZDF ran from 1982 to 1985 the series An Evening with Georg Thomalla , which was based on a concept similar to that of the comic stories . Thomalla was last seen on screen in the 1992 generation drama Lilies on the Bench .
Voice actor
Thomalla's filmmaking includes more than 120 films and is also linked to the synchronization of many Hollywood stars. He was the German voice of Jack Lemmon , Danny Kaye , Peter Sellers and Bob Hope . Thomalla dubbed Sellers in most of the films in the Inspektor Clouseau series and Jack Lemmon in 42 films between 1955 and 1998, including Some Like It Hot , A Strange Couple and Extra Sheet . In 1996 Lemmon and Thomalla met when the American actor was awarded the Honorary Golden Bear for his life's work during the 1996 Berlinale and Thomalla gave the laudation on the occasion .
Thomalla was also the German voice of the Wizard of Oz in The Magic Land (USA, 1939) and lent his voice to the cartoon character Jiminy Grille in the 1940 Disney film Pinocchio . In 1969 he spoke the lions in the animated film The Conference of Animals .
Private
Georg Thomalla was temporarily in a relationship with the actress Germaine Damar . Since 1957 he was married to Margit Mayrl, a pension owner from Bad Gastein (Austria). Thomalla was the father of two sons. The actor died of pneumonia at the age of 84 . The actresses Sophia and Simone Thomalla are not related to him.
Thomalla spent the last years of his life in Munich-Schwabing on Hohenzollernplatz, also in Spain near Alicante and in Bad Gastein, in whose cemetery he was buried. He was interested in religious questions and Far Eastern philosophy . From the mid-1980s he was a member of the ISKCON (Hare Krishna movement).
Filmography (selection)
cinemamovies
- 1939: your first experience
- 1940: The small town poet
- 1941: About everything in the world
- 1941: boys
- 1941: Stukas
- 1942: We make music
- 1943: Occupation of Dora
- 1944: a beautiful day
- 1944: Nora
- 1944: Mr. Sanders lives dangerously
- 1944: The great price
- 1944: a happy house
- 1945: Soloist Anna Alt
- 1945: The great Susanne
- 1946: Peter Voss, the millionaire thief
- 1946: Tell the truth
- 1947: King of Hearts
- 1949: The big fall
- 1949: The strange story of Kaspar from Brandner
- 1949: You don't play with love
- 1949: By a nose's length
- 1950: Three girls are crazy
- 1950: Maharajah against his will
- 1950: One night in the Séparée
- 1951: black eyes
- 1951: Queen of one night
- 1951: Fanfares of love
- 1952: Dancing stars
- 1952: Mikosch moves in
- 1952: The chaste bon vivant
- 1952: The Prince of Pappenheim
- 1952: My wife does stupid things
- 1952: a very big child
- 1953: women's choice
- 1953: charming lady
- 1953: Marriage fanfare
- 1953: The uncle from America
- 1954: Miss from office
- 1954: Katrin's seven dresses
- 1954: Viktoria and her hussar
- 1954: It was always so nice with you
- 1955: Heaven without stars
- 1955: As long as there are pretty girls
- 1956: A man doesn't always have to be beautiful
- 1956: music parade
- 1956: My aunt - your aunt
- 1957: Young man who can do everything
- 1957: Aunt Wanda from Uganda
- 1957: Viktor and Viktoria
- 1957: happiness is on the road
- 1957: A piece of heaven
- 1958: That doesn't knock a seaman away
- 1958: The slave caravan
- 1958: Ooh ... this vacation
- 1958: Scampolo
- 1959: paprika
- 1959: The Lion of Babylon
- 1959: Don't leave me alone on Sunday
- 1960: The haunted castle in the Spessart
- 1960: Our home is the whole world (Juanito)
- 1961: At Pichler the cash register is not right
- 1961: Ramona
- 1961: Lieschen Müller's dream
- 1961: Adieu, farewell, goodbye
- 1962: The Forester Christian
- 1962: Snow White and the seven jugglers
- 1962: ... and the robbers pop forever
- 1962: The bird dealer
- 1963: With the best of recommendations
- 1964: Don't tell me anything
- 1964: Rascal stories
- 1965: Aunt Frieda - New rascal stories
- 1965: I'm looking for a man
- 1967: When Ludwig goes into maneuver
- 1968: To hell with the timpani
- 1968: Always trouble with the timpani
- 1969: Our doctor is the best
- 1969: Help, I love twins!
- 1969: Herzblatt or How do I tell my daughter?
- 1970: Hurray, our parents are not there
- 1970: Neighbors are there to annoy you
- 1970: Our timpanists blow up
- 1971: Reverend turns a blind eye
- 1971: Holidays in love in Tyrol
- 1971: One is always crazy
- 1971: Hurray, we're bachelors again!
- 1972: Don't get angry
- 1972: Always trouble with the Reverend
- 1972: My daughter - your daughter
- 1972: Pediatrician Dr. Happy
- 1973: If every day were a Sunday
- 1973: Crazy - totally crazy
- 1974: I was also only a mediocre student
- 1976: The man who doesn't dare
- 1978: The low loader
- 1979: Schimpo, what's a monkey doing in Africa
- 1993: Lilies in the bank
Television (selection)
- 1961–1971: Funny stories with Georg Thomalla
- 1965–1966: Our timpanist
- 1981: Kintopp Kintopp
- 1982–1985: An evening with Georg Thomalla
- 1985: A man has just been shot
- 1985: Transit - The story of a company (recording of a theater performance)
- 1985: Police Department 1 : The Shadow
- 1988: Meister Eder and his Pumuckl Episode 38: Eder's Christmas present
- 1989: The inventor
- 1990: The money is in the bank
- 1990: A castle on the Wörthersee : a dinner for two
- 1993: The dream ship : India and Maldives
- 1998: Clinic under palm trees : Season 3
- 2000: At your own risk (TV series, 1 episode)
Radio plays
- 1949: Curth Flatow : Almost Peaceful - Director: Ivo Veit (radio play - RIAS Berlin)
Awards
- 1971: Golden Screen
- 1976: Golden Curtain of the Berlin Theater Club e. V.
- 1977: Upper Silesian Culture Prize from the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia
- 1983: Golden Curtain
- 1984: Filmband in gold for many years of outstanding work in German film
- 1985: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
literature
- Georg Thomalla in CineGraph - Lexicon for German-Language Films, Volume 32 (1999)
Web links
- Georg Thomalla in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Georg Thomalla at filmportal.de (with photo gallery)
- Georg Thomalla in the German dubbing index
- Georg Thomalla in Arne Kaul's synchronous database
- Literature by and about Georg Thomalla in the catalog of the German National Library
- Pictures by Georg Thomalla In: Virtual History
- On the death of the under-challenged comedian Georg Thomalla by Michael Wenk, Die Welt from August 26, 1999
- The jack of all trades . 100th birthday of Georg Thomalla by Michael Wenk, Neue Zürcher Zeitung of February 13, 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reference to: Discovering - History, see Georg Thomalla on the site waldbuehne heessen.de. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
- ↑ a b c d The great German film classics: We make music , Verlag De Agostini Deutschland GmbH, Hamburg, editors: Holger Neuhaus, Joachim Seidel, 2006, pp. 9, 10.
- ↑ Note on: The great Thomalla is dead In: Hamburger Abendblatt , August 26, 1999. Retrieved on October 5, 2019.
- ^ Biography of Simone Thomalla in the IMDb
- ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Georg Thomalla
- ↑ Comedian Georg Thomalla (84) died of heart failure - As a Krishna disciple, he firmly believed in rebirth "My body is coming back" In: Hamburger Morgenpost , August 26, 1999. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Thomalla, Georg |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thomalla, Georg Valentin (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor and voice actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1915 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Katowice |
DATE OF DEATH | August 25, 1999 |
Place of death | Starnberg |