Gerd Potyka
Gerd Potyka (born November 15, 1931 in Offenbach am Main ) is a German actor and screenwriter .
Live and act
Potyka began his artistic activity in the 1950s with the Munich cabaret Die Namenlosen . Regular theater activities followed. a. in Munich and Salzburg . Occasionally he also directed.
Since the late 1950s, Potyka has also been in front of the camera regularly. While his cinema activities were rare, Gerd Potyka took part in an abundance of television films, for which he occasionally wrote the script. Every now and then he also appeared as a presenter, since his retirement from television in the late 1970s, Potyka also acted as voiceover and voice actor.
Filmography
as an actor on television, unless otherwise stated
- 1958: The big shoot - Friedrich Hollaender Revue
- 1959: act with violin
- 1961: Freddy and the Millionaire (cinema)
- 1963: Hasenklein can't help it (also script)
- 1963: Sadowski arrives at 8 a.m.
- 1963: Inspector Freytag (one episode)
- 1964: Hotel to Remember (also screenplay)
- 1964: The night courier reports (continuous role in series)
- 1965: Weekend in paradise
- 1965: The Crime Museum (a series)
- 1965: love not excluded
- 1966: Dreams in the Mousetrap
- 1966: Sleeps for Germany (screenplay, 42 episodes)
- 1966: glasses and bombs: you've come to the right place! (Co-script for a feature film)
- 1967: viola
- 1967: The journey of Mr. Porrichon
- 1968: The Holiday Ship (8 episodes)
- 1969: betrayed resistance - the radio game of the German defense in Holland
- 1970: The Minister and the Duck
- 1971: marriages in court (one episode)
- 1972: Divorce on musical
- 1973: Peter's handicraft lesson (moderator)
- 1973: Read yesterday (one episode)
- 1973: The Bastian (one episode)
- 1975: The Loved Pets (two episodes)
- 1975: The Commissioner (an episode)
- 1977: The Enterprises of Mr. Hans (continuous role in series)
- 1980: Attention, customs!
Synchronous rollers (selection)
Movies
- 1985: John Belushi as Eric Katz in Diane
- 1990: Gerry Becker / Bill Erwin as Police Officer # 1 / Ed in Kevin - Home Alone
- 1991: Seymour Cassel as Pater Bonotto in The True Bosses - A Devilish Empire
- 1998: Larry David as studio executive in Jackpot Noise in Atlantic City
- 1999: Maury Chaykin as Bailey Pruitt in Mystery - New York: A Game of Honor
- 2004: Michel Duchaussoy as Le Clochard in The Bridesmaid
Series
- 1993: Thomas Kopache as Sam Drucker in Law & Order
- 1994: Dan Castellaneta as Jack Marley in The Simpsons
- 1996: Robert Cornthwaite as Hives in Cheers
- 1997: Philippe Leroy as Duvall in Two Angels with Four Fists
- 2003: Richard Erdman as Mr. Callahan in Just In Case, Amy
Web links
- Gerd Potyka in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Gerd Potyka at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Television archive Kay Less
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Potyka, Gerd |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 15, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Offenbach am Main |