Gerd Prager
Gerd-Mathias Prager (born October 12, 1896 ) was a German actor , voice actor and director .
Life
Prager had worked as an actor and director at various Berlin theaters since the 1940s. Until 1948 he was part of the Thalia Theater ensemble, after which he worked for various guest theater stages such as the ORSON Association of Young Actors and the Berlin-West event ring. His other stage stops include the Renaissance theater and the stands , where he played "Merriman" in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest in 1955 .
Between 1949 and 1971, Prager also appeared at irregular intervals as an actor in various German-language cinema, television and radio play productions , including DEFA productions such as Slatan Dudow and Richard Groschopp's crime drama Familie Benthin and Paul Verhoeven's film adaptation of the fairy tale Das kalte Herz as well as in 1969 in Alfred Vohrer's crime film The Man with the Glass Eye based on motifs by Edgar Wallace . His television appearances include the portrayal of Philipp Scheidemann in the documentary drama In About Erzberger Against Helfferich by Axel Eggebrecht and Inge Stolten .
Prager also worked extensively as a voice actor and lent his voice, among others, Terence Alexander in Judith , William Cottrell in The Downfall of the Titanic , Noel Howlett in Murder ahoi! , Clem Bevans in Saboteurs and John Litel in Nevada Smith .
In some publications and online sources, Prager is mixed up with the editor, dramaturge and former ZDF program director Gerhard Prager .
Filmography (selection)
movie theater
- 1950: Benthin family
- 1950: the cold heart
- 1969: The man with the glass eye
watch TV
- 1959: Good thieves
- 1960: The crooks comedy
- 1966: father of a daughter
- 1967: the mission
- 1967: In the Erzberger case against Helfferich
- 1970: Kurfürstendamm stories
- 1971: Cash collapse
Radio plays (selection)
- 1949: Günter Dahn , Willi Perck : Battle for the Ruhr - Director: Gottfried Herrmann ( Berliner Rundfunk )
- 1959: George Bernard Shaw : The Emperor of America - Director: Willi Schmidt ( SFB )
- 1960: Michel del Castillo : Tanguy (Elegy of the Night) - Director: Tom Toelle (SFB / HR / SDR )
- 1961: Thomas Stearns Eliot : A Deserved Statesman - Director: Wolfgang Spier (SFB)
- 1966: Rolf von Goth : Big Ben struck twelve - Director: Rolf von Goth (SFB)
- 1968: Ephraim Kishon : Pull the plug out, the water boils - Director: Wolfgang Spier ( RIAS )
Web links
- Gerd Prague in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Gerd Prager at filmportal.de
- Films by Gerd Prager as voice actor in the dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul S. Ulrich: Biographical directory for theater, dance, etc. Musik , Vol. 2 M – Z, Berlin-Verlag Spitz, 1997, p. 1455
- ↑ Date of birth as stated by the Reich Chamber of Culture ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Herbert A. Frenzel , Hans Joachim Moser (ed.): Kürschner's biographical theater manual. Drama, opera, film, radio. Germany, Austria, Switzerland. De Gruyter, Berlin 1956, DNB 010075518 , p. 566.
Remarks
- ↑ Here it is incorrectly listed with the life data of Gerhard Prager .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Prager, Gerd |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Prager, Gerd-Mathias (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor, voice actor and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1896 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1971 |