Gernot Endemann

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Gernot Endemann with his wife Sabine Schmidt-Kirchner, 2010

Gernot Endemann (born July 24, 1942 in Essen ; † June 29, 2020 in Hanover ) was a German actor and voice actor .

Life

After finishing school, Gernot Endemann completed a commercial apprenticeship, then he trained as an actor for three years at the Folkwang University in Essen .

Career

stage

At first he worked as a stage actor at the Theater Oberhausen , the Stadttheater Rheydt , the stages of the city of Cologne and the Ernst-Deutsch-Theater in Hamburg . In 1966 he played Peterchen in the Christmas fairy tale Peterchens Mondfahrt at the Bremen Theater. Until 1984 he worked at the Hamburger Kammerspiele , where he played Beckmann in Outside in front of the door .

watch TV

He was discovered for television by director John Olden . He starred in many television films. He became known to a larger audience from 1965 through his role in the series The Despicable One as the son Rudi of Käte Scholz, played by Inge Meysel . In 1974 he played the German flying ace Hans Meister in the successful early evening series Die Grashüpfer . In the 1970s he played the father of a family in the short films about the Sauer family in Sesame Street . From 1986 to 1998 he was active as Schorsch in Sesame Street for a long time , first together with Hildegard Krekel , later with Kirsten Sprick .

radio play

Gernot Endemann was also known as a speaker in radio plays . His best known and most successful role was that of Major Hoffmann in the series Commander Perkins .

family

Endemann was married to the actress Reinhilt Schneider . The couple have two sons together: Jannik Endemann is also a radio play and voice actor , while Till Endemann works as a director and author in the film industry. Endemann has two daughters with his second wife, the French actress Jocelyne Boisseau ; his daughter Alicia Endemann is an actress, singer and voice actress. From 2009 Endemann was married to his fellow actor Sabine Schmidt-Kirchner and lived with her in Hanover. He died on June 29, 2020 at the age of 77.

Filmography

movie theater

Television (selection)

Radio plays (selection)

  • 1976–1980: Commander Perkins (role: Major Peter Hoffmann)
  • 1979–2019: The three ???
  • 1980–2017: A case for TKKG
  • 1983 and 1984: Mandara (radio play for the TV series)
  • 1983 and 1984: Perry Rhodan (role: Tako Kakuta, teleporter)
  • 1988: Garfield
  • 1989: Airwolf (Role: Huckleberry Hawke)
  • 1999–2007: Five friends

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ vpr / spot: actor-Gernot-Endemann-is-dead Meysel "son" and "Sesame Street": actor Gernot Endemann is dead. In: N-tv . June 30, 2020, accessed July 1, 2020.
  2. ↑ Gernot Endemann. In: muppet.fandom.com. Retrieved May 1, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Endemann, Gernot
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and voice actor
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH eat
DATE OF DEATH June 29, 2020
Place of death Hanover