Hans Musäus (actor, 1910)

Hans Musäus (born November 28, 1910 in Bielefeld , † July 9, 1981 in Munich ) was a German actor .

Live and act

Musäus, who came from a family of artists, spent his childhood in Hamburg and received his artistic training there. He joined the theater in 1929. His early stage positions included Neuss , Frankfurt an der Oder and Schneidemühl . At the theater in the latter city, he met his future wife, the actress Maria Singer . He gained his first important experience, coming from Memel , from the second half of the 30s in Königsberg , where he was employed in the subject of character heroes. Occasionally he was allowed to direct there until the beginning of the war in 1939. Although drafted during World War II, Musäus remained nominally connected to the municipal theaters of the East Prussian capital until 1945.

As a soldier, Musäus was stationed in the Balkans and was taken prisoner by the Yugoslavs at the end of the war. After his release four years later, the Bielefeld native followed a call to the Tyrolean State Theater in Innsbruck in 1950 . After three years, he moved to Tübingen in 1953 . There he played leading roles as The Devil's General , as Quilling in Storm in a Water Glass , as Creon in King Oedipus , as Proctor in the witch hunt , as Capulet in Romeo and Juliet , as Blakely in Mutiny on the Caine and as Alba in Don Carlos .

Since the 1960s, Hans Musäus worked at theaters in Essen , Kassel , Braunschweig , Frankfurt am Main and Munich . In the Bavarian capital he was a member of the Kammerspiele from 1966 to 1979 . "He was a haunting character player, gave every role an unmistakable face," as an obituary put it. In his later years, Musäus played under Hans Schweikart , Benno Besson , Ernst Wendt , Dieter Dorn and George Tabori .

In the mid-1960s, television began to play an important role in Musäus' career. Until shortly before his death he was seen in a plethora of character roles. In 1970, the main role of Captain Harmsen in the ZDF series of the same name earned him great popularity . The stocky, brawny artist created the title-giving ship's captain Wilhelm Harmsen as an angular, gnarled fur seal made from whole shot and grain.

In his early stages on the stage (Königsberg, Salzburg, Innsbruck), Musäus also worked for the local radio from time to time. His film appearances, however, were rare. Peter Musäus was the father of the German-Austrian actor and voice actor Peter Musäus .

Filmography

TV films unless otherwise stated

• 1964: On the beautiful blue Danube
• 1965: A phone call for Mister Clark
• 1965: Brooklyn Ballad
• 1965: A winter fairy tale
• 1966: Port Police (one episode)
• 1966: Inspector Freytag (one episode)
• 1966: The lovers of Florence
• 1967: The Crime Museum (two episodes)
• 1967: The assassination attempt - Schleicher: General of the last hour
• 1968: force of law
• 1968: Schinderhannes
• 1968: a farewell letter
• 1969: Julius Caesar's tragedy
• 1969: moon over the river
• 1969: News from the provinces
• 1969–1970: Captain Harmsen (series, title role)
• 1972: The Datterich
• 1972: The man on my back
• 1973: Macbett
• 1973: Hau drauf, little one (movie)
• 1974: Lemmi and the books
• 1974: The Maker or Waiting for Godeau
• 1974: Everyone for himself and God against all (movie)
• 1975: callsign
• 1976: birthdays
• 1976: Hans and Lene
• 1977: Prospero's dream
• 1979: Record of a suspicion
• 1980: Priam's treasure
• 1981: Lapo tells ... (one episode)

literature

• 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. 508.
• Wilhelm Kosch , Ingrid Bigler-Marschall : German Theater Lexicon, Biographical and Bibliographical Handbook. Volume 2: Hurka - Pallenberg. Kleinmayr, Klagenfurt / Vienna 1960, p. 1587.
• German stage yearbook. 1982, hrgg. From the Cooperative of German Stage Members. Obituary p. 768.

Web links

• Hans Musäus in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Hans Musäus at filmportal.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ German Stage Yearbook 1982, p. 768