Hans Olden (actor)

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Hans Olden (real name Josef "Pepi" Brandl ; born June 30, 1892 in Vienna , † January 20, 1975 in Franzhausen ) was an Austrian actor and singer.

Life

After studying mechanical engineering at the Technical College in Vienna, he took acting lessons from Otto Rub from 1909 and worked as a singer and wine tavern entertainer. His first engagements took him to Sibiu , where he made his debut in 1911 , Karlsbad and Teplitz-Schönau , then also to Graz and Prague . In Prague he belonged to the ensemble of the Deutsches Theater until 1927 .

His first film was 1931 The Generous Love . Among his 73 films was u. a. 1939 My daughter lives in Vienna (with Elfriede Datzig ), 1941 love is duty-free , 1943 the white dream , 1950 the double Lottchen and 1956 Charley's aunt .

Hans Olden was married to the castle actress Inge Brücklmeier . Olden died in 1975 at the age of 82. His grave is in the cemetery of Nussdorf ob der Traisen , St. Pölten district , Lower Austria.

theatre

From 1928 Olden played at the Deutsches Volkstheater in Vienna. In 1931, Hans Olden played the Strantz in Anton Wildgans ' Armut (director: Franz Theodor Csokor , with Karl Ehmann , Hans Schweikart , Siegfried Breuer , Karl Skraup ) and in 1933 in the world premiere of Beauberdes Fräulein by Ralph Benatzky (director: Heinrich Schnitzler , with Lizzi Waldmüller , Max Hansen ).

From 1938 Olden also played under the direction of Walter Bruno Iltz and, after the war, under Paul Barnay, who not only brought returned emigrants back to the Volkstheater, he also gave Hans Olden a chance, who as a "former" was one of the few who had hers Did not deny the Nazi past and had to clear away bomb rubble (together with Fred Hennings ). In 1950 he played the Weinberl alongside Inge Konradi in Nestroys Eine Jux he wants to make himself . Olden also appeared under the direction of Leon Epps at the Volkstheater from 1952 (1965 in the world premiere of The Execution of Helmut Qualtinger and Carl Merz , directed by Gustav Manker ) and as a chamber singer Eligius Fenz in the comedy of seduction by Arthur Schnitzler (1966).

Olden also performed at the Bürgertheater ( Ringstrassen-Melodie , 1942, directed by Robert Valberg ), in the Kammerspiele ( Parforce by Alexander Lernet-Holenia , 1948, with Lotte Lang and Hilde Sochor ), in the Theater in der Josefstadt and at the Renaissance Theater (Ossip in The auditor von Gogol , with Wolf Albach-Retty as Chlestakov, director: Gustav Manker ). Olden sometimes staged himself ( Verliebtes Dreieck , 1944 at the Renaissance Theater , with Harry Fuss , Hans Olden (Kaiser Ferdinand), Fritz Fronz, Evi Servaes).

In 1965 he played in the legendary Festival production of Johann Nestroy's The House of temperaments on the side of Hermann Thimig , Hans Thimig , Hans Holt , Karl Farkas , Maxi Böhm , Karl Paryla , Hugo Gottschlich and Hilde Sochor the role of the melancholy father "Fad “(Director: Gustav Manker).

Filmography (selection)

From 1931 Olden took part in over 60 film roles. The elegant actor was mostly seen as a bon vivant in supporting roles.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ herwig-lenau.at: Hans Olden Herwig Lenau . A balance sheet. Retrieved from herwig-lenau.at on November 2, 2011
  2. ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Hans Olden
personal data
SURNAME Olden, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brandl, Josef (real name); Brandt, Pepi (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH 20th January 1975
Place of death Franzhausen (municipality of Nussdorf)