Hans Paetsch

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Hans Paetsch (born December 7, 1909 in Altmünsterol , Alsace ; † February 3, 2002 in Hamburg ) was a German actor , director , radio play and voice actor . He had one of the most famous voices in the German-speaking world and was considered the “fairytale uncle of the nation” in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Life

Hans Paetsch was born in the border town of Altmünsterol in Alsace as the son of an official. After he discovered his interest in the theater during a student performance during his studies, the philology studies faded into the background and Paetsch decided to become an actor. After completing his studies, he received engagements at various German theaters, including a. in Lübeck , Saarbrücken and Prague. In Saarbrücken he and the rest of the ensemble were presented to the dictator Adolf Hitler after a performance by Madame Dubarry .

In 1944 he was drafted into the Wehrmacht. After a short training period, he experienced the defense of the city of Köthen (Anhalt) . His regiment moved as far as Tangermünde . He then went into captivity. He later met his wife in Selbitz (Upper Franconia) .

After the Second World War , in 1947 he found the theater that he was not to leave for the rest of his theater life: the Thalia Theater in Hamburg. For the next 28 years, until 1975, he worked there as an actor and director under the directors Willy Maertens , Kurt Raeck and Boy Gobert .

Hans Paetsch became best known to a wide audience since the 1960s as a narrator in countless recordings of classic fairy tales and other radio play productions for children, mainly for the recording studio Europa (including Die Hexe Schrumpeldei , Der kleine Muck or Hui Buh ), to which he has more than 30 Lent his distinctive voice for years. However, there were also radio plays in which Paetsch took on other roles, for example in the European series Edgar Wallace or Die drei ??? . Sporadically he even demonstrated his comedic talent: he was the hapless Gaius Bockschus in episode 1 of the 1980s Asterix radio play series, or the mysterious Dr. Stone subsequently Dracula and Frankenstein, the blood princes of HG Francis ' horror series. As a voice actor he spoke u. a. Barry Morse as Lt. Gerard in the crime series Escape and the Sheriff Roy Coffee in the series Bonanza . He can be heard as the narrator in Kampfstern Galactica . In the 1944 film The Uncanny Guest , he dubbed Donald Crisp in the role of Commander Beech. In the radio play series Gabriel Burns , he introduces each episode with a small text, at Point Whitmark he spoke the teaser for the next episode at the end of each radio play in the first 30 episodes.

In addition to his work as a speaker, Paetsch took on film and television roles. His voice could also be heard in music productions, for example in the album Unter Falscher Flagge ( Die Toten Hosen ), 13 ( Die Ärzte ), Liebesschmerz ( Schiller ) or the dance project Märchenmann . There are also some edutainment CD-ROMs (including Willy, the Magic Fish and Max and the Secret Formula ( Tivola )) with his vocal participation in trading. In 2002 the CD Der Märchenprinz was released , his last publication, on which radio play excerpts, poems, fairy tales and a hip-hop piece with his voice can be heard.

Hans Paetsch was buried in the Volksdorf cemetery in Hamburg.

Filmography

Radio plays (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Paetsch, the "man of fairy tales", died in Hamburg at the age of 92 . Norddeutscher Rundfunk, February 13, 2002, accessed on pressportsal.de on February 13, 2020
  2. ↑ steffi-line.de: biography of Hans Paetsch
  3. ↑ “My God, he's little!” . Der Spiegel, November 29, 1999, accessed on February 13, 2020
  4. ↑ Hans Paetsch - You have to love what you do. Accessed January 6, 2020 (German).
  5. ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Hans Paetsch
personal data
SURNAME Paetsch, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor, director, radio play and voice actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 7, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Altmünsterol , Alsace
DATE OF DEATH February 3, 2002
Place of death Hamburg