Hans Sievers (actor)

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Hans Sievers (born September 18, 1931 in Lübeck ; † July 5, 2012 there ) was a German actor , radio play speaker and voice actor .

Life

Sievers attended the drama school of the Lübeck City Theater from 1947 to 1949, where he also made his debut. He then played on the stages of Dortmund , Hildesheim and Bad Segeberg . In 1954 he moved to the GDR . There he had theater engagements in Görlitz , Potsdam and Neustrelitz . Sievers also played smaller roles in DEFA films such as Five Cartridge Cases , I Am The Rabbit or Sun Seeker . He became known as a presenter and reporter on children's television, where he was the narrator in some evening greeting stories from Our Sandman .

In 1979 Sievers returned to the Federal Republic and began to work in Hamburg as a radio announcer for the NDR and as a voice actor. Particularly noteworthy are his dubbing for Mike Connors as private detective Mannix , for Edward Mulhare in Knight Rider or for Dennis Franz in NYPD Blue . He has appeared as the Joker in numerous Batman real film and cartoon productions. In the series The Sopranos he dubbed Dominic Chianese , in Providence he lent Mike Farrell his voice.

In four episodes of the crime series Columbo , which were initially published on video, Sievers could be heard for Peter Falk ; however, he was replaced by Falk's regular speaker Klaus Schwarzkopf for the RTL broadcast .

In addition, Sievers was often active as a radio play speaker, in the radio play series Hexe Lilli, Lissy and Alfred Hitchcock , he acted as a narrator.

Filmography (selection)

Radio plays

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice in the Lübecker Nachrichten of July 8, 2012

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Sievers, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and voice actor
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Lübeck
DATE OF DEATH 5th July 2012
Place of death Lübeck