Harry Kalenberg

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Harry Kalenberg (born March 3, 1921 in Cologne ; † August 12, 1993 ) was an Austrian actor , director and voice actor .

Life

The son of the chamber singer Joseph Kalenberg first took acting lessons with Wilhelm Klitsch in Vienna and then attended the Max Reinhardt seminar there . In 1943 he received his first guest engagement at the renowned Vienna Burgtheater . This was followed by engagements in Vienna (including the Theater in der Josefstadt ), Linz, Salzburg, Bielefeld, Graz, Baden-Baden and Göttingen. From 1965 Kalenberg worked as a freelancer and gave guest appearances on numerous German-speaking stages.

From 1960 Kalenberg found more jobs in film and television. He played in television films such as Colonel General Friedrich Fromm in Operation Walküre about the assassination attempt of July 20, 1944 and alongside Rolf Boysen in the lavish multi-part series about the life and death of Wallenstein based on Golo Mann's Wallenstein biography , in stage adaptations such as Max Frisch's Biedermann and the Arsonists (1967 ), in television series and multi-part series such as Das Kriminalmuseum , Die Powenzbande (alongside Gustav Knuth ), Derrick , Der Kommissar and a total of six crime thrillers in the Tatort series, but also in shallow productions such as love games for young girls and Mache alles mit . He also took on smaller parts in international productions, for example alongside David Niven in the war drama Before Winter Comes and in Ingmar Bergman's The Snake Egg .

In addition, Harry Kalenberg was extensively active in dubbing and lent his sonorous voice a. a. Secretary of Defense ( Geoffrey Keen ) in the James Bond film Moonraker , Forrest Tucker in the television series Dusty, Dusty! and the host Buttercup in the 1978 cartoon adaptation of JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings . In the fantasy series Bewitching Jeannie he dubbed Larry Hagman's superiors - a total of six different generals, each with different actors. A younger audience should be familiar with his voice as the cockchafer Kurt in the cartoon series Maya the Bee . Kalenberg also took part in various radio play productions, for example as a loon in the adaptation of Michael Ende's neverending story .

His grave can be found in the forest cemetery in Gauting .

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personal data
SURNAME Kalenberg, Harry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor and voice actor
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH August 12, 1993