Heinz Moog

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Portrait of Heinz Moog, 1959

Heinz Moog (born June 28, 1908 in Frankfurt am Main ; † May 9, 1989 in Vienna ; full name: Gustav Heinrich Eduard Moog ) was a German actor .

Life

Heinz Moog's grave

Moog, son of a police officer and student at the Helmholtz School , had private lessons from the actor and writer Alfred Auerbach (1873–1954) and later from Dr. Hoch's Conservatory . He made his stage debut in 1927 at the Frankfurt Art Theater for the Rhine and Main, and later moved to the “Kleine Theater” in Kassel. In 1933 he went to Plauen for two years, and in 1935 to the National Theater in Weimar, where he stayed for four years. Further stations were in 1939 and 1943 in Bochum and the Volksbühne Berlin .

From 1943 to 1969, Moog was a member of the Vienna Burgtheater ensemble and, after voluntarily leaving the ensemble, was a guest actor at the Burgtheater from 1976 to 1980. He was involved in the Salzburg Festival as early as 1948 .

In addition to his more than 500 outstanding stage performances, he played in many national and international film and television productions. He made his screen debut as the composer Ruggiero Leoncavallo in Lache Bajazzo (1943).

He was also active in radio and was a sought-after guest speaker and reciter. He made himself unforgettable with the interpretation of the aged Adson von Melk in the radio play The Name of the Rose, based on the novel of the same name by Umberto Eco and directed by Otto Düben .

Heinz Moog was honored with numerous awards, such as Chamber Actor (1955), Cross of Merit for Science and Art 1st Class of the Republic of Austria (1960), Golden Medal of the ORF (1965), Kainz Medal (1977), Honorary Member of the Burgtheater (1978 ), Gold Medal of Honor of the Federal Capital Vienna (1984).

His honorary grave is located in the Döblinger Friedhof in Vienna (group 11, row 5, number 9).

Filmography (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ knerger.de: Heinz Moog's grave
personal data
SURNAME Moog, Heinz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moog, Gustav Heinrich Eduard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 1989
Place of death Vienna