Heinz Piper
Heinz Piper (born March 4, 1908 , † February 1972 in Hamburg ) was a German actor , presenter , radio play and voice actor .
biography
After training as an actor, Piper made his feature film debut in Georg Jacoby's adaptation of Der Bettelstudent with Marika Rökk and Johannes Heesters in 1936 . This was followed by appearances in productions such as Es shine the stars , love can lie (both 1937) and Die Korallenprinzessin (1938). In 1938 he was the first television announcer when he first attempted a German television program .
After the Second World War , Piper rarely worked for cinema productions such as Josef von Báky's drama The Man Who Sells himself or for television productions; He had guest roles in the series Cliff Dexter , The Brides of My Sons and The Journalist .
Instead, Piper played increasingly on Hamburg theaters ( Thalia Theater , Theater im Zimmer) and on the radio (including as spokesman for the NDR series Saturday Nightclub) .
However, he became known to a wide audience as a presenter of television programs. On May 1, 1956, Piper hosted the first German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Grand Prix from the large broadcasting hall of the NWDR in Cologne . Whether this broadcast took place is controversial. He also hosted the Perry Como Show .
His most famous appearance is also an introduction. For the television recording of the sketch Dinner for One from April 30 to May 4, 1963 in Studio B of the NDR in Hamburg-Lokstedt, director Heinz Dunkhase used Piper as a moderator to explain the English-speaking audience in an introduction to the sketch. To this day, Piper can be seen and heard on the third ARD programs every New Year's Eve .
In addition, Piper borrowed as a voice actor and his voice. a. Geoffrey Keen (March through Hell , On the Wrong Track), Walter Rilla (Seconds of Despair) and Patrick Macnee ( Battleship Graf Spee ) .
His son Tommi Piper (* 1941) is also an actor and voice actor.
Filmography (selection)
- 1936: The beggar student
- 1937: love can lie
- 1937: The Coral Princess
- 1938: The stars shine
- 1952–56: The court withdraws to deliberate (in three episodes)
- 1953: Martin Luther
- 1958: Grabenplatz 17
- 1959: The man who sold himself
- 1964: The criminal court
- 1964: Port Police - The secret hiding place
- 1965: The brides of my sons
- 1966: Port Police - The new track
- 1968: Cliff Dexter : Death on the Golf Course
- 1968: Dreyfuss Affair (TV miniseries)
Radio plays
- 1947: If we want - Director: Ludwig Cremer
- 1947: The Million Pound Note - Director: Heinrich Ockel
- 1948: Berlin Airlift - Director: Gustav Burmester
- 1948: The Lesser Evil - Director: Ludwig Cremer
- 1949: Shooting Stars - Director: Gustav Burmester
- 1949: Splendor and misery of Mr. Albert Schulze - Director: Gustav Burmester
- 1949: Goethe tells his life (parts 21–33) - Director: Mathias Wieman
- 1949: The Fairy Tale - Director: Gustav Burmester
- 1949: The Jewelry - Director: Otto Kurth
- 1949: To Damascus - Director: Ulrich Erfurth
- 1950: It was an unusually long day - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
- 1950: Gods graves and scholars (1st part: The thread of Ariadne) - Director: Gustav Burmester
- 1950: The tallest man in the world - Director: Kurt Reiss
- 1950: The Desolate Virtue - Director: Kurt Reiss
- 1950: Gods graves and scholars (4th part: The abandoned cities) - Director: Gustav Burmester
- 1950: Stroll through November - Director: Curt Becker
- 1951: Stroll through December - Director: Curt Becker
- 1951: Stroll through January - Director: Curt Becker
- 1951: Stroll through February - Director: Curt Becker
- 1951: The Bavarian, an unknown being - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
- 1951: Dat Redentiner Osterspill - Director: Hans Freundt
- 1951: Interview with a star - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
- 1951: Dreams - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
- 1951: Stroll through April - Director: Curt Becker
- 1951: The Life of the Waltz King - Director: Kurt Meister
- 1951: Stroll through May - Director: Curt Becker
- 1951: The devil rides on the express train - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
- 1951: Stroll through June - Director: Hans Rosenhauer
- 1951: The way to the space ship - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
- 1951: Stroll through July - Director: SO Wagner
- 1951: Radium - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
- 1951: Stroll through August - Director: Hans Rosenhauer
- 1951: De dütsche Michel - Director: Hans Freundt
- 1951: Europe - Dream or Reality (Feature) - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
- 1951: Stroll through September - Director: Hans Rosenhauer
- 1951: The Message in a Bottle - Director: Otto Kurth
- 1951: The Hero of San Isidro - Director: Gustav Burmester
- 1951: Stroll through October - Director: Hans Rosenhauer
- 1951: The story of Gottfried von Berlichingen with an iron hand - Director: Hans Lietzau
- 1952: Peace Treaty - Director: Detlof Krüger
- 1952: Stroll through March - Director: Hans Rosenhauer
- 1952: Egg, Egg, Egg and Another Egg - Director: Kurt Reiss
- 1952: Dark wishes - Director: Hans Lietzau
- 1952: Season 1856/57 - Director: Kurt Reiss
- 1952: Years of traveling without an apprenticeship - Director: Gustav Burmester
- 1952: Der Damm - Director: Werner Perrey
- 1952: Pott un Pann - Director: Not known
- 1952: The court withdraws to deliberate (episode: Der Orgeldieb) - Director: Gerd Fricke
- 1952: Kazan is on the route to Siberia - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
- 1953: The past has no doors - Director: Gustav Burmester
- 1953: The court withdraws for advice (episode: remote diagnosis) - Director: Gerd Fricke
- 1954: The Man from the Woods - Director: Otto Kurth
- 1954: Beautiful Helen's Stepsons - Director: Irmfried Wilimzig
- 1954: The White Man's Burden - Director: Hans Rosenhauer
- 1954: Shots in Sarajevo (3rd part: The aftermath) - Director: Oswald Döpke
- 1954: Der Seenebel - Strange things from old Peder Christian Pohl's seaman's chest - Director: SO Wagner
- 1955: The Missing Diplomat (Series: Unsolved Riddles of History) - Director: Otto Kurth
- 1955: Mary Celeste (Series: Unsolved Riddles of History) - Director: Otto Kurth
- 1955: It's not just clothes that make the man - Director: Gerda von Uslar
- 1955: Will von der Mühle - Director: Armas Sten Fühler
- 1955: The Stars of El Bala - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
- 1955: To all police control centers ... From the work of Interpol - Director: SO Wagner
- 1955: The court withdraws to deliberate (episode: Evil Tongues) - Director: Gerd Fricke
- 1955: Atoms for Millions - Director: Edward Rothe
- 1956: The Player - Director: Gert Westphal
- 1956: Police files X. A series from the practice of criminology (3rd episode: The beautiful Edi) - Director: Günter Bommert
- 1957: The Lawless of Algeria - Director: Otto Kurth
- 1957: The hunt for the perpetrator (episode: under suspicion of murder) - director: SO Wagner
- 1957: The fruits of the cactus - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
- 1957: Make me Minna - Director: SO Wagner
- 1957: The hunt for the perpetrator (episode: Mord am Matterhorn) - author and director: Kurt Reiss
- 1957: The hunt for the perpetrator (episode: marriage with death) - Director: SO Wagner
- 1957: The dream of wine and wheat - Director: Otto Kurth
- 1957: The hunt for the perpetrator (episode: The Blue Dress) - Director: SO Wagner
- 1957: The hunt for the perpetrator (episode: Liza and the white street) - Director: SO Wagner
- 1958: The hunt for the perpetrator (episode: The Secret of the Teikoku Bank) - Director: SO Wagner
- 1958: The Deadly Bet - Director: SO Wagner
- 1958: Die Halbstarken - Director: Wolfgang Schwade
- 1958: The hunt for the perpetrator (episode: Mr. Wood disappears!) - Director: SO Wagner
- 1958: Shuddering before midnight (6th episode: The Black Rickshaw) - Director: SO Wagner
- 1958: Adventure of the future (episode: spaceship Alpha is silent) - Director: SO Wagner
- 1958: Adventure of the future (episode: Ariane, the desert ship) - Director: SO Wagner
- 1959: Espionage (7th part: Bock zum Gärtner) - Director: SO Wagner
- 1959: The hunt for the perpetrator (episode: Jewel robbery on the Riviera) - Director: SO Wagner
- 1959: Die Ware Book - Director: Kurt Reiss
- 1959: The hunt for the perpetrator (episode: The gentleman in the blue duffle coat) - Director: SO Wagner
- 1959: The hunt for the perpetrator (episode: The Alibi) - Director: SO Wagner
- 1960: Ick doh an indictment! - Director: Walter Bäumer
- 1961: The Silent Village - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
- 1961: The hunt for the perpetrator (episode: A surefire thing) - Director: SO Wagner
- 1961: The hunt for the perpetrator (episode: Camels in Cairo) - Director: SO Wagner
- 1961: The Hunt for the culprit (episode: Too Much Confessions) - Author: Francis Durbridge ; Director: SO Wagner
- 1961: The hunt for the perpetrator (episode: The competition) - Director: SO Wagner
- 1962: The hunt for the perpetrator (episode: Telephone: Springfield 365) - Director: SO Wagner
- 1962: The hunt for the perpetrator (episode: The diamond bracelet) - Director: SO Wagner
- 1962: Kasper Ohm un ick (8 parts) - Director: Bernd Wiegmann
- 1962: The hunt for the perpetrator (episode: Under green trees) - Director: SO Wagner
- 1962: The hunt for the perpetrator (episode: The Dilettante) - Director: SO Wagner
- 1963: Unfortunately everything is broken - Director: Hans Robert Helms
- 1964: Adventure of the future (episode: Atollopur, the city on the sea) - Director: SO Wagner
- 1964: The hunt for the perpetrator (episode: Bock as a gardener) - Director: SO Wagner
- 1964: No arrival in Athens - Director: Hans Rosenhauer
Web links
- Heinz Piper in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Heinz Piper at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ A piece of living television history. NDR television, December 31, 2015, accessed on January 1, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Piper, Heinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor, presenter and voice actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1908 |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 1972 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |