Herbert Steinmetz

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Herbert Steinmetz (born  October 19, 1908 in Elstertrebnitz , †  November 30, 1986 in Bremen ) was a German actor .

Life

After attending the Leipzig City Drama School, Steinmetz worked as a stage actor for a long time. Theater stations included Gera, Essen, Wuppertal, Nuremberg, Leipzig, Posen, Hamburg ( Thalia Theater ), Bremen, Stuttgart, Hanover, Basel and the Ruhr Festival Recklinghausen .

From the beginning of the 1960s Steinmetz also increasingly took on roles in film and television productions. He also played variously under the direction of Rainer Werner Fassbinder : in his television adaptation of Alfred Döblin's Berlin Alexanderplatz as well as in the cinema productions Fontane Effi Briest (based on Theodor Fontane ), Lili Marleen , Lola and Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss . In 1979 he played alongside Arno Assmann , Edda Seippel , Ilsemarie Schnering and Ulrike Bliefert the role of Otto Riepe in the multi-part television series Jauche und Levkojen (directed by Günter Gräwert ) based on the novel by Christine Brückner . He was also involved in several films in the Tatort series, in the Tatort cinema film Tooth for a Tooth , in Eckhard Henscheid's family satire Die Knapp-Familie and in Herbert Reinecker's television crime series Babeck . He had guest appearances in numerous television series, for example in Der Kommissar , Detective Agency Roth and Großstadtrevier . Steinmetz also played a supporting role in the first part of the TV series Die Buddenbrooks (11 parts) from 1979.

From 1974 to 1979 he played the leading role as Kriminalrat Roth in the SFB crime series Kommissariat IX and as caretaker Kühn had a recurring role in Rainer Erler's science fiction series Das Blaue Palais . He became known to a wide audience through his role as Joschi Bennarsch in the ARD series Lindenstrasse , which he embodied from the beginning of the series. Just a few days after his serial death, Steinmetz died of heart failure while filming the three-part TV series Jokehnen at the age of 78 . He is buried in the Riensberg cemetery in Bremen .

Steinmetz 'younger brother Werner Kamenik (“Steinmetz” in Czech “Kameník”) was also active as an actor.

Radio and synchron

In addition to his work as a stage, film and television actor, Steinmetz also worked as a speaker for radio plays, including in Der Kurier des Zaren (as a two-parter on the Poly label) and in Dickie Dick Dickens - It rattles the mill ... ( RB 1960). He was also a speaker in two radio plays in the Paul Temple series based on Francis Durbridge , first in 1949 in Paul Temple and the Gregory affair as Madison and in 1961 in Paul Temple and the Conrad case as Inspector Vosper . René Deltgen , Annemarie Cordes , Kurt Lieck and Peter René Körner were his partners in both productions .

As a voice actor he lent his voice to George Burns in the title role of the comedy Oh, God! , Vlastimil Brodský in The Visitors and Jiří Sovák in Understanding .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Herbert Steinmetz
personal data
SURNAME Steinmetz, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Elstertrebnitz
DATE OF DEATH November 30, 1986
Place of death Bremen