Konrad Wagner (actor)
Konrad Wagner (born October 21, 1902 in Cologne , † September 7, 1974 in Berlin ) was a German theater and film actor , director and voice actor .
Live and act
Konrad Wagner, who, like his brother, was born in Cologne, received his training from Saladin Schmitt in Bochum , played from 1935 to 1941 at the Schauspielhaus Hamburg and from 1941 in Berlin , mainly in Hebbel , Schiller (including 1953 in Rudolf Noelte's production from Camus' state of siege ) and Renaissance theater . He appeared in many films ( July 20 , A girl from Flanders , The iron Gustav ).
He was most productive as a television game director ( Das Heilige Experiment , 1956; Die Respektvolle Dirne , 1957; Aus den Sicherheit , 1961) and of course in dubbing, where he was responsible for the German versions of over 100 films (including Carmen Jones , Das darn 7th year , Borsalino ).
His voice with a very characteristic shade - mostly more good-natured than harsh, more wavering than determined, more vulnerable than hardy - served u. a. Fredric March as a fundamentalist preacher in Who Sows the Wind ("If God wants a sponge to think, then a sponge thinks!") And in On a Day Like Any Other (1955, the last film with Humphrey Bogart ), Keenan Wynn ( Dr. Strange or How I Learned to Love the Bomb , Point Blank ), Bernard Lee (as M in the James Bond films Goldfinger , Fireball , On Her Majesty's Secret Service , Diamond Fever ), Edward G. Robinson in ... year 2022 ... who want to survive , 1973; Walter Huston in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre , Ernest Borgnine in The Dirty Dozen , Ray Milland in Love Story and Sidney Blackmer in Rosemary's Baby .
He was the brother of the actor Paul Wilhelm Hubert Wagner , who was three years his senior .
Filmography
- 1958: The iron Gustav
- 1963: The great role model
Radio plays
- 1947: Kurt Schwollius : Who is innocent? - Director: Heinrich Voigt ( Berliner Rundfunk )
- 1947: Peter Wiszwede : The old puppet show by Doctor Faust (Faust) - Director: Carlheinz Riepenhausen (Berliner Rundfunk)
- 1948: Rolf Goetze : ... the ghetto dies - Director: Hanns Korngiebel ( RIAS Berlin)
- 1948: Albert Maltz : In the Land of Happiness - Director: Carlheinz Riepenhausen (Berliner Rundfunk)
- 1948: Kurt Barthel : Schlöffel (Engels) - Director: Carlheinz Riepenhausen (Berliner Rundfunk)
literature
- Thomas Groom : Konrad Wagner. In other words: Stars and their German voices. Lexicon of voice actors. Schüren, Marburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-89472-627-0 , pp. 257-258.
Web links
- Konrad Wagner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Konrad Wagner at filmportal.de Complete filmography
- Konrad Wagner in the German dubbing file
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wagner, Konrad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theater and film actor, director and voice actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7th September 1974 |
| Place of death | Berlin |