Lothar Grützner
Lothar Grützner (born November 20, 1926 in Dresden ; † January 31, 2018 in Hamburg ) was a German actor , radio play and voice actor .
life and work
Grützner played supporting roles in various films from the late 1950s to the early 1980s, such as a. in The Night Before The Premiere (1959), The Conscience (TV title Chase at Midnight ; 1974) and in the TV film Die Included von Altona (1980), he also played Sergeant Robbins in the 1965 three-part play The Gentlemen Ask To Cashier . In episode roles he was z. B. in the series Cliff Dexter (1968), Graf Yoster (1969) and Tatort (1972) to see.
However, Lothar Grützner was mainly known as a speaker. He lent his sonorous, baritone-rich voice to numerous characters in radio plays, such as the lead role in the radio drama series Detective Columbus & Son in 1981 . Children know his voice above all from " Sesame Street ", where he often vocalized a visit to Grobi, who works as a waiter in the restaurant, as a discerning guest. In the EUROPA radio play series "The Three Question Marks" he was often cast in various speaking roles since the early 1980s.
As a voice actor he lent a. a. Neil Hamilton as "Commissioner Gordon" in the series Batman , Herb Edelman as "Stan Zbornak" in Golden Girls , Harve Presnell as "Mr. Parker ”in Pretender and Jerry Adler as“ Hesh Rabkin ”in the mafia series The Sopranos his voice.
Lothar Grützner, who last lived in Hamburg, died on January 31, 2018 at the age of 91. On February 9, 2018, he was buried in Hamburg's Ohlsdorf cemetery. (Grave tray AF 23 - 115/116)
Filmography (selection)
- 1958: Death at the fairground
- 1959: The night before the premiere
- 1959: Professor Schnellfisch
- 1960: ... and after us the flood
- 1962: The man from Guayaquil
- 1964: Port Police - The Howler
- 1965: Paul Klinger tells adventurous stories - sharks
- 1965: John Kling's adventure - snow from France
- 1966: The gentlemen ask for cash
- 1967: Lobby Doll and the Perch Affair - An imaginary reconstruction
- 1968: Cliff Dexter - Death on the Golf Course
- 1968: The next gentleman, same lady
- 1969: dirty hands
- 1969: Shark bar
- 1969: Count Yoster does the honors - radiant water
- 1969: The assassin
- 1970: The trip to Germany
- 1970: Miss Molly Mill - The Sun Paradise
- 1970: The strange methods of Franz Josef Wanninger - The private detective
- 1970: Merry Christmas
- 1971: From everyday life in the GDR: Third attempt at a reconstruction based on reports and dialogues
- 1971: Hamburg Transit - the tickets, please
- 1971: Crime Scene - Expect the worst
- 1972: Special Department K1 - four shots at the murderer
- 1972: Special Department K1 - Murder every three quarters
- 1974: Commissioned by Madame - crime thriller fans
- 1974: Conscience
- 1974: plus minus zero
- 1975: Madame Princesse
- 1978: Mirjam and the Lord from the fairground
- 1978: The trapped
- 1979: St. Pauli Landungsbrücken - escape plans
- 1979: Plaintiff and defendant - the right to beer
- 1982: Scary Tales - When the Blood Freezes
Radio plays
- 1966/2013: Sándor Ferenczy : The gentlemen ask for cash - Director: Sándor Ferenczy (detective radio play - Audio Factory)
Web links
- Lothar Grützner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Lothar Grützner in the German dubbing index
- Directory of radio plays with Lothar Grützner
- Photo of Lothar Grützner as Sgt. Robbins in The Gentlemen ask for cash
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary notice in the Hamburger Abendblatt from March 31, 2018
- ↑ a b According to information from the Ohlsdorf Cemetery Advisory Center on April 4, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grützner, Lothar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor and voice actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 31, 2018 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |