Lukas Ammann

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Lukas Ammann (born September 29, 1912 in Basel ; † May 3, 2017 in Munich ) was a Swiss actor who was best known for his title role in the television series Graf Yoster gives himself .

life and career

Ammann, son of Alice Ammann-Bloch (1888–1919) and the Swiss painter Eugen Ammann (1882–1978), strove to go to the theater after finishing school and from 1933 attended Max Reinhardt's drama school in Berlin . In 1934 he left on the side of Heinrich Gretler the National Socialist Germany , however, was met with hostility in Switzerland because of his Jewish mother. He first appeared on stage in St. Gallen and then at the Schauspielhaus Zürich at the side of Therese Giehse and was involved in the premiere of Mr. Puntila and his servant Matti under Kurt Hirschfeld in the role of attaché in 1948 . After the war , Ammann belonged to the ensemble of the theater Die Kleine Freiheit in Munich for several years . Guest performances and tours have taken him to stages in Austria , Scandinavia and the United States .

As early as 1939, Ammann had his first film appearances in the military training strip Wehrsame Schweiz and in the Swiss crime film Wachtmeister Studer , based on the novel of the same name by Friedrich Glauser , with Heinrich Gretler in the leading role. From the 1950s onwards, Ammann was particularly successful on German television. In 1961 he played in the series Gestatten, my name is Cox with Günter Pfitzmann , Ellen Schwiers and Paul Edwin Roth . In 1963 he was one of the jurors in The Twelve Jurors , a remake of the American film of the same name for German television directed by Günter Gräwert . In 1966 Ammann played in the first German color television series Adrian the Tulip Thief . There were also guest appearances in series such as Das Kriminalmuseum , Die Fifth Kolonne , Der Forellenhof or Der Kommissar . In 1973 he was in the horror film Witches - Vandalized and Tormented to Death .

Great popularity gave Ammann from 1967, the title role in the soon cult status achieved, long-running series Graf Yoster has the honor , in which he an aristocratic playing amateur detective and mystery writer, who with the help of his convicted chauffeur Johann, played by Wolfgang Volz , cases in the " better circles ”solves. From 1994 to 2000 Ammann was once again successful in a television series with the role of the head of the family in Die Fallers . In 1998 he played a supposed survivor of the Holocaust in Dani Levy's film Meschugge . In 2005, at the age of 92, he took on the title role in Micha Lewinsky's film Herr Goldstein , which won the award for best Swiss short film at the Locarno Film Festival. In 2013, at the age of 101, he starred in the film Réunion Solitaire .

As a voice actor, Ammann lent his voice to Peter Sellers (In Love with a Queen , 1955), Andy Griffith ( A Face in the Crowd , 1957), Lino Ventura ( Your Crime Was Love , 1959), Vincent Price ( The Witch Hunter , 1968), among others. and Lucky Luke in the comic film adaptation of the same name from 1971.

For the audio play label Europa , there was again a collaboration with Wolfgang Völz for the series The Unheimliche Phantoll by Eberhard Alexander-Burgh ( Hui Buh , Die Hexe Schrumpeldei and others) in 1981 . In the two episodes that appeared, Lukas Ammann spoke to the inventor Lord Tütelüt, and Wolfgang Völz spoke to the butler Johann. In the BR radio play production Der Name der Rose , Ammann spoke the role of Ubertin von Casale .

From 1959 Ammann was married to the singer Liselotte Ebnet (1932–2009), who was a member of the ensemble at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz for many years . From a previous marriage he had two sons living in Uruguay . Most recently he lived alone in his Munich apartment and ran his household largely independently for a month before his death. Lukas Ammann died in May 2017 at the age of 104 in his apartment.

Filmography (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Wenk: Obituary for Lukas Ammann - Filigree all-rounder. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . May 3, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Stephanie Heinzeller: In memoriam Lukas Ammann, actor: The call for reminiscence . ( Memento from October 9, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Bayern 2 , autumn 2012, accessed on March 29, 2020 (mp3, 40 MB, at 09:26).
  3. ↑ a b Heiner Hug: Back in front of the camera at the age of 101. In: Journal21 . January 14, 2014, accessed May 4, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Katja Richard: "Graf Yoster" Lukas Ammann is a sensational 104 years old - "An eggnog in the evening keeps me young". In: look . March 29, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Actor Lukas Ammann died at 104. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . May 3, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Ammann, Lukas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss actor
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel , Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH May 3, 2017
Place of death Munich , Bavaria , Germany