Max Eckard

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Max Eckard (left) as George with Ruth Schilling as Emily in " Our Little City " by Thornton Wilder at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, 1945

Max Eckard (born October 25, 1914 in Kiel ; † December 6, 1998 ) was a German actor , radio play and voice actor .

Life

Max Eckard, actually Max Eckard Hass, was born in Kiel as the son of a cinema owner.

Max Eckard first worked as a stage actor in Berlin, Hamburg and until 1955 in Düsseldorf under Gustaf Gründgens , then at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. Although Eckard made his film debut in 1934 with the comedy Krach um Jolanthe , film appearances remain rare, such as in 1949 alongside Willy Millowitsch in Wanted is Majora or alongside Jenny Jugos in the comedy Träum 'nicht, Annette (1950). Gründgens cast him in 1960 as Valentin in his legendary film adaptation of Faust .

He was often present on television, especially in productions of stage dramas. He played William Tell (1966) and Antonio in William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (1968). He achieved particular popularity in 1963 as the leading actor in the television multipartist Tim Frazer after Francis Durbridge . The filmed Durbridge thrillers had such high ratings in the 1960s that they became known as street sweepers . The production of Tim Frazer was successful (audience ratings from 80 to 93%), making 1964 another miniseries was filmed ( The case Salinger ) - again with Eckard in the lead role. In 1964 he received the bronze Bravo Otto from the youth magazine BRAVO. After the late 1960s, Eckard withdrew more and more from film and television. One of his last roles was a guest appearance in the ZDF crime series Derrick .

In addition, Max Eckard worked extensively in the dubbing and dubbed internationally well-known actors such as Sean Connery ( The Red Tent ), Karl Malden ( Endstation Sehnsucht ), Yves Montand ( Grand Prix ), Gregory Peck ( The King's Admiral ), Gérard Philipe ( The Idiot ) and Raf Vallone ( bitter rice ).

Since 1947 he worked extensively as a radio play speaker, preferably for the broadcasting houses of the NWDR and the BR . He was almost always one of the main characters. He played many classical roles in models by Friedrich Schiller , Johann Wolfgang von Goethe or William Shakespeare . But he was also heard in crime novels, such as in 1951 as a narrator in the 6 parts of the series From the Secret Files of Scotland Yard , which dealt with true criminal cases from the files of the British authorities. In 1953 and 1954 he gave the reporter Rex Rendal his voice in all 12 parts. In 1951 he spoke the role of Robert Wilson in the aired version of the story The Brief Happy Life of Francis Macomber by Ernest Hemingway . In the film version (Title: The Macomber Affair ) from 1947, Gregory Peck played this role. He also spoke to the father in Otfried Preussler 's children's radio play The Little Aquarius .

family

Max Eckard was married to the Austrian theater actress Solveig Thomas ; alongside him she played leading roles at the Hamburger Schauspielhaus, as well as in several radio plays.

Filmography (selection)

theatre

Radio plays (selection)

  • 1947: My heart is in the highlands - Director: Otto Kurth
  • 1947: A Family - Director: Otto Kurth
  • 1949: The Holy Experiment - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
  • 1949: Transformed World - Author and Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
  • 1949: Barbara Blomberg - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
  • 1949: Woe to him who lies - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
  • 1950: Romeo and Juliet - Director: Edward Rothe
  • 1950: Feindliche Heimat - Director: Eduard Hermann
  • 1950: Because what one forbids a woman - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
  • 1950: Fish in the Net - Director: Eduard Hermann
  • 1950: All my sons - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
  • 1951: Rebel of the Desert - Director: Raoul Wolfgang Schnell
  • 1951: Revolt of the Sled Dogs - Director: Raoul Wolfgang Schnell
  • 1951: From the secret files of Scotland Yard (6 episodes) - Director: Eduard Hermann
  • 1951: The short happy life of Francis Macomber - Director: Ludwig Cremer
  • 1951: Star of Revelation - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
  • 1952: ... and if you go to the dogs in the process - Director: Eduard Hermann
  • 1952: Elektra - Director: Ludwig Cremer
  • 1952: The ocean and the waves of love - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
  • 1952: The Way to Hell - Director: Eduard Hermann
  • 1952: They never come back - Director: Hermann Pfeiffer
  • 1952: The strongest man in the world - Director: Raoul Wolfgang Schnell
  • 1952: We don't know each other anymore - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
  • 1952: Flemish Autumn - Director: Ludwig Cremer
  • 1952: Our Street - Director: Ulrich Erfurth
  • 1952: Das kleine abc - Author and director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
  • 1952: Fips with the Angel - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
  • 1952: Albert and Angelika - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
  • 1952: Advent - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
  • 1953: The Road to Cavarcere - Directed by Edward Rothe
  • 1953: The decision was made at 10.30 a.m. - Director: Hermann Pfeiffer
  • 1953: Farewell in Taganrog - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
  • 1953: There are always two options - Director: Ludwig Cremer
  • 1953: The Misanthrope - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
  • 1953: Minna von Barnhelm - Director: Lothar Müthel
  • 1953: Lilofee - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
  • 1953: Don Carlos - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
  • 1953: The Apollo von Bellac - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
  • 1953–54: Reporter Rex Rendal (title role) (12 episodes) - Director: Kurt Meister
  • 1954: The Nibelungs - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
  • 1954: Faust. The first part of the tragedy - directed by Peter Gorski and Gustaf Gründgens
  • 1954: Pole Poppenspäler - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
  • 1954: Times of the day of love - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
  • 1954: The Dead Village - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
  • 1954: Bube, Dame, König - Director: Raoul Wolfgang Schnell
  • 1955: Friedrich Schiller's life and work - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
  • 1955: Cabal and love - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
  • 1955: News from Schilda; 6. Listener mail broadcast - directed by Wilhelm Semmelroth
  • 1955: The Moonstone - Director: Wolfgang Schwade
  • 1955: The girl from the Moorhof - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
  • 1955: Advent 200 km east of Kiev - Director: Gerlach Fiedler
  • 1956: Departure for Adventure - Director: Otto Kurth
  • 1956: Atalanta or The Hunt of Kaldyon (3 parts) - Director: Otto Kurth
  • 1956: Minna von Barnhelm - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
  • 1956: The Fox - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
  • 1956: Polikuschka, the thief - Director: Wolfgang Schwade
  • 1956: The New Coat - Director: Gert Westphal
  • 1957: Egmont - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
  • 1957: The House Behind the Willows - Director: Gustav Burmester
  • 1957: The shell opens slowly - Director: Kurt Hübner
  • 1957: Strike of the gangsters - Director: Günter Siebert
  • 1957: Fear Has Big Eyes - Director: Gustav Burmester
  • 1957: The Ides of March - Director: Gert Westphal
  • 1957: The Gulf Stream Story - Director: Kurt Reiss
  • 1958: Wilhelm Tell - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
  • 1958: The Soul Advisor - Director: Carl Nagel
  • 1958: The hunt for the perpetrator; Episode: Mr. Wood is disappearing! - Director: SO Wagner
  • 1959: Tracks on the Prairie - Directed by Gustav Burmester
  • 1959: Othello - Director: Oswald Döpke
  • 1959: Tennis - Director: Gert Westphal
  • 1959: The Game of the Resurrection of the Lord - Director: Eduard Hermann
  • 1959: Kammertheater - Director: Oswald Döpke
  • 1959: The Robbers - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
  • 1959: Die Weber - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
  • 1960: How can you live like that? - Director: Mathias Neumann
  • 1960: Kap Farewell - Director: Raoul Wolfgang Schnell
  • 1960: Crazy Love - Director: Wolfgang Spier
  • 1960: The Käthchen von Heilbronn or The Trial by Fire - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
  • 1960: The Coat of Love - Director: Gustav Burmester
  • 1960: Simson Silverman - Director: Ulrich Lauterbach
  • 1961: The Two Tobacco Pipes (The Motte) - Director: Gustav Burmester
  • 1961: Betsie - Director: Hans Lietzau
  • 1961: The clever Viennese - Director: Heinz Günter Stamm
  • 1963: Fallacy - directed by Miklos Konkoly
  • 1963: Der Degenerate - Director: Hans Lietzau
  • 1964: Mister Janus - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
  • 1964: The Sultan's Dream - Director: Gustav Burmester
  • 1964: A winter fairy tale - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
  • 1965: Incident in Vichy - Director: Willi Schmidt
  • 1969: Bridegroom of Happiness - Director: Hanns Korngiebel
  • 1970: Interim balance - Director: Edmund Steinberger
  • 1970: Viktoria - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
  • 1972: Remote office, please! - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
  • 1973: Der Gasmann - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
  • 1974: Reading fruits - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
  • 1974: Commissioner Felix Kulpa creates order - Director: Walter Adler

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personal data
SURNAME Eckard, Max
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hass, Max Eckard (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor, radio play and voice actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiel
DATE OF DEATH December 6, 1998