Max Grießer

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Max Grießer (born November 18, 1928 in Kufstein , Tyrol ; † August 12, 2000 in Eppstein ) was an Austrian folk actor and singer . He performed mostly in Bavaria. With his stately figure, he embodied in his roles the typical Bavarian down-to-earth and peasant-clever character.

Life

Max Grießer was the son of a well-known Austrian folk singer and grew up with his mother in Innsbruck . He was already on stage as a five-year-old. After school and an apprenticeship as a machinist , he played for a few years in the Volkstheater Kufstein, where he also sang and yodeled. It was not until he was 30 that he passed the entrance exam to the Otto Falckenberg School in Munich .

Career

Folk actor

In the early 1960s, Grießer was discovered by director Olf Fischer , who brought him to the comedy nobility at Bayerischer Rundfunk , where he soon became known to a larger audience. He played alongside Erni Singerl , Katharina de Bruyn , Gustl Bayrhammer and Maxl Graf in pieces such as The Sold Grandfather , Love and Blechschaden and Alles für die Katz .

Over the years he was one of the great Bavarian folk actors and was present in all relevant television series, including Munich Stories , the Royal Bavarian District Court and the radio play series by Meister Eder and his Pumuckl , where he spoke to a car mechanic and regular Eders friend. He had his greatest success from 1977 as Bertl Moosgruber in the television series Police Inspection 1 alongside Walter Sedlmayr and Elmar Wepper . For this role he received the title "Honorary Commissioner" from the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior in 1986. He also worked in feature films, sex films, in numerous Tatort episodes and as mayor in the series Ein Schloß am Wörthersee .

At the annual strong beer tapping on the Nockherberg in Munich , Max Grießer parodied the politicians present for 27 years, including playing the Bavarian Prime Minister Alfons Goppel . After the murder of his colleague Walter Sedlmayr in 1992, he took up his role as " Brother Barnabas ". In 1996, Grießer appeared for the last time on the Nockherberg. From 1993 to 1997 the actor was part of the ensemble of the successful RTL show How please ?! . Grießer played his last role in July 2000 in the play Die Bernauerin on the stage of the Andechs monastery .

Folk singer

In addition to acting, Grießer was also a singer and produced 30 singles, mostly with folk music. In 1986 he applied for the first Grand Prix of Folk Music with the title The Friend of My Daughter is a Preiss , but did not reach the final. The same thing happened to him with the song Uns ham's den Maibaum stolen at the Grand Prix of Folk Music in 1987 and without a bass it's no fun at the Grand Prix of Folk Music in 1991 .

Private life

Grave site of Max Grießer

In his first marriage, Max Grießer was married to Luise Grießer, with whom he had two sons, Max jr. and Claus had. Claus played small roles in series and films from 1972 to 1993. After that Max Grießer was married to Marianne Grießer, who was 18 years his junior. Their child Florian was born in 1976.

Sickness and death

Unnoticed by the outside world, Grießer was plagued by depression and fears, which made it difficult for him. Psychiatric treatment brought little improvement. On August 12, 2000, he committed suicide in Eppstein in Wiesbaden suicide . Grießer's grave is at his last place of residence Söll near Kufstein .

Filmography

movie theater

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The comedy nobility (selection)

TV films (selection)

TV series (selection)

Discography

Singles (selection)

  • Heart is trump
  • 1986: My daughter's boyfriend is a prize
  • 1987: We stole the maypole
  • 1991: Without bass, it's no fun
  • 1991: Now let's have a bottle of wine

Albums

  • 1996: A folk singer with heart and humor
  • 2000: the greatest successes

Awards

  • 1986: Honorary Commissioner of the Bavarian Police
  • 1995: Bavarian TV Prize as a member of the team of Wie Please ?!

Furthermore:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Claus Grießer in the imdb
  2. ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Max Grießer
  3. ↑ Pictures of the grave site in Söll , accessed on May 21, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Grießer, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian folk actor and singer
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Kufstein , Tyrol
DATE OF DEATH August 12, 2000
Place of death Eppstein - Vockenhausen