Michael Cramer (actor)

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Michael Cramer (born March 1, 1930 in Wickrath , † November 28, 2000 in Munich ; born Karl Hermann Kramer ) was a German actor and voice actor .

life and career

He trained as an interpreter in English and Spanish and studied theater studies and journalism at the Free University of Berlin and at the Philipps University of Marburg . In 1952 he spent two semesters at the University of Valladolid . He then studied newspaper science and worked for some time for the postil " Nachtdepesche ".

He began his acting career in student cabarets, after which he was trained by the acting teacher Else Bongers . After a few appearances at the Comedy Berlin, he was discovered for the film in 1953. During the Adenauer era, Cramer often played nice young men in homeland films and comedies .

In the sixties Cramer concentrated more on his stage work. He could be seen at theaters in Berlin, Cologne and above all at the Kleine Komödie in Munich. From 1960 it was also often used for dubbing. Voiced Dean Stockwell ( Sons and Lovers ), George Peppard ( Breakfast at Tiffany's , The Insatiable , Tobruk and The Blue Max ), Tony Curtis ( The Great Race Around the World , 1965), Paul Newman ( Indianapolis , 1969) , Sean Connery ( The Clock is Running Out , 1974) and Clint Eastwood ( Coogan's Big Bluff , Cheated , Sinola , On behalf of the Dragon ).

Michael Cramer was temporarily married to the actress Eva Rimski and to Anne-Marie Sprotte, who became known as the TV and radio presenter of the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation from the 1960s to the 90s .

His ashes were buried in the urn hall of Munich's north cemetery.

Filmography

Radio plays

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biographical data of Michael Cramer in: Stars and their German voices: Lexikon der Synchronsprecher , by Thomas Bräutigam, Schüren, 2009, page 75
personal data
SURNAME Cramer, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kramer, Karl Hermann (birth name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and voice actor
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Wickrath
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 2000
Place of death Munich