Michael Janisch

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Michael Janisch (born July 21, 1927 in Vienna ; † November 29, 2004 there ) was an Austrian actor . His brother Peter Janisch was also an actor.

Life

Janisch received his acting training from 1943 at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna . He started his career at the Salzburg State Theater .

From 1949 to 1987 he was a member of the Burgtheater , where he played roles from William Shakespeare to Arthur Schnitzler , but also from Franz Grillparzer and Ferdinand Raimund . When Claus Peymann took office , Janisch left the Burgtheater voluntarily.

In 1968 he was appointed chamber actor . He was also seen on many other German-speaking stages and at the Salzburg Festival .

In the television series Tatort he was Inspector Fichtl from 1984 next to Kurt Jaggberg as Chief Inspector Hirth and Bruno Dallansky as Chief Inspector Pfeifer , before he himself took over the lead of the investigation from 1989 to 1996. Then he played in two episodes in 1997 with the investigators Kant ( Wolfgang Hübsch ) and Varanasi ( Johannes Nikolussi ) the chief inspector Fichtl . He also stood in front of the camera and microphone in other television series and in the radio play studio. In 1955 he played a larger role as First Lieutenant Greifer in the film trilogy 08/15 (in the episode "In der Heimat"). In 1973 he had a supporting role in the Edgar Reitz film Die Reise nach Wien .

He died in the Vienna General Hospital of complications after a heart operation and is resting in Vienna's Südwestfriedhof (group 64, row 17, number 35).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The grave of Michael Janisch
personal data
SURNAME Janisch, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH November 29, 2004
Place of death Vienna