Michael Lenz

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Michael Lenz (born December 15, 1930 in Ulm ; † February 24, 2013 in Neu-Ulm ) was a German actor , voice actor , director and acting teacher.

Life

Since the 1950s Lenz has taken on smaller and larger roles in film and television productions. He worked with well-known directors such as Fritz Kortner ( Sarajevo ), Axel von Ambesser ( And heaven laughs too ) and Harald Braun ( Heart of the World ). He played alongside Maria Schell and OW Fischer in As long as you are there and alongside Heinz Erhardt in The Last Pedestrian . In addition, Lenz took on guest roles in numerous television series such as Der Kommissar and Das Kriminalmuseum . Lenz had his last television appearance in 1978 in an episode of the series Der Alte .

In 1959, Lenz was well known that he was counted among the 300 best-known national and international "stars and starlets" of the time in the reference book Merk-Würdiges from A – Z.

Lenz also worked as a spokesperson for radio productions, for example for the 28-part BR radio play series The Grandauers and their time and the adaptation of Michael Ende's The Neverending Story produced by Anke Beckert in 1984 for the Karussell label . In Meister Eder und seine Pumuckl he spoke u. a. Eder's regulars, customers and the property manager. Here he sometimes speaks with the Swabian dialect .

Filmography (selection)

Radio plays

  • 1953: Carl Zuckmayer : Ulla Winblad or Music and Life of Carl Michael Bellmann - Director: Walter Ohm (radio play - BR / RB / SWF)

Web links

Remarks

  1. ^ Obituary in the Südwest-Presse
  2. ↑ Werner Lenz: Memorable things from AZ. A clever paperback for everyone , Gütersloh: Praesentverlag Heinz Peter 1959, p. 150.
personal data
SURNAME Lenz, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Ulm
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 2013
Place of death New Ulm