Michael Weckler
Michael Weckler , pseudonym Jens Kersten , (* 1942 ; † May 10, 2008 in Hamburg ) was a German actor , director and voice actor .
Life
Michael Weckler completed an acting training in Hamburg from 1961 to 1963 and had numerous engagements at several Hamburg theaters from 1961 to 1974, e.g. B. the Ohnsorg Theater , Ernst Deutsch Theater or the Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg .
From 1974 to 1981 Weckler worked as a director and producer of radio plays for the Phonogram / Philips and Peggy labels . As a spokesperson, he has also participated in numerous productions for the labels Europa , Karussell , TELDEC and Maritim , often under the pseudonym Jens Kersten . For some radio play productions by Hans-Joachim Herwald , he directed the dialogue together with him.
One of his best-known productions was the children's radio play for the Maxifant and Minifant television series with puppeteers Rudolf Fischer and Wolfgang Buresch . He also acted as a director for the one on the book Bambi. A children's radio play Bambi (1974) based on a life story from the forest .
From 1976 to 1977 Weckler had his own television series for children with “Little Man in the Ear”, in which he played the leading role. In it he acted as a troubled contemporary in whose ear a little man had nested. The little man was spoken by Wolfgang Buresch, but he was not in the series itself.
From 1981 Weckler was a freelance actor, dubbing writer, voice actor and director in Hamburg. He is the father of Saskia Weckler .
Filmography
- 1963: A stupid thing - party at midnight
- 1969: Alma Mater
- 1976–1977: Little man in the ear (children's series)
- 1983: Tatort - The Sleeper (TV series)
- 1984: end of the war
- 1984: Crime scene - sharks off Heligoland
- 1991: The Ice Princess
- 1994: Friends for life
- 1996: Adelheid and her murderers
- 2000: Tatort - Blue Blood
- 2005: The Rescue Pilots (TV series)
Radio plays
- 1970: Der Wildtöter , children's radio play by Konrad Halver based on James Fenimore Cooper as Chingachgook (European label)
- 1972: Maxifant and Minifant , children's radio play for the television series of the same name
- 1974: Bambi (BASF; Peggy LP No. 63 152), children's radio play - director and speaker (voice of Gobo )
Web links
- Michael Weckler in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Michael Weckler in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Radio play from 1974 (BASF; Peggy LP No. 63 152) , information according to www.musik-sammler.de
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Weckler, Michael |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kersten, Jens (pseudonym) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor, director and voice actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1942 |
DATE OF DEATH | May 10, 2008 |
Place of death | Hamburg |