Mr. Cox
Mr. Cox (born July 9, 1932 in Stettin ; † November 13, 2012 ; real name Jürgen Wolfgramm ) was a German magician ( illusionist ) who won the world magician title in 1964.
Shortly after the Second World War, Wolfgramm began taking lessons from a magician at the age of fifteen, which he then followed to study acting in order to develop his acting talent. The active detective (chief detective and head of a homicide squad) appeared as a professional magician from 1958.
At the FISM World Congress in Barcelona in 1964, he won the Grand Prix with his performance Magic Bar ex aequo with his French colleague Pierre Brahma . At the 1973 World Championships in Paris, Mr. Cox and Annabelle took second place in the inventions category , and at the same time won the German championship in that category.
Long-time stage partner of Mr. Cox was Magic-Lady Annabelle , in private life his wife Annelise (born April 4, 1938). In addition to Germany and many other European countries, the two made guest appearances with an entourage of up to thirty-five employees in the USA and India.
Due to his acting talent, Mr. Cox also appeared in the operetta The Circus Princess by Emmerich Kálmán .
In 1995 the large-format illustrated book Magic in Art was published , which has works by well-known visual artists on the subject of magic and illusion and was created together with the artist Reinhard Zardo.
In the last years of his life, Mr. Cox withdrew from magic and devoted himself to the fine arts, especially after his wife had suffered a serious accident.
Works
- Mr. Cox: Magic in Art. The ZauberKunstMuseum & ZauberKunstTheater of Mr. Cox. Lueneburg 1995.
literature
- PCR Juling: Conversation with Mr. Cox. In: Magische Welt , No. 6, Volume 29, 1980, p. 268 ff.
- Gisela and Dietmar Winkler: Mr. Cox. In: The great hocus-pocus. Henschelverlag, Berlin 1981, p. 425 ff.
- W. Geissler-Werry : How Harald Schmidt deceives his TV viewers. In: Magical World. Issue 3, Volume 37, p. 192 ff.
Web links
- Mr. Cox in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Mr Cox changing a lady into a man.
- Magical moments with Mr. Cox (with a photo of Mr. Cox in later years).
- Artis Mystery Faber Cox.
- Mr. Cox passed away (with a photo of Mr. Cox & Annabelle when they were younger and their tiger and collie).
Individual evidence
- ^ FISM: 1964 Barcelona IX World Championships.
- ^ FISM: 1973 Paris XII World Championships.
- ↑ The German Prize Winners.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cox, Mr. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wolfgram, Jürgen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German magician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Szczecin |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 13, 2012 |