Otto Preuss

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Otto Preuss (born February 26, 1918 in Magdeburg , † after 1971) was a German actor and voice actor .

Life

Preuss received his artistic training in Karlsruhe and since his debut at the Stadttheater von Kamenz (1937) has worked at venues in Weimar (a touring stage touring in summer), Pforzheim (city theater), Magdeburg (municipal theaters, his first theater station after the Second World War), Frankfurt am Main (Small Theater in the Zoo), Wiesbaden (State Theater), Flensburg (Municipal Theaters), Eßlingen am Neckar ( State Theaters ) and Augsburg (Municipal Theaters). Drafted during the Second World War, he was a member of the Neustrelitzer Landestheater ensemble at that time .

In addition, Preuss played in various television games such as a lawyer in Hermann Kugelstadt's film adaptation of the 1917 naval mutiny around Max Reichpietsch , in Kugelstadt's two-part drama Sir Roger Casement with Heinz Weiss in the title role or as the prison director “Dr. Robert Koch ”in Günter Gräwert's Röhm Putsch based on Axel Eggebrecht . Preuss became popular with a wide audience through his regular role in the adventure series Percy Stuart , for which he was the Excentric Club member “Mr. Winterbottom ”embodied. Preuss also made guest appearances in various television series such as Fernfahrer and Kommissar Brahm .

In addition, the actor with the distinctive full beard worked extensively as a radio play and voice actor and lent his deep voice to numerous international stars such as Ben Johnson in Dirty Gold , Pierre Brasseur in Sacha Guitry's Napoleon , Fernando Rey in The Devil Doesn't Know Hallelujah , Eli Wallach in Two glorious scoundrels and Mackenna's gold , Akim Tamiroff in Reverend doing his biggest thing, and Orson Welles in Waterloo and Casino Royale . Otto Preuss was involved in a total of over 100 radio broadcasts in the context of the 'Funk-Bibliothek'.

Otto Preuss may have died in the early 1970s. The stage yearbooks of this time no longer have his name in the register, as does the specialist address book “film fernseh ABC” from 1975/76. The actor was married and had a son.

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SURNAME Preuss, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and voice actor
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Magdeburg
DATE OF DEATH after 1971