Otto Storr

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Otto Storr (born September 28, 1907 in Graz , † October 19, 1990 in Munich ) was an Austrian actor and operetta singer with a tenor buffo voice .

Act

Otto Storr received his acting and singing training in Graz. In the early 1950s he came to the State Theater on Gärtnerplatz in Munich. The artist , who was appointed chamber actor , was one of the most popular members of the ensemble for decades. His (comedic) star roles in operetta included u. a. the frog (bailiff) in Die Fledermaus , the Drake in Der Bettelstudent and the father Johann Elßler in The Dancer Fanny Elßler .

Otto Storr also worked in smaller, mostly comedic roles in several films, for example in I often think of Piroschka , Snow White and the Seven Jugglers , Das Wirtshaus im Spessart , Honeymoon in Hell or in shallow sex comedians like When the plump pugs hop .

He had a record success with the couplet from the operetta Drei Wünsche , by Carl Michael Ziehrer , The Leopoldin is so thin, thin / back: Schön am i net .

Filmography

Discography

  • The Leopoldin is so thin, thin (Label: Polydor, 78 rpm, No. 49149 A, 1951)
  • Singing war of the heather rabbits . Radio play with music (Label: Bertelsmann, 33 rpm, 1958)
  • There's no beer in heaven (Label: Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft, 78 rpm, approx. 1954)

literature

  • Bayerisches Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz (publisher): 100 years of Theater am Gärtnerplatz 1865/1965, Munich 1965

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personal data
SURNAME Storr, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor and operetta singer
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz
DATE OF DEATH October 19, 1990
Place of death Munich