Paul Arenkens

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Paul Arenkens (born June 13, 1932 in Böckwitz ; † November 6, 2016 ) was a German actor and singer .

Life

After training to become a farmer, she studied singing and acting at the conservatory in Halle (Saale) . He made his acting debut at the Stadttheater in Brandenburg (Havel) . He worked at the Berlin Metropol Theater from 1961 until it was dissolved in 1997 . Parallel to his theater career, Arenkens was active in children's revues at Berlin's Friedrichstadtpalast . He was also known as an operetta singer .

In film and television productions, Paul Arenkens played very different characters. He was seen in comical roles like Maxe Baumann and Ferienheim Bergkristall , but also in literary films like Neuland unterm Pflug . In the 1970s he worked in television series such as Polizeiruf 110 and Das Invisbaren Visier . With his high-pitched voice, he was also active several times as a voice actor.

Arenkens came from the small community of Böckwitz, which was in the German-German border area from 1945 to 1990. With the reunification , the previously expropriated Arenkens became the owner of his farm again.

Filmography (selection)

theatre

literature

  • Frank-Burkhard Habel , Volker Wachter : The great lexicon of the GDR stars. The actors from film and television. Extended new edition. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-89602-391-8 .
  • Heinrich Thies: The way to Zicherie is long. The story of a divided village on the German-German border . Hoffmann & Campe Verlag, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-455-09529-1

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ das-blaettchen.de , accessed on June 17, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Arenkens, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and singer
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Boeckwitz
DATE OF DEATH November 6, 2016