Paul Klinger

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Excerpt from the poster for the film Stallion Maestoso Austria (1956), Paul Klinger and Nadja Gray ( German postage stamp from 2007 )
Paul Klinger's grave

Paul Klinger (born June 14, 1907 in Essen , † November 14, 1971 in Munich ; actually Paul Karl Heinrich Klinksik ) was a German actor , radio play and voice actor . During his long acting career, he has appeared in over 70 films.

Life

Born under the name Paul Karl Heinrich Klinksik, Klinger attended the Helmholtz grammar school in Essen . After studying architecture, his acting career began in the theater. Klinger's interest in acting was aroused by his schoolmate Helmut Käutner . He became known through an engagement as a youthful hero at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin . Klinger's film career began in 1933 in the film You shouldn't desire , which brought him a contract with the then major film companies UFA , Terra Film and Tobis - at the same time. Numerous roles in other films followed.

After the Second World War , Klinger received other film roles. In the 1950s, he reached his most popular phase with roles in films such as Pünktchen and Anton , The Flying Classroom and films from the Immenhof series.

As early as 1946 he was also active in the dubbing studio by dubbing Boris Liwanow in the Russian film drama Stormy Old Age. In the 1950s and 1960s, Paul Klinger was one of the busiest voice actors in Germany. He has spoken to many famous actors, including Bing Crosby , Robert Taylor , Charlton Heston , Jean Marais , Jean Gabin , Cary Grant , Karl Malden , Stewart Granger , William Holden , Ray Milland , Gary Cooper , Humphrey Bogart , Dean Martin , Gregory Peck , David Niven , Laurence Olivier , Spencer Tracy , Robert Mitchum , Orson Welles . From the early 1960s he was rarely seen on screen. He began a television career and became known to a broad television audience through, among other things, the WDR six-parter Tim Frazer by Francis Durbridge , one of the biggest street sweepers , and the ZDF crime series Kommissar Brahm .

In addition to his work for theater, film and television, he also worked in numerous radio play productions by German radio companies from the 1940s onwards . In 1967 he took over the title role of René Deltgen in the 12th and final episode of the famous Paul Temple radio play series by Francis Durbridge : Paul Temple and the Alex case . In the 11th episode Paul Temple and the Geneva case , he was heard in 1966 as Maurice Lonsdale .

Paul Klinger's first marriage was from 1936 to 1945 to the actress Hildegard Wolf , with whom he had a child. In 1954 he married the actress Karin Andersen , with whom he had two children. The marriage lasted until his death. He died of a heart attack in 1971 . His grave is in the Söcking cemetery near Starnberg .

In 1974 → Trude Haefelin and Jürgen Scheller founded the non-profit association Paul-Klinger-Künstlerozialwerk e.V. in honor of Klinger, who campaigned for socially disadvantaged artists . V. Germany honored Paul Klinger in 2007 on his 100th birthday by issuing a special stamp (circulation: 10 million). This was ceremoniously presented on June 14th, 2007 at a ceremony of the Paul-Klinger-Künstlerozialwerk eV in Schloss Höhenried on Lake Starnberg . In addition to the artist's family, Paul Klinger's actors such as Sonja Ziemann , Ernst Stankovski , Kurt Weinzierl , Mady Rahl and Eva-Ingeborg Scholz were also present at the ceremony . In Essen, the town where he was born, a street was named after him. It is located in the Westviertel , in the immediate vicinity of the Colosseum Theater on a former factory site of Friedrich Krupp AG .

His son Michael Klinksik (* 1958) is also active in the film industry. He has made numerous documentaries for German television.

Filmography (selection)

Radio plays

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Klinger, Paul In: Synchrondatenbank.de
  2. ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Paul Klinger
personal data
SURNAME Klinger, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Klinksik, Paul Karl Heinrich (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor, radio play and voice actor
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH eat
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 1971
Place of death Munich