Peter Capell
Peter Capell (born September 3, 1912 in Berlin , † March 3, 1986 in Munich ) was a German voice actor and actor .
life and work
He took acting lessons from Walter Franck in Berlin and made his first experiences on the Reinhardt theaters there . After the National Socialists came to power in 1933, he emigrated to the USA.
There he played on various stages and went on tour with Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler in 1940/41 . He made his New York debut in 1947 in Lamp at Midnight . He was also an assistant director to Gottfried Reinhardt, the son of Max Reinhardt . He also worked for radio and, from 1949, for television. Capell also appeared in some American films, in which he mainly portrayed obscure foreigners and villains.
In 1955 he returned to Germany and received numerous, but usually only minor, jobs in domestic and international film. In Billy Wilder's One, Two, Three , he played a Soviet envoy in 1961. From the 1960s onwards, Capell took part in many German television productions, where he usually portrayed respected, but sometimes dubious older men, including doctors, church dignitaries, high officials and wealthy business people.
In addition, Capell continued to be on stage, especially at the Münchner Kammerspiele , the Theater Kleine Freiheit , the Intimate Theater and the Modern Theater in Munich. In 1965 he played in The Investigation of Peter Weiss at the Free Volksbühne in Berlin , and also acted as a director at the Hamburger Kammerspiele . At the popular Muppet Show he was responsible for the synchronization of the character Pops .
Capell was buried in Munich's Ostfriedhof .
Filmography
- 1945: winter set
- 1950–54: Suspense (series)
- 1952: Walk East on Beacon
- 1956: My father, the actor
- 1956: Anastasia, the last daughter of the Tsar
- 1956: The Trapp family
- 1956: Between time and eternity
- 1957: Queen Luise
- 1957: like a storm wind
- 1957: The Dead Doesn't Lie (The Burglar)
- 1957: blue boys
- 1957: Paths of Glory (Paths of Glory)
- 1958: Wet asphalt
- 1958: Taiga
- 1958: Sister Bonaventure
- 1959: You are mine
- 1959: Serenade of a Great Love / The Singer of Capri (For the First Time)
- 1959: Wernher von Braun - I reach for the stars
- 1960: Symphony of Destiny ( The Magnificent Rebel )
- 1960: Satan lures with love
- 1960: The freezing night
- 1960: Treason by Order (The Counterfeit Traitor)
- 1961: The big attraction (The Big Show)
- 1961: Panzer Forward (Armored Command)
- 1961: One, Two, Three (One, Two, Three)
- 1961: Goodbye
- 1963: The Sacco and Vanzetti case
- 1963: Poor Bitos ... or The Dinner of the Heads
- 1964: I drive Patschold
- 1964: day and night
- 1964: The Carl von O.
- 1966: Black Friday
- 1967: The emigrant
- 1967: Wonderful times in the Spessart
- 1967: The Crime Museum (TV series) - caliber 9
- 1967: Geheimauftrag K (Assignment K)
- 1968: A coffin for Mr. Holloway
- 1968: the golden pill
- 1968: Dreyfuss affair
- 1969: America or the Missing
- 1970: Who's Next?
- 1970: How short is the time to love
- 1970: Always in fear (Hauser's Memory)
- 1970: I sleep with my murderer
- 1971: Much fuss about nothing
- 1971: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory)
- 1971: Housewives Report 2
- 1971: Student report
- 1972: The lover of the great she-bear (L'amante dell'orsa maggiore)
- 1972: Housewives Report 3
- 1972: Alexander Zwo (series)
- 1973: Death of a stranger
- 1973: Young girls like it hot, housewives even hotter
- 1973: The red scarf (multi-piece)
- 1973: Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi
- 1973: Okay SIR Clear lines
- 1974: Sergeant Rahn
- 1974: Hardness 10 (TV series)
- 1975: Depression
- 1975: The yellow caravan
- 1975: One way or another life is
- 1975: Derrick Only excitement for Rohn
- 1977: Mulligan's return
- 1977: Breathless with fear (Sorcerer)
- 1978: Son of Hitler
- 1978: Holocaust - The story of the Weiss family (multi-part)
- 1978: Fedora
- 1978: The Old One The Pelican
- 1979: The old old comrade
- 1979: Theodor Chindler - The story of a German family (multi-part)
- 1980: Now I'm Coming (The American Success Company)
- 1981: Charlotte
- 1981: Smuggler ( Smuggler , series)
- 1982: The Charterhouse of Parma (La certosa di Parma) (multi-part)
- 1984: The Eternal Feelings
- 1984: Die Libelle (The Little Drummer Girl)
- 1985: Mom's birthday
Web links
- Peter Capell in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Peter Capell in the German dubbing file
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Capell, Peter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German voice actor and actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1912 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
DATE OF DEATH | March 3, 1986 |
Place of death | Munich |