Peter Herd
Peter Herden (born May 5, 1918 in Plön ; † October 31, 2013 in Dresden ) was a German film and theater actor who mainly worked in Dresden.
Life
Herden passed his A-levels in Breslau in 1937 and then took acting lessons there until 1939. From 1939 to 1945 he was a soldier in World War II and was taken prisoner of war.
In 1945 he received his first theater engagement in Altenburg; further stations were Glauchau (1946) and Plauen (1947). Martin Hellberg brought him to the Dresden State Theater in 1949 as a member of the ensemble , of which Herden became an honorary member in 1988. In 1995 he ended his permanent engagement at the State Theater. At the Dresden State Operetta, where he made his debut in 1963, Herden played Professor Higgins 446 times in My Fair Lady with Marita Böhme as Eliza from 1965 to 1978 .
Herden, who suffered a heart attack in 1998, made his official stage farewell in the role of Willie Clark in Neil Simons Sonny Boys in 2000 . In the production of the Dresden Comedy , he played alongside Herbert Köfer . In 2001, Herden was seen in the classic Die Feuerzangenbowle at the Comedy Dresden and in 2007 appeared as part of the anniversary gala Legenden in the Dresden State Operetta . In the same year he received an honorary membership of the State Operetta.
From 1953 Herden took on roles in film and television, including supporting roles in various DEFA feature films. Herden had his breakthrough as an actor in 1960 in the role of family man and engineer Franz Bach in the DFF feature film Papa's New Girlfriend , who had two sequels with Much Beloved Star and Oh, this youth .
Herden died in Dresden at the end of October 2013. He was buried in the Weißer Hirsch forest cemetery.
In 2000 he was voted one of the “100 Dresdeners of the 20th Century” in the daily newspaper “ Dresdner Latest News ”.
Theater roles (selection)
- 1946: W. Maas + M. Tscherwinskij - Somewhere in Moscow ; District theater Glauchau
- 1949: Wsewolod Wischnewski : Optimistic Tragedy - Director: Günther Sauer (Volksbühne Dresden)
- 1951: Michail Pogodin - Missouri Waltz ; Staatsschauspiel Dresden (student)
- 1951: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - Emilia Galotti ; State Theater Dresden (Prince Appiani)
- 1951: William Shakespeare : Much Ado About Nothing - Director: Paul Lewitt ( Staatstheater Dresden )
- 1952: Julius Hay - The Bridge of Life ; Staatsschauspiel Dresden (engineer)
- 1953: Friedrich Wolf - Floridsdorf ; State Theater Dresden (Engineer Weißel)
- 1954: Vsevolod Wischnewski - The unforgettable year 1919 ; State Theater Dresden (Dax)
- 1954: William Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream ; State Theater Dresden (Lysander)
- 1956: Dmitri Stscheglow - In the tropics ; State Theater Dresden (Titow)
- 1956: Bertolt Brecht - Life of Galilei ; State Theater Dresden
- 1956: Günther Weisenborn - The lost face ; State Theater Dresden
- 1956: Lion Feuchtwanger - The Widow Capet ; State Theater Dresden (Saint Just)
- 1960: Klára Fehér - The Crown of Creation ; Staatsschauspiel Dresden - Small House
- 1960: Lev Tolstoy : War and Peace - Director: Ottofritz Gaillard (Dresden Theater)
- 1961: Don Juan ; State Theater Dresden (Don Juan)
- 1963: The marriage impostor's wedding ; Dresden State Operetta
- 1965–1978: My Fair Lady , Dresden State Operetta (Prof. Higgins)
- 1966: Enrico 61 ; Dresden State Operetta
- 1966: Rolf Hochhuth - The Deputy ; State Theater Dresden (Pope)
- 1967: Friedrich Wolf - Cyankali ; State Theater Dresden
- 1967: Horst Kleinadam - Of giants and people ; State Theater Dresden
- 1968: Friedrich Dürrenmatt - The visit of the old lady ; Staatsschauspiel Dresden (teacher)
- 1970: Seán O'Casey - A bonfire for the bishop ; Staatsschauspiel Dresden (City Council)
- 1970: Alexander Stein - Between the thunderstorms ; State Theater Dresden
- 1970: Alexander Stein - Between the thunderstorms ; State Theater Dresden
- 1972: Jerome Kilty - Beloved Liar ; State Theater Dresden ( George Bernard Shaw )
- 1974: Imre Sarkadi - Paradise Lost ; Dresden State Theater - Small House (Sebök)
- 1975: I step out of world history ; Dresden State Operetta
- 1978: Eugène Scribe - The glass of water ; State Operetta Dresden (Bolingbroke)
- 1978: Bertolt Brecht - man is man ; State Theater Dresden
- 1978: Carl Sternheim - citizen Schippel ; State Theater Dresden (Krey)
- 1980: Peter Hacks - Seneca's death ; State Theater Dresden (Annaeus)
- 1983: Ursula Damm Wendler - autumn thunderstorm ; State Operetta Dresden (Director!)
- 1983: Heinz Drewniok - When Georgi comes ; State Theater Dresden (Axel)
- 1986: Eugene O'Neill - One Long Day's Journey into the Night ; Staatsschauspiel Dresden - Small House
- 1987: Christoph Hein - Passage ; State Theater Dresden (Hirschburg)
- 1989: Christoph Hein - The Knights of the Round Table ; State Theater Dresden (Lanzelot)
- 1996: Markus Köbeli - rooms available ; Staatsschauspiel - Small House, Dresden (Grandpa)
- 1997: Heinrich von Kleist - Käthchen von Heilbronn or The Trial by Fire ; State Theater Dresden
- 2000: Neil Simon - Sonny Boys ; Comedy Dresden (Willie Clark)
- 2001: Heinrich Spoerl - Die Feuerzangenbowle ; Comedy Dresden (teacher)
Filmography
- 1952: Solvay secret files
- 1955: 52 weeks are a year
- 1956: The vicious circle
- 1956: Thomas Müntzer - A film of German history
- 1956: The Yvette's millions
- 1958: Tilman Riemenschneider
- 1959: The premiere is canceled
- 1960: Arrogance comes before the bang
- 1960: Those over 40 today
- 1960: Daddy's New Girlfriend (TV)
- 1961: Well-loved starlet (television)
- 1962: Oh, those youth (TV)
- 1963: Reserved for death
- 1964: The divided sky
- 1964: Pension Boulanka
- 1965: the best years
- 1966: living goods
- 1967: The frozen lightning
- 1969: Krupp and Krause (television)
- 1969: Noon the boss arrives
- 1971: KLK to PTX - Die Rote Kapelle
- 1972: Six come through the world
- 1972: Loving People: Sunday Children (TV series)
- 1973: Our daily beer (television)
- 1973: Stülpner legend (TV multi-part )
- 1974: The Lieutenant vom Schwanenkietz (TV)
- 1975: looping
- 1976: The Lindstedts: The First Violin (TV series)
- 1978: Sabine Wulff
- 1981: Jockei Monika : New Year (TV series)
- 1982: the bicycle
- 1989: Polizeiruf 110: Trio for four (TV series)
- 1992: Karl May
- 1994: Florence on the Elbe: Sachsenschrat and Weinnase (TV series)
Radio plays
- 1960: Gerhard Rentzsch : Indian Summer (Herr Schmidt) - Director: Hans Knötzsch ( Broadcasting of the GDR )
- 1961: Käte Seelig : As He Like It (Werner Ruhland) - Director: Helmut Hellstorff (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
- 1967: Maxim Gorky : enemies (Strobotow) - Director: Hans Dieter Mäde (theater - Litera )
Awards
- 1967: Art Prize of the GDR
- 1988: Honorary membership of the Dresden State Theater
- 1989: Martin Andersen Nexö Art Prize
- 2007: Honorary membership of the Dresden State Operetta
literature
- Peter Herd . In: Artists on the Dresden Elbhang . Volume 1. Elbhang-Kurier-Verlag, Dresden 1999, p. 68.
Web links
- Peter herds in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Peter Herden at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dresden actor and singer Peter Herden has died . sz-online, November 1, 2013.
- ↑ Genia Bleier: Peter Herden: Turned 79 yesterday and has acting plans . In: Dresdner Latest News , May 6, 1997, p. 14.
- ↑ The State Operetta is celebrating an anniversary - a look back at 50 years of history (3). The number of world premieres and first performances did not stop . In: Dresdner Latest News , September 24, 1997, p. 9.
- ^ Peter Herden's farewell to the stage . In: Sächsische Zeitung , January 17, 2000, p. 8.
- ↑ Peter Herden said goodbye to stage life . In: Dresdner Latest News , October 27, 2007, p. 11.
- ^ For the 85th birthday of the Dresden actor Peter Herden . In: Leipziger Volkszeitung , May 5, 2003, p. 9.
- ↑ See obituary notice on sz-trauer.de
- ↑ 100 Dresden residents of the 20th century . In: Dresdner Latest News . Dresdner Nachrichten GmbH & Co. KG, Dresden December 31, 1999, p. 22 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Herd, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German film and theater actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 5, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Plön , Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 31, 2013 |
| Place of death | Dresden |