René Genesis
René Genesis (born October 30, 1918 in Rotterdam , Netherlands ) is a German radio play speaker and actor who is best known for numerous radio play productions.
Life
Genesis worked primarily as a stage actor. He played at the Ernst Deutsch Theater Hamburg and participated in a production of Friedrich Dürrenmatt's Anabaptists at the Ruhr Festival Recklinghausen with Günter König in the role of Johann Bockelsohn . In addition, he played for television productions in episodes of numerous series such as Die Rettungsflieger , St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken , Hamburg Transit , Das Fernsehgericht meets , Cliff Dexter , Stahlnetz , Police Radio calls , Hafenpolizei and Gestatten, my name is Cox! . He was also, for example, in the crime thriller A coffin for Mr. Holloway , Uwe Janson's heart in hand and Lars Büchel's comedy Now or never - time is money .
But Genesis became known to a wide audience primarily as a radio play speaker. He has worked for numerous radio play productions from various labels such as Europa , PEG, auditon and Karussell . He often lent his voice to shady and malicious characters like the “Col. Brinkley ”in the auditon adaptation of Karl May's Schatz im Silbersee , the“ Santer ”in the Winnetou radio plays by the same label, the murderous banker“ Silas Toronthal ”in Jules Vernes Mathias Sandorf (Tom & Della), the knight“ de Bracy ”in Ivanhoe and Richard Löwenherz (PEG) and the lawyer “Amersham” in The Indian Cloth by Edgar Wallace (maritime). Occasionally he was also heard in comical roles such as "Reldresal" in Jonathan Swift's Gullivers Reisen (PEG), as "Verleihnix" in the Asterix adaptations by Tom & Della and as the vampire hunter "Geiermeier" in the European radio play The Little Vampire in Danger . Genesis even played the role of narrative chronicler for the European production of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's Last Days of Pompeii . In addition, Genesis was also active as a voice actor such. B. for the German version of the western series Bonanza .
Filmography (selection)
- 1965: Allow me, my name is Cox - The Murderer's House (TV series)
- 1968: A coffin for Mr. Holloway
- 1968: The incorrigible ... and their worries
- 1969: Grace to Timothy Evans
- 1969: On the Reeperbahn at half past twelve
- 1970: the hand in the mouth
- 1971: FMD - psychogram of a player
- 1978: Stories from the Future (TV series)
- 1980: Love Affair
- 1981–1982: St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken (TV series, three episodes)
- 1991: heart in hand
- 2000: Now or never - time is money
Radio plays (selection)
- 1970: Heidi
- 1970: The Oil Prince
- 1971: Ben Hur
- 1971: The last days of Pompeii
- 1971: The Count of Monte Christo
- 1975: Treasure Island
- 1975: The treasure in the Silbersee
- 1975: Winnetou I - blood brothers
- 1975: Winnetou III - The Mountain of Death
- 1975: Karl May: Through the desert
- 1975: Gulliver's Travels
- 1975: The mutiny on the Bounty
- 1977: Asterix: The great crossing
- 1979: The three ??? (4) and the black cat
- 1979: The three ??? (9) and the enigmatic images
- 1979: Mathias Sandorf
- 1983: Edgar Wallace and the Themsedock case in the fog
- 1983: Edgar Wallace: The door with the seven locks
- 1983: Edgar Wallace: The Indian cloth
- 1986: Scotland Yard (8): the dog man from Hyde Park
- 1986: Tim & Struppi (13): Pharaoh's cigars
- 1986: Tim & Struppi (14): The blue lotus
- 1989: The little vampire in danger
Web links
- René Genesis in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about René Genesis in the catalog of the German National Library
- René Genesis on hoerspielland.de
- René Genesis with picture and audio sample on europa-vinyl.de
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Genesis, René |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German radio play speaker and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rotterdam , Netherlands |