Richard Münch (actor)

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Richard Heinrich Ludwig Münch (born January 10, 1916 in Giessen , † June 5, 1987 in Málaga , Spain ) was a German actor and radio play speaker .

Life

Münch grew up in Darmstadt, where he graduated from the Reform Realgymnasium . He attended the Hochschule für Theater in Frankfurt am Main and made his debut in Gerhart Hauptmann's Hamlet in Wittenberg at the local theater in 1937 .

From 1948 to 1950 he was part of the ensemble of the Münchner Kammerspiele , after which he worked at the Hamburger Kammerspiele . From 1953 to 1962 he worked at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus and the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. Further engagements followed at the Schauspielhaus Zürich , two years at the Burgtheater in Vienna , then again at the Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf and at the Hamburger Kammerspiele and at the Das Schiff theater . In the ARD - Cabaret end series Hello neighbors , which aired from 30 October 1963 to 11 November 1965 Richard Münch belonged equally to the participants, as Dieter Hildebrandt , Wolfgang Neuss or Werner Finck . 1970 to 1971 he was acting director at the Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt . He directed several times, including on April 28, 1970, Wiener Akademietheater , the German-language premiere of Marcel Achard's comedy Gugusse, and on September 27, 1980, Hamburg Thalia Theater , Carl Sternheim's comedy The Candidate .

During the 1950s, Münch received a few minor film roles. In 1961 he drew attention to himself in the film satire The Miracle of Malachias , where he played as Dr. Erwin Glass turned what was apparently a real miracle into an economic miracle without hesitation. For this, Münch received the Gold Film Band and the German Film Critics' Prize for best leading actor . Münch became known nationwide for the personification of the scary “shark” diver in the Edgar Wallace film Das Gasthaus on the Thames from 1962 and as FBI boss Mr. High in the German Jerry Cotton films of the 1960s.

Münch had one of his last roles in the film Das Spinnennetz by Bernhard Wicki as Baron von Köckwitz, which came out in 1989. Due to a serious illness Wickis had to interrupt the shooting (1986-1989) for a longer period. Münch died during this time and was replaced by Ullrich Haupt . When editing the film, however, Wicki could not decide to completely forego Münch's portrayal. Therefore, Münch can be seen in a few short shots of the film.

Münch was also a very busy radio play speaker. For example, he worked in the first season of Gestatten in 1952 , my name is Cox (director: Hans Gertberg ) at the side of Carl-Heinz Schroth with or in 1956 as Sherlock Holmes under director Eduard Hermann in Der Silberstrahl by Arthur Conan Doyle . He also organized numerous poetry readings .

In his vacation spot near Málaga, Richard Münch collapsed on the street around midnight on June 5, 1987 and died of a heart attack. He was married to the actress Ella Büchi , had two sons and lived in Küsnacht . His grave, like that of his wife, is in the Küsnacht-Hinterriet cemetery.

Filmography (selection)

Radio plays

  • 1950: Here Kellermann - Director: Detlof Krüger
  • 1950: The Return of the Prodigal Son - Director: Hans Paetsch
  • 1950: The Tale of the Last Shepherd - Director: Gustav Burmester
  • 1951: London or the Labyrinth - Director: Hans Gertberg
  • 1951: Murder Melody - Director: Otto Kurth
  • 1951: Lenz (after Georg Büchner ) - Director: Gustav Burmester
  • 1951: The Fateful Hour - Director: Detlof Krüger
  • 1951: Dreams (by Günter Eich ) - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
  • 1951: The lady is not for the fire - Director: Heinrich Koch
  • 1951: The Devil - Director: Heinrich Koch
  • 1951: The call into the void - Director: Hans Lietzau
  • 1951: Merlette - Director: Kurt Reiss
  • 1951: Emilia Galotti (based on Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ) - Director: Otto Kurth
  • 1951: The Hero of San Isidro - Director: Gustav Burmester
  • 1951: Our friend Rivière - Director: Eduard Marks
  • 1951: History of Gottfriedens von Berlichingen with the Iron Hand (after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ) - Director: Hans Lietzau
  • 1951: Andrée and the great silence - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
  • 1952: The court withdraws to deliberate; Episode: Tumult at football - Director: Gerd Fricke
  • 1952: Years of traveling without an apprenticeship - Director: Gustav Burmester
  • 1952: Allow me, my name is Cox (1st season) - Director: Hans Gertberg
  • 1952: The Money That Lies on the Street - Director: Gustav Burmester
  • 1952: Stranitzky and the national hero (based on Friedrich Dürrenmatt ) - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn
  • 1953: The Esperanza Ship (by Fred von Hoerschelmann ) - Director: Otto Kurth
  • 1953: Double concert - Director: Kurt Reiss
  • 1953: The court withdraws to deliberate ; Episode: The Traffic Accident - Director: Gerd Fricke
  • 1953: They're still knocking - Director: Eduard Hermann
  • 1954: Found Money - Director: Eduard Hermann
  • 1954: The Risk - Director: Raoul Wolfgang Schnell
  • 1954: The unwritten law - Director: Raoul Wolfgang Schnell
  • 1954: Abbé Gaston - Director: Ludwig Cremer
  • 1954: Fight against Death - Director: Eduard Hermann
  • 1954: Twice Napoleon - Director: Hermann Pfeiffer
  • 1954: The Strange Case of Adolf Beck - Director: Franz Zimmermann
  • 1955: Maigret and the nice old lady - Director: Raoul Wolfgang Schnell
  • 1955: News from Schilda; Episode: The Horrible Twins - Director: Raoul Wolfgang Schnell
  • 1955: News from Schilda; Result: The unemployed employment office - Director: Raoul Wolfgang Schnell
  • 1955: News from Schilda; Episode: The mother of Camembert - Director: Raoul Wolfgang Schnell
  • 1955: News from Schilda; Result: No respect for witches - Director: Friedhelm Ortmann
  • 1955: Cabal and love (based on Friedrich Schiller ) - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
  • 1955: A thing emerges - Director: Eduard Hermann
  • 1955: Save the baker's apprentice - Director: Franz Zimmermann
  • 1955: The smile of eternity - Director: Friedhelm Ortmann
  • 1955: The most beautiful festival in the world - Director: Hans Gertberg
  • 1955: The coup d'état - directed by Raoul Wolfgang Schnell
  • 1955: Symposium for Psychopaths - Director: Wolfgang Schwade
  • 1955: Atoms for Millions - Director: Edward Rothe
  • 1955: The court withdraws to deliberate; Episode: Who gets Katharina - Director: Gerd Fricke
  • 1955: Der Feind - Director: Ludwig Cremer
  • 1955: Facades - Director: Gustav Burmester
  • 1956: Mysterious Poison - Director: Wolfgang Schwade
  • 1956: Atalanta or The Hunt of Kaldyon - Director: Otto Kurth
  • 1956: Journey to the Present - Director: Günter Bommert
  • 1956: Strike in Ferrara - Director: Ludwig Cremer
  • 1956: Snow on Kilimanjaro (based on Ernest Hemingway ) - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
  • 1956: Story - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
  • 1956: Winnetou (after Karl May ) - Director: Kurt Meister
  • 1956: Der Silberstrahl - Director: Eduard Hermann
  • 1956: The Fox - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
  • 1956: The Fortress - Director: Egon Monk
  • 1957: The Smile Director: Roland H. Wiegenstein
  • 1957: The Music Box - Director: Cläre Schimmel
  • 1957: The Mother - Director: Cläre Schimmel
  • 1957: From the life of David Copperfield (after Charles Dickens ) - Director: Kurt Meister
  • 1957: Unhappy end - Director: Klaus Stieringer
  • 1957: The flop - Director: Hermann Pfeiffer
  • 1957: The Man Who Couldn't Sleep - Director: Hans Rosenhauer
  • 1957: Greetings from Katharina - Director: Raoul Wolfgang Schnell
  • 1957: The Ring of the Caliph (by Günter Eich ) - Director: Hans Rosenhauer
  • 1957: Omar and Omar (by Günter Eich) - Director: Hans Rosenhauer
  • 1957: Thyme and Dragon Death - Director: Wilhelm Semmelroth
  • 1957: Deeply shattered - Director: Edward Rothe
  • 1957: A gondola in Paris - Director: Raoul Wolfgang Schnell
  • 1958: A five-mark piece called Müller - Director: Kurt Reiss
  • 1958: The Dove Dankuro - Director: Kurt Reiss
  • 1958: Kesselflicker's Wedding - Director: Kurt Reiss
  • 1958: Festianus, Märtyrer - Directed by Gustav Burmester
  • 1958: Rabinal's Man or "The Death of the Prisoner" - Director: Edward Rothe
  • 1959: The Trial of Joan of Arc at Rouen 1431 - Director: Hans Lietzau
  • 1959: Malmgreen - Director: Kurt Huebner
  • 1959: Tracks on the Prairie - Directed by Gustav Burmester
  • 1959: Murderer from Justice - Director: Kurt Reiss
  • 1960: Open account - Director: Gert Westphal
  • 1960: where's ruth? - Director: Gerlach Fiedler
  • 1960: The private detective - Director: Raoul Wolfgang Schnell
  • 1960: Das Violoncell - Director: Raoul Wolfgang Schnell
  • 1961: The victim Helena - directed by Heinz von Cramer
  • 1961: Dance of Death (by Wolfgang Weyrauch ) - Director: Martin Walser (BR / NDR)
  • 1961: Eli - Director: Heinz von Cramer
  • 1962: The Split Hand - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
  • 1962: Michael Kohlhaas (based on Heinrich von Kleist ) - Director: Kraft-Alexander zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen
  • 1963: A Royal Child - Director: Ludwig Cremer
  • 1963: Dance of Death (based on August Strindberg ) - Director: Heinz Wilhelm Schwarz
  • 1963: God loves the Swiss - Director: Hans Lietzau
  • 1963: A Boy Is Kidnapped (by Robert Louis Stevenson ) - Director: Horst Beck
  • 1964: Who can tell me who Sheila is - Director: Oswald Döpke
  • 1964: The Pikadon - Director: Otto Düben
  • 1964: Solo for Störtebecker - Director: Raoul Wolfgang Schnell
  • 1964: Pamela - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
  • 1966: Die Mücken - Director: Heinz Wilhelm Schwarz
  • 1966: The whole truth and nothing but the truth - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
  • 1966: Midas of the shimmering mountains (after Carl Zuckmayer ) - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
  • 1967: Death and Life in Severinian (Pernambucan Christmas Play) - Director: Heinz von Cramer
  • 1968: Parmenion - Director: Günther Sauer
  • 1968: Report on the plague in London, submitted by citizens of the city who perished from it in 1665, between May and November - Director: Heinz von Cramer
  • 1968: On behalf - Director: Hans Gerd Krogmann
  • 1969: The Captivity of Obatalla - Director: Günther Sauer
  • 1969: The Death of the Minister - Director: Hans Rosenhauer
  • 1975: Cécile (after Theodor Fontane ) - Director: Hermann Wenninger
  • 1981: The Temptation of Saint Anthony - Director: Arthus Caspari
  • 1983: Monodialog / Hyperhypotheses Director: Raoul Wolfgang Schnell
  • 1985: Friedliche Automaten - Directed by Karin Bellingkrodt and Ingomar von Kieseritzky
  • 1986: The Name of the Rose (after Umberto Eco ) - Director: Otto Düben

media

  • In the CD series 100 Years of Cabaret (Bear Family Records) Richard Münch can be heard on CD 9 Dazwischengefunktes - Cabaret in the media .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Heinz Hahnl : Achard's “Gugusse” or “The oranges are ripe” in the Akademietheater: Rotten oranges, sold as apples . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna April 30, 1970, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  2. ↑ Program The Candidate. Comedy in four acts by Carl Sternheim. Premiere September 27, 1980 1980/81 season . In: ecx.images-amazon.com , accessed on August 24, 2012.
  3. ↑ The internet database of the ARD radio play archive
  4. ↑ Richard Münch died . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna June 9, 1987, p. 29 , bottom left ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
personal data
SURNAME Münch, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Münch, Richard Heinrich Ludwig (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH to water
DATE OF DEATH 5th June 1987
Place of death Málaga