Roland Astor
Roland Astor (born April 15, 1941 in Salzburg ) is an Austrian actor , musical performer , radio play speaker and voice actor .
Life
Since Roland Astor's wish to attend a drama school was not supported by his parents, he trained as a printing press master and then attended the Krauss drama school of the castle actor Helmuth Krauss in Vienna . He began his stage career at the Burgenland State Theater and at cellar theaters in Vienna, Bern and Zurich .
At the Bern Theater Ramp he played in 1964 Alexis Voinov in the righteous , Dorante in The Game of Love and Chance and Jonathan in O Dad, Poor Dad ... , the Art Theater Hamburg 1966 Marchbanks in George Bernard Shaw's Candida . In 1969 he was at the Hamburger Kammerspiele as Jeraiah Jip in Brecht's Mann ist Mann und Gyuala in the world premiere of Stephan Orbok with Paul Dahlke . At Ernst German theater he played in 1970 in Ludovic AYMES cutter heads , the recalcitrance Theater in Stuttgart in 1974 Paris in The victim Helena and 1975/76 at the Comedy in the Marquardt and at the Comedy Frankfurt Ulli in Flatows The man who does not dare , finally 1977 at the Kleine Komödie in Munich Fellner in Arnold and Bach's Der chaste bon vivant . In Düsseldorf and Munich he staged Where the oriole calls and clothes make corpses and each played a leading role.
Meanwhile, Astor made a name for himself as a musical actor. He toured Germany in 1971 as Claude in the musical Hair . He was equally successful in 1973 in Godspell (director: Samy Molcho ) alongside Donna Summer on a tour through Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
He has worked in numerous film and television productions and played the title role in Der Radweltmeister , as well as the main role in Zum Ruhme des Sport and in Der Tor und der Tod . He developed portraits of the composers Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy , Maurice Ravel and Jacques Offenbach , with which he was invited to many guest performances. On the 150th anniversary of Felix Mendelssohn's death, he produced a program for Bayerischer Rundfunk .
Astor can be heard on various audio books . A cassette production with poems by Goethe , in which he participated, received the German Record Prize . A recording of the production The Last Days of Mankind by Karl Kraus with Claus Obalski as a partner was produced in 2010 as an audio book. In the meantime, both had given 64 performances, including some at universities in the USA.
He is also active as a radio play speaker and voice actor.
Filmography
- 1968: Engelchen or The Virgin of Bamberg
- 1968: Always trouble with the timpani
- 1969: Alma Mater
- 1969: Hannibal Brooks
- 1968–1969: Police radio calls (2 episodes)
- 1970: St. Pauli Report
- 1971: Paul Temple (TV series, episode: The Problems of Herr von Leverkühn )
- 1971: FMD - psychogram of a player
- 1972: The elevator
- 1972: We 13 are 17 , following Mady Frühdorff
- 1972: The cycling world champion (title role)
- 1973: To the glory of sport (leading role)
- 1973: Paul Temple (A family Affair) (leading role)
- 1973: Mink at night on the roadside
- 1978: Derrick , episode: death of a fan
- 1979: Cola, Candy, Chocolate
- 1979: Blue sky that I can only imagine
- 1989: crime scene , episode: blind fear
- 2000: Our Charly , episode: Nightmares
- 2001: SOKO Leipzig , episode: Fatal flight
- 2002: Heaven on earth
- 2006: The Rosenheim cops , episode: first die, then inherit
Audio books
- Lenz by Georg Büchner , Naxos, approx. 1998, 1 audio CD, approx. 73 min., ISBN 3-933514-06-1
- The criminal from a lost honor by Friedrich Schiller , Naxos, approx. 1998, 1 audio CD, approx. 59 min., ISBN 3-933514-04-5
- The monastery near Sendomir by Franz Grillparzer , Naxos, approx. 1998, 1 audio CD, approx. 78 min., ISBN 3-933514-34-7
- The ship. The section. Der Irre. Three expressionist stories by Georg Heym , Naxos, approx. 1999, 1 audio CD, approx. 73 min., ISBN 978-3-933514-64-6
- Störtebecker from Klabund , Naxos, 2001. 1 audio CD, 76 min., ISBN 3-89816-056-4
- The Pope's mule. The Elixir of Father Gaucher. The three silent masses by Alphonse Daudet , Naxos, 2001, 1 audio CD, 77 min, ISBN 978-3-89816-029-2
Web links
- Literature by and about Roland Astor in the catalog of the German National Library
- Roland Astor in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Roland Astor in the German dubbing file
- Official website of Roland Astor
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Astor, Roland |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salzburg |