Siegfried Schürenberg

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Siegfried Schürenberg (born January 12, 1900 in Detmold as Siegfried Hermann Andreas Wittig , † August 31, 1993 in Berlin ) was a German actor and voice actor .

Life

Siegfried Schürenberg, who came from a family of artists (his father was the actor and stage performer Emil Wittig , his mother an opera singer), initially wanted to study medicine, but then decided to take private acting lessons in Berlin. He became one of the last drama students of the renowned Max Reinhardt . In 1920 he made his stage debut in Stolp . Engagements in Bonn , Berlin , Vienna , Hamburg and a particularly successful time in Zurich should follow.

Schürenberg found larger roles in cinema productions early on. In 1934, Schürenberg portrayed the popular figure in Der Herr der Welt who thwarted the world domination plans of a mad scientist . Three years later he was the seedy counterpart of Hans Albers in The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes . In the 1950s and 1960s, the character actor Schürenberg, despite his versatility, was more and more committed to the type of serious but caricaturing authority figure, for example as Lieutenant Colonel Bütov smoking cigars in Die Brücke (1959), as Detective Inspector Berg shortly before Retired in The Gentlemen in the White Waistcoat (1970) or in his most famous and popular role to this day as Sir John of Scotland Yard . In a total of sixteen films based on Edgar Wallace motifs , he played the energetic and slightly idiot police chief, who apart from The Dog of Blackwood Castle had little to contribute to the clarification of the case. In 1974 Schürenberg largely retired from his job.

His son Andreas Schürenberg (1937–1966) was also an actor.

His grave is on Cemetery I of the Jerusalem and New Church Congregation in Berlin-Kreuzberg .

Synchronized work

Siegfried Schürenberg had already been working extensively in dubbing since 1932 and at that time was contracted by the Metro Goldwyn Mayer dubbing studios in Berlin as the German spokesman for Clark Gable . His interpretation of Gable's roles was so successful that MGM-Synchron insisted on Schürenberg's re-assignment in 1953 for the German adaptation of Gone With the Wind . By 1980 he dubbed over 400 film productions and lent his sonorous voice to numerous international colleagues, e. B. Howard Keel ( Mississippi Melody ) , Kirk Douglas ( The Journeys of Odysseus ) , Cary Grant ( Not So Fast, My Boy ) , Edward Andrews ( Elmer Gantry ) , Walter Matthau ( The Lucky One ) , Laurence Olivier ( Spartacus ) , Hugh Griffith ( How do you steal a million? ) , Vincent Price ( Carlotta secret agent ) , George Sanders (very often, including Salomon and the Queen of Sheba ), Bernard Lee (as M in the James Bond films James Bond chases Dr. No , love greetings from Moscow and You Only Live Twice ) or the devious tiger Shir Khan in Walt Disney's The Jungle Book or Julius Caesar in two Asterix cartoon films ( Asterix and Cleopatra , Asterix conquers Rome ).

Filmography

cinemamovies

watch TV

  • 1960: The house full of guests
  • 1961: The little foxes
  • 1962: Parkstrasse 13
  • 1966: Kubinke

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Description and photo of the grave site
personal data
SURNAME Schürenberg, Siegfried
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wittig, Siegfried (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and voice actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Detmold
DATE OF DEATH August 31, 1993
Place of death Berlin