Stephan Orlac
Stephan Orlac (* 1931 in Düsseldorf ; † November 1, 2020 ) was a German actor .
Life
Stephan Orlac grew up in his hometown and after finishing school he took acting lessons from Luigi Malipiero . Between 1956 and 1958 he played at the Gate Tower Theater in Sommerhausen . After that, the Schauspielhaus Bochum was his artistic home until 1971, where he made a name for himself in particular as an actor in plays by Shakespeare , such as Puck in a Midsummer Night's Dream , as Edgar in King Lear or in the title role of Richard III. From 1971 to 1974 Orlac had an engagement at the Darmstadt State Theater . In the 1975/76 season he was onBavarian State Theater in Munich . Guest contracts led him to the festivals in Recklinghausen and Wunsiedel.
Stephan Orlac also worked successfully as a theater director . He was responsible for 30 productions in Bochum alone, including the Molière pieces Tartuffe and The Imaginary Sick and the musical My Fair Lady .
From 1975 Stephan Orlac was seen more often on television. The main role as the father of the family Eberhard Wichert in the ZDF series The Wicherts from next door , which was produced and broadcast in four seasons from 1986 to 1991, made him well known. Orlac also had continuous roles in the series Own stove is worth gold , How good that there is Maria and Blankenese . In addition to roles in various other television productions, he appeared in five episodes of the Tatort series between 1974 and 1981 .
Stephan Orlac was married to his fellow actor Elke Arendt . The director, author and concept artist Sebastian Orlac emerged from the connection .
Orlac died at the age of 89 years in early November 2020 senility .
Filmography (selection)
- 1964: Troilus and Cressida
- 1969: level crossing
- 1970: the delegation
- 1974: Crime scene - dangerous bedbugs
- 1975: Eva's rib
- 1975: After the divorce
- 1975: On the way
- 1976: The lawyer - Numerus clausus
- 1977: There is only one Sunday each week
- 1977: Fortune seekers
- 1977: The demons
- 1977: relapses
- 1978: PS - stories about the car
- 1978: Wallenstein
- 1978: The miracle of education
- 1978: Tatort - The man on the high seat
- 1979: Lots of decent people
- 1979: love, death and herring canapes
- 1979: The Buddenbrooks
- 1980: The vacation
- 1980: a chapter of its own
- 1980: Tatort - With bare feet
- 1980: crime scene - grazing shot
- 1981: Have a good trip
- 1981: St. Pauli Landungsbrücken - Uwe is the greatest
- 1981: uproot trees
- 1981: Crime scene - African violets
- 1982: Guest performance director Gold
- 1984: A case for two - eleven years later
- 1984: Before the storm
- 1984: Titanic
- 1984–1986: Your own stove is worth gold
- 1986: Die Wächter - Accidents happen
- 1986: Stories from home - poison, schnapps and sea lights
- 1986–1991: The Wicherts from next door
- 1990–1991: How good that Mary exists
- 1992: Felix and 2 × cuckoo
- 1992: Happy Journey - Australia
- 1994: Derrick - May I introduce you to my murderer?
- 1994: Blankenese
- 1995: Heimatgeschichten - collapse
- 1995: Criminal Tango - The Ultimatum
- 1996: The investigator - blood trail
- 1997: Parkhotel Stern
- 1998: return to paradise
Web links
- Stephan Orlac in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Hermann J. Huber: Actors' Lexicon of the Present, Verlag Langen Müller, Vienna 1989
- ↑ Stephan Orlac died at the age of 89. In: t-online.de , November 5, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Orlac, Stephan |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | German actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1, 2020 |