Thomas Hörbiger
Thomas Hörbiger , also Thommy or Tommy Hörbiger (born July 11, 1931 in Berlin ; † May 24, 2011 in Munich ) was an Austrian actor and lyricist.
Life
Thomas Hörbiger was the son of the actor Paul Hörbiger and his wife Josepha "Pippa" born. Gettke . As the only one of Paul Hörbiger's children, he followed in their father's footsteps and became an actor. Thomas Hörbiger took part in numerous films, played theater with his father and went on tour with the play street music . However, he did not use his father as his yardstick , but his friend Joachim Fuchsberger , and since he was unable to match his popularity in terms of popularity, he withdrew from acting.
Afterwards Hörbiger worked as a lyricist for Udo Jürgens , for whom he wrote the hits Seventeen Years, Blondes Haar , Merci, Chérie , Always again the sun rises .
From 1959 Hörbiger founded discotheques in St. Annahof ( Vienna ), Innsbruck and Munich , which became popular meeting places for the chic , and was the owner of a Heurigen bar in Munich-Schwabing . He ran these establishments until the 1980s and then opened a hotel in Augsburg with his wife Gaby . Hörbiger was the father of the actress Mavie Hörbiger and the set designer Hans Hörbiger (* 1988).
Filmography
- 1955: a doctor's secret
- 1955: The forester boys
- 1956: Lies have pretty legs
- 1956: love that loses its head
- 1956: Asparagus lifeguard
- 1956: Kaiserball
- 1956: Symphony in Gold
- 1956: red poppy seeds
- 1957: Homesickness ... where the flowers bloom
- 1957: the best day of my life
- 1957: The winemaker from Langenlois (And something like that wants to grow up)
- 1957: Four girls from the Wachau (Four girls from the Wachau)
- 1957: high up on the mountain
- 1958: Hello taxi
- 1958: The street
- 1958: love, girls and soldiers
- 1961: ... and you, my darling, stay here
- 1961: In the black Rößl
- 1965: Scourge of the flesh
- 1969: love through the back door
- 1971: Urban prairie
- 1972: Very young and hungry for love
See also
literature
- Georg Markus : The Hörbigers. Family biography . Amalthea Verlag, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-850-02565-9 .
- Christina Höfferer and Andreas Kloner: Hörbiger. A family constellation. ORF radio feature 2008, 54 min.
Web links
- Thomas Hörbiger in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- In court: Tommy Hörbiger played cavalier . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 7, 1963, p. 5 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
- Nightclub king Hörbiger is dead . In: sueddeutsche.de , May 25, 2011, accessed on June 10, 2011.
- Michael Graeter : Hörbiger funeral service. Udo Jürgens in Munich: Mourning for Hörbiger . In: Abendzeitung-muenchen.de , May 30, 2011, accessed on June 10, 2011.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomas Hörbiger . In: imdb.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hörbiger, Thomas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hörbiger, Thommy; Hörbiger, Tommy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 11, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin , Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 24, 2011 |
| Place of death | Munich , Bavaria, Germany |