Walter Spahrbier

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Walter Spahrbier (* July 13, 1905 , † July 31, 1982 ) was one of the most famous extras in German television history as a lucky postman .

Spahrbier worked as a postal carrier in Hamburg-Lokstedt . There Peter Frankenfeld discovered him in 1954 for his show 1-0 for you and hired him. Since he “conveyed a desirable image of the German civil servant in Germany”, he was released from the Ministry of Post for four days from 1964 onwards for his monthly appearances. He accompanied Frankenfeld through various shows: Please be very friendly (from 1956), Guten Abend (from 1960) and Forget-Me-Not (1964–1970), the show with which the “ Aktion Sorgekind ” was launched.

When Frankenfeld was fired from ZDF and replaced by Wim Thoelke , Spahrbier was kept on television. Thoelke used it in the well-known manner at Drei mal Neun (1970–1974) and from 1974 on at Der Großes Preis , where Spahrbier became a little more famous when he appeared in historical postal uniforms and with an artificial contemporary beard.

Spahrbier made a guest appearance in 1970 as a telegram messenger in the feature film Perrak , directed by Alfred Vohrer .

Spahrbier received an initial salary of DM 60 per month in 1954, which was increased to DM 1,000 over the course of time. From 1980 he collected more than 100,000 marks in donations for the “Aktion Sorgekind” with autograph sessions and other events. For this he received the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon on his 75th birthday .

Shortly before the 100th broadcast of the Grand Prix , Walter Spahrbier died in Hamburg.

Spahrbier's popularity continued even after his death. In 1998 the tragicomic novel Pfeifer breaks out was published , which had his television life as the theme and which was about a fictional biography. The punk band B-Test from Hanover recorded the song Walter Sparbier is innocent (to the melody of George Davis is innocent by Sham 69 ) on the occasion of his death . With dead heroes of the Cretin Hoppers dedicated in 1986 another German punk band Spahrbier a song.

literature

  • Manfred Riepe: Walter Spahrbier Superstar. In: Bernd Müllender, Achim Nöllenheidt (Hrsg.): At the foot of the blue mountains. The cigarette box in the 60s. Klartext-Verlag, Essen 1994, ISBN 3-88474-062-8 .
  • Thomas Hoeps : Pfeifer breaks out. Novel. Edition Selene, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-85266-062-9 . Paperback edition: Fischer-Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 3-596-15795-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernd Müllender, Achim Nöllenheidt (ed.): At the foot of the blue mountains. The cigarette box in the 60s. Abridged version. Fischer Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 1998, ISBN 3-596-13805-1 .
  2. ^ Dierk Strothmann: Der Glücksbote , Hamburger Abendblatt from July 26, 2008, accessed on April 27, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Spahrbier, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German post office worker, lucky postman on German television
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1905
DATE OF DEATH July 31, 1982