Werner Bruhns

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Werner Peter Max Bruhns (born October 10, 1928 in Hamburg ; † October 16, 1977 there ) was a German actor and voice actor .

Life

Bruhns attended the Christianeum in Hamburg-Altona and received acting lessons from Helmuth Gmelin from 1946 to 1948 . During this time he made his debut in 1946 with the tiny part of the second policeman in a performance of The Threepenny Opera at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus . He stayed at the Schauspielhaus until 1947, after an interlude at the castle theater in Eutin , in 1948/49 he moved to Gmelins Theater im Zimmer and in 1950 to the Thalia Theater .

At the same time (1949/50) he found employment as a freelancer at the NWDR and was the first voice actor. In this sector he would subsequently appear as the German voice of George Peppard , Daniel Gélin and Randolph Scott . In the television series Mannix and Wyatt Earp, a dubbed Werner Bruhns Mike Connors and Hugh O'Brian respectively intervene . For the series Columbo he also wrote dialogue books and directed dubbing.

In 1950 Bruhns moved to the theater of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen , and in 1954 to the State Theater Oldenburg for one season . In those early years he took up the field of youthful hero and lover. For example, he was the ideal cast for the role of the enthusiastic Kurt von Zedlitz in the play Traumulus penned by Arno Holz and Oskar Jerschke and Victor in a production of John Steinbeck's Die wilde Flamme (Burning Bright). Other early parade roles were Don Karlos , Leander and Romeo .

In later years Bruhn's engagements followed at the Renaissance-Theater Berlin , the Staatstheater Stuttgart as well as at Ida Ehres Kammerspiele and Friedrich Schütter's Young Theater . The latter venues heralded the return to his hometown Hamburg.

Bruhns only occasionally received offers from the cinema . At the beginning of 1957 he made his debut with the small part of aviator comrade Werner Heydenreich in the war drama The Star of Africa . Twelve years later he was seen in the lead role of the head of the family Jocelyn Pentecost in the popular film adaptation When the moonlight sleeps sweetly on the hills of the Eric Malpass novel of the same name . In the mid-1970s, Bruhns last appeared in several films, including Bernardo Bertolucci's opulent family panorama 1900 , which received accolades from critics and in which he played Robert De Niro's uncle , Ottavio Berlinghieri.

Gravestone of Werner Bruhns

Almost at the same time as his film activity, Bruhns began to work in television productions. At first he was seen in adaptations of literary models ( John Osborne , Herman Wouk , Clifford Odets ) like Looking Back in Anger, The Caine Was Her Destiny and Golden Boy . Later he, who was endowed with an extremely sonorous voice, received mostly leading roles of honorable citizens, academics and police commissioners. But he also played dodgy gentlemen from society like Minotti in the three-part ZDF - Straßenfeger 11.20 a.m. and served this subject several times in crime series such as Tatort , Der Kommissar and Derrick . In the Rehe steel network episode , based on the kidnapping of Joachim Göhner , he was seen as the father of the kidnapped child alongside Heinz Engelmann and Sigurd Fitzek .

Werner Bruhns' first marriage (1952–1957) was the actress Christiane Harlan . Their daughter Katharina (* 1953) is also an actress. The daughters Annika (* 1966) and Meike (* 1968) emerged from the second marriage (1965–1977) with the news anchor, journalist and book author Wibke Bruhns . Annika Bruhns is a singer and actress. Meike Bruhns is a journalist.

Werner Bruhns committed in his hometown shortly after his 49th birthday on October 16, 1977 suicide . He found his final resting place in the Ohlsdorf cemetery (grave: BK61 (570)) in Hamburg.

Movies

  • 1957: The Star of Africa (cinema)
  • 1958: Looking back in anger (TV movie)
  • 1959: The Caine was her fate (TV film NDR)
  • 1960: Mr. Borton's Dream (TV movie)
  • 1960: Crosses on the Horizon (TV movie)
  • 1961: An eyewitness (TV film WDR)
  • 1962: CQ to all (NDR)
  • 1962: Golden Boy (TV movie NDR)
  • 1962: The Man from Guayaguli (TV short film NDR)
  • 1963: The Little Court Concert (TV film NDR)
  • 1963: Port Police : The Party (crime series NDR)
  • 1963: Luck is running behind (TV film NDR)
  • 1964: The Tenement House (TV film ZDF)
  • 1964: Steel net : Deer (crime series NDR)
  • 1964: I drive Patschold (TV film NDR)
  • 1964: One Summer - One Autumn (TV movie SWF)
  • 1965: The fifth column (TV series) : Dragonfly, please come (ZDF crime series)
  • 1965: The fifth column (TV series) : Flowers for Room 19 (ZDF crime series)
  • 1965: The crime museum : the license plate (ZDF crime series)
  • 1965: The Hau case (TV movie ZDF)
  • 1966: The fifth column (TV series) : The Egyptian Cat (ZDF crime series)
  • 1966: The betrayal of Ottawa (TV movie ZDF)
  • 1967: Police radio calls : The girl from the Autobahn (crime series ARD)
  • 1967: The Arrangement (TV movie)
  • 1967: The Crime Museum : The Cable (ZDF crime series)
  • 1967: The fight for rubber (TV film ZDF)
  • 1968: The Order (TV film)
  • 1968: The Rival (TV film ZDF)
  • 1969: News from the provinces: There is no censorship (WDR)
  • 1969: When the moonlight sleeps sweetly on the hills (cinema)
  • 1969: 11.20 a.m. (3-part crime series ZDF)
  • 1970: The Commissioner : Death of a Witness (ZDF crime series)
  • 1970: The pastor of St. Pauli (cinema)
  • 1971: Class struggle (TV film SRG)
  • 1970: A consistent woman (TV movie SR)
  • 1971: Hamburg Transit : Death in a Suitcase (ARD crime series)
  • 1971: The kidnapping (TV film ORF)
  • 1972: A dead man stops the 8:10 a.m. (TV movie SWF)
  • 1972: Alarm (TV series ARD)
  • 1972: Beloved murderer (TV film ZDF)
  • 1973: Gabriel (TV film ZDF)
  • 1973: The Commissioner : Death of a Bookseller (ZDF crime series)
  • 1973: Okay SIR - A motif in the background
  • 1974: Death of a Mannequin (TV movie ZDF)
  • 1974: Magdalena - possessed by the devil (cinema)
  • 1974: crime scene: duel (crime series WDR)
  • 1974: Plus minus null (TV film ZDF)
  • 1974: The Odessa Files (cinema)
  • 1974–1976: 1900 (cinema)
  • 1975: Crime scene : Death of a burglar (SWF crime series)
  • 1975: Crime scene: Schöne Belinda (SDR crime series)
  • 1975: Eurogang : The last delivery (ARD crime series)
  • 1976: My best friend (TV movie BR)
  • 1975: You will not escape us (TV film ZDF)
  • 1976: Derrick : Risk (ZDF crime series)
  • 1977: Crime scene: Whoever digs a pit ... (crime series SR)
  • 1977: Escape (TV film ZDF)

literature

  • Wilhelm Kosch : German Theater Lexicon. First volume. Klagenfurt and Vienna 1953, p. 221.
  • Herbert A. Frenzel , Hans Joachim Moser (ed.): Kürschner's biographical theater manual. Drama, opera, film, radio. Germany, Austria, Switzerland. De Gruyter, Berlin 1956, DNB 010075518 , p. 87.
  • Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 1: A-Heck. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1960, DNB 451560736 , p. 204.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from November 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.filmmuseum-hamburg.de
  2. ↑ Kürschner, p. 87
  3. ↑ Kosch, p. 221
  4. ↑ Wibke and Meike Bruhns: »You can do that« , taz.de, taz, issue 9959 of November 7, 2012, p. 7
  5. ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Werner Bruhns
personal data
SURNAME Bruhns, Werner
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bruhns, Werner Peter Max (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and voice actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1977
Place of death Hamburg