Wilhelm Bendow

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Wilhelm Bendow in the comedians ' cabaret , 1936

Wilhelm Bendow (born September 29, 1884 in Einbeck ; † May 29, 1950 there ; actually Wilhelm Emil Boden ) was a German actor and successful comedian , who was also lovingly called Uncle Wilhelm or Man in the Moon by his audience during his lifetime .

Life

Wilhelm Bendow was born in Einbeck in 1884 as Wilhelm Emil Boden, the son of the brewery owner Friedrich Boden . He began his career at Schmierenbühnen until he was appointed to the Berlin Schillertheater in 1906/07 . In the 1920s he also became known as a cabaret artist , especially since he directed his own cabaret Bendows Bunte Bühne (until 1934).

As an actor he appeared as moon man in the fantasy film Münchhausen . In total, he was seen in almost 100 productions, often in small supporting roles such as in Quax, the break pilot .

Bendow played mainly comedic roles in numerous feature films and in the theater and also gained popularity through humorous lectures and skits on the radio and on phonograph records . He also appeared in vaudeville , for example in October 1943 together with Lilly Towska as a partner in the “Scala” in Frankfurt am Main. After an accident in 1948, he withdrew from the public. He was buried in the Neustädter Friedhof in his hometown Einbeck.

Wilhelm Bendow achieved renewed fame through the sketch used by many humorists on the racetrack with the much-quoted saying "Where are they running?" In 1972 Loriot added a cartoon to a sound recording of the sketch .

In 1938 and 1939 Bendow was investigated by the Gestapo Berlin on suspicion of homosexual contacts, and the proceedings were discontinued. Bendow was known as a homosexual in gay circles, but did not go public with it.

Filmography

Radio plays (selection)

Sound documents (selection)

  • Racetrack Talks (1926) - with Paul Morgan
  • Happy New Year (1926) - with Paul Morgan
  • In the opera (1929) - with Paul Morgan
  • New Year's Eve celebration (1930) - with Max Ehrlich
  • Faust in the Wardrobe (1930) - with Paul Morgan
  • Attention! Sound film recording, or: Wilhelm Bendow in a lion cage (1931)
  • Just don't let it get you down (1932) - with Paul Morgan
  • The baby at baptism / Feuchtfröhliche Kindertaufe (1933)
  • Mies und Munter in the theater (1936) - with Bruno Fritz
  • Mies und Munter in the sleeping car (1936) - with Bruno Fritz
  • On the racetrack (1946) - with Franz-Otto Krüger

The original recordings appeared on shellac records, mostly under the Parlophon and Odeon labels . Released around 1980 on LP Wilhelm Bendow - A comedian lets greet ... (Electrola 1C 050-28988), a second part (1986) Where are they running ... additionally contains radio recordings and the complete version of Auf der Rennbahn (Electrola 1C 038-156298 1 ).

literature

  • Wilhelm Bendow, Marcellus Schiffer : Little Bendow fell from the sky. Revelations in words and pictures from the undeveloped boy to the overripe man. Efra, Berlin 1925.
  • Erich Plümer: Wilhelm Bendow - actor and cabaret artist. A documentation for his 100th birthday. City of Einbeck, Einbeck 1984.
  • Discography Wilhelm Bendow in: Manfred Weihermüller: Discography of German cabaret. Volume 1. Brigit Lotz-Verlag, Bonn 1991, ISBN 3-9802656-0-9 .
  • Wilhelm Bendow. In: Personalities in Berlin 1825-2006. Memories of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender and intersex people. Senate Department for Labor, Integration and Women, Berlin 2015, pp. 14–15. urn: nbn: de: kobv: 109-1-7841313 (archive)
  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 1: A - C. Erik Aaes - Jack Carson. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 320

Web links

Commons : Wilhelm Bendow  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernd-Ulrich Hergemöller : Man for man. Biographical lexicon on the history of love for friends and male sexuality in the German-speaking area. Hamburg 1998, p. 119.
  2. ^ Scala - The Varieté for Everyone: Program 16.-31. October 1943. Frankfurt am Main 1943, 4 pages.
  3. ↑ Cartoon In: Das Fernsehlexikon.
  4. ↑ Personalities in Berlin 1825-2006
personal data
SURNAME Bendow, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Boden, Wilhelm Emil (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and comedian
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Einbeck , Hanover Province , Kingdom of Prussia , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH May 29, 1950
Place of death Einbeck , Lower Saxony , Federal Republic of Germany