Wolfgang Draeger

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Wolfgang Herbert Kurt Draeger (born January 9, 1928 in Berlin ) is a German actor and voice actor .

Life

Draeger grew up as the son of a businessman in the Wedding district . He completed his acting training at the Conservatory for Music and Performing Arts in Berlin-Reinickendorf under Wilhelm Althaus and received his first stage engagements in Saxony-Anhalt, Potsdam and Berlin. In 1955 he also belonged to the cabaret groups Die Stachelschweine and Die Frischlinge .

While Draeger himself had little presence as an actor outside of the theater stage (including in several fairy tale films from the early 1950s), his voice is familiar to a wide audience. In addition to working as a broadcaster (for the RIAS and the NWDR ), he has been particularly active in dubbing since 1952. He lent his voice to internationally known colleagues such as Woody Allen (as a standard German speaker often praised by Allen himself), James Cagney (in a variety of new dubbings, including The Public Enemy and Leap to Death ), Alain Delon ( Halt mal Die Bomb, Darling ) , Eric Idle (as Sir Robin in Monty Python and The Knights of the Coconut ), Jack Lemmon (in his Oscar- winning role in Save the Tiger ), Dudley Moore ( Monte Carlo Rally ) , Jack Nicholson ( Sin lures ) , Oliver Reed (strike 12 in London) and Gene Wilder ( Trans-America-Express ) . He also dubbed Roman Polański in Chinatown , Inspector Gadget in the animated series of the same name, Bob Denver (as Gilligan in the series Gilligan's Island ), George Harrison in the Beatles films Yeah Yeah Yeah and Hi-Hi-Hilfe! as well as the bird Bibo on Sesame Street . Since the mid-1990s, however, Draeger has withdrawn from dubbing so much that he has only spoken Woody Allen since then. He was also heard in cartoons, for example as Ant Z in the animated film Antz produced by Dreamworks SKG .

He also worked on numerous radio play productions such as Ein Fall für TKKG , Professor Mobilux , Asterix or Die drei ??? with - here he was, after a few supporting roles, the successor to Horst Frank and Günther Flesch as the regular spokesman for the character of Commissioner Reynolds . From TKKG episode 182 he took over the role of Emil Glockner again, which he had spoken in the first 36 episodes. From episode 37, Edgar Bessen, who died in 2012, took over this role.

Wolfgang Draeger was married to his fellow actor Rosemarie Eick (1927–1989). The children Nicole (* 1956) and Stefan (* 1953) came from this marriage. After the divorce he married the then model Marianne Klawitter, with whom he has the children Kerstin (* 1966) and Alexander (called "Sascha", * 1967), who are also active as actors and voice actors. Draeger has lived in Hamburg since 1980 .

Filmography (selection)

Awards

literature

  • Wolfgang Mielke: Woody Allen without Wolfgang Dräger . In: Perinique . World Heritage Magazine. July 14 / August. Perinique, 2012, ISSN  1869-9952 , DNB  1000901297 , p. 66-70 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kati Schaefer: Winner of the Ohrkanus radio play and audio book award ceremony 2013. Ohrkanus audio book and audio play award , April 28, 2013, archived from the original on May 19, 2014 ; Retrieved April 29, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Draeger, Wolfgang
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Draeger, Wolfgang Herbert Kurt (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and voice actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin , Germany