Wolfgang Eichberger
Wolfgang Eichberger (* 1911 ; † June 1963 ) was a German actor , radio play and voice actor .
Life
Eichberger, a trained theater actor, appeared in Veit Harlan's The Immortal Heart for the first time in a film in 1939 . It was not until the 1950s that he was seen again on the big screen, including in the three fairy tale films Zwerg Nase (1953), Hansel and Gretel (1954) and Little Red Riding Hood (1954). In 1955 he played the role of the father of Fred Halbenstein, who married the daughter of the leading actor, alongside Winnie Markus , Curd Jürgens and Bernhard Wicki in the drama Du mein stilles Tal . A year later he was also in the comedy film A Man Doesn't Always Be Nice to see alongside Peter Alexander . In 1959 he made his last film, the literary adaptation Alt Heidelberg with Sabine Sinjen , Christian Wolff and Gert Fröbe .
Between 1949 and 1963 Eichberger was mainly active as a voice actor. As such, he lent his voice to Charles Laughton ( Under Suspicion , 1944), Randolph Scott ( The Death Canyon of Arizona , 1950), Ernest Borgnine ( Damned For All Eternity , 1953), Peter Finch ( Battleship Graf Spee , 1956) and Lex Barker in ( The Death Eye of Ceylon , 1962). In addition, it was often used in radio play productions, for example between 1957 and 1961 in three of the legendary Paul Temple radio plays by Francis Durbridge .
Eichberger, who was married to his colleague Franziska Stömmer , died in June 1963.
Filmography
- 1939: The immortal heart
- 1951: The act of the other
- 1953: dwarf nose
- 1954: Hansel and Gretel
- 1954: Little Red Riding Hood
- 1955: July 20th
- 1955: You my silent valley
- 1956: A man doesn't always have to be beautiful
- 1956: The Mary Dugan Trial (TV movie)
- 1959: Old Heidelberg
Radio plays
- 1951: In the 25th hour - Director: Hanns Cremer
- 1953: The Canterville Ghost - Director: Willy Purucker :
- 1953: The Lord of Paris - Director: Fritz Benscher
- 1956: On balance - Director: Rolf Purucker
- 1957: Paul Temple and the Gilbert case - Director: Eduard Hermann
- 1957: Bimmel-Bolle - Director: Erich Köhler
- 1958: The Maestro - Director: Hans Bernd Müller
- 1958: Paul Temple and the Lawrence Case - Directed by Eduard Hermann
- 1958: Maigret takes a vacation - Director: Hans Drechsel
- 1958: The stain on the wall - Director: Erich Köhler
- 1959: Berlin and Samuel Fischer - images of fate in the change of a cosmopolitan city - director: Hanns Korngiebel
- 1960: Peter Voss, the millionaire thief - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
- 1961: Paul Temple and the Conrad case - Director: Eduard Hermann
- 1961: Maigret and his revolver - Director: Heinz-Günter Stamm
- 1961: The Shadows of Hollywood - Director: Willy Purucker
literature
- Thomas Bräutigam : Stars and their German voices: Lexicon of the voice actors . Marburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-89472-627-0 , p. 85.
Web links
- Wolfgang Eichberger in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- List of his work as a voice actor on synchrondatenbank.de
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Eichberger, Wolfgang |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor, radio play and voice actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1911 |
DATE OF DEATH | June 1963 |