Günter Meisner
Günter Meisner ( born April 18, 1926 in Bremen, † December 5, 1994 in Berlin) was a German actor.
Life
Günter Meisner trained to become steel caster of high school and during the war was a radio operator and parachutists. In 1948 he took in Dusseldorf acting classes with Gustaf and got the Schauspielhaus Dusseldorf his first engagement.
More Stage stations were the Schauspielhaus Bochum, the grandstand in Berlin, the Young Ensemble Berlin, the Theater am Kurfürstendamm and the Ruhr Festival in Recklinghausen. Even in New York and other American cities Meisner was on stage. The same time he worked as a mill worker, adman, servants and chauffeur. He also practiced in art and painting studies, establishing its " Gallery Diogenes " in Berlin in 1959 led to it three years later to the " Diogenes Studio Theater " extended, where he staged mainly pieces of modern French dramatists attributable to the absurd theater. Meisner also wrote his own stage plays.
His film career began in 1957 with a bit part as Nazi Guard. As a result, the actor has been set with the thin lips and the angular facial features similar roles: He portrayed, especially in American and British productions frequently Nazi henchmen and even Adolf Hitler. In the comedy The Ace of Aces he played both Hitler and his sister.
In the German film, especially in thrillers, Meisner was also often used as a villain, but as a priest or as an eccentric. Shortly before his death he was seen as a tramp in practice series Bülowbogen.
Meisner founded 1960/61, the " International Association for the Arts and Sciences" and was active from 1967 to 1969 for the Biafran aid, under which he organized relief flights for the local population in need. He flew a few times as a matter of pilot operations. Meisner produced in Africa and films on the subject of racism. He died during the filming of an episode of the television series Tatort of heart failure and is buried in the cemetery army in Berlin.