Diether Krebs

Diether Krebs ( born August 11, 1947 in Essen, † January 4, 2000 in Hamburg ) was a German actor, cabaret artist and comedian.

  • 4.1 albums
  • 4.2 Singles

Life and professional career

Youth and first successes

Diether Krebs was born on 11 August 1947 in Essen, the son of a stationer. During his school years at Humboldt High School in Essen cancer gained his first theater experience. He completed his acting training at the Folkwang School in Essen-Werden and had his first engagement at the theater in Oberhausen; smaller film roles followed. Below was remarkable especially his appearance in Zoff (1971 ) - in addition to later as well-known actors such as Jürgen Prochnow and Claus Theo Gärtner.

Attention gained from cancer in 1973, Wolfgang Menges television series One heart and one soul for his role as schnoddriger " social " son " Michael Graf " from " Alfred Tetzlaff " (Heinz Schubert). His girlfriend at the time Hildegard Krekel played his wife and had brought him to this role. Due to disagreements with the production WDR he got together with disgust Alfred wife Elisabeth Wiedemann 1974 from the series out, whereupon the production of the series was canceled after only four subsequent shipments due to low ratings.

In the ensuing period, cancer was present in numerous roles on the screen, both in light entertainment series as well as in demanding television plays: 1975 brought him Peter Zadek next to Heinz Bennents, Hannelore Hoger and Hermann lousy for ice age before the television camera; In 1980, he starred alongside Eberhard Feik a starring role in The Judenbuche on the story by Annette von Droste- Hulshoff.

The crime Actor

. In 1978, the actor in the crime department: Eight years ( 1978 to 1986 ) he was next to Werner Kreindl and Bernd heart jump the always grumpy Detective Chief Master " Dieter Herle " in the series SOKO 5113 An appearance as a crime scene commissioner in 1979 remained an episode; only once embodied Diether Krebs subsequently all in vain, directed by Hartmut Griesmayr the investigators nail. As a guest star, he was, however, seen more frequently in the scene, and later in the police call 110 and in The Old Man.

The comedian

Successful cancer acted as a cabaret artist and as a comedian: In 1981, he was next to Beatrice Richter and Klaus Havenstein the main cast of Rudi's Day show with Rudi Carrell. The satire on the news with many political allusions swirled on some dust. This series also left due to disagreements with the cancer -producing stations. He gained the 1984-1987 produced comedy series Sketchup cult status. First, with Beatrice Richter, later with Iris Berben as a partner convinced the actor as versatile comedian in changing roles and costumes. Even abroad, such as in Belgium, Sketchup was very popular. In 1990 his sketch show Freaks. With series like Knastmusik (1989, inter alia, with Rolf Zacher ) and Lauter nice neighbors (1990, inter alia, with Diana grains) cemented his reputation as a comedian cancer.

The actor, singer and presenter

In the following years Diether Krebs commuted almost seamlessly between dud and quality: in 1986 he had a cameo as a barber " Hupsi " in Helmut Dietl's success mini-series Kir Royal. In 1993 he took a role in the disaster movie satire Möbius by Matti Geschonneck. In between, he acted in 1991 in a supporting role as a truck driver "Harry" in the turn - comedy Go Trabi Go by Peter Timm. In the same year he stormed the charts as a singer: As simple-minded eco - freak Martin in hand-knitted reindeer sweater, with shaggy hair and buck teeth, he was for some time a cult figure and embodied this character continue for stage appearances. He took along with Gundula with I am the Martin, ne ( Martin My Love ) in 1991, number 3 on the German charts, the successor title Santamarghuaritanobiledimontepulciano - You little fishing village was at least able space 23 cancer also acted as moderator and moderated Others. since 1996, the New Year Gala of the MDR and 1999 along with Tom Pauls the ceremony of the "Golden hen", the media price of the magazine Superillu and super TV, also in the MDR.

Difficult years and comeback

Cancer ' last years were characterized by decreasing success and serious illness. His RTL show R.O.S.T. - The Diether Cancer Show (1993, inter alia, with Hugo Egon Balder ), in which he played three roles simultaneously, was canceled after thirteen episodes. The Sat.1 comedy series The thickness and the Belgians and the Belgian comedian Carry Goossens was set for bad rate in 1998. At the time, the actor was already seriously ill and had to undergo lung surgery. During this time, developed a new cancer stage character: " Mr. Krups " ( in personal union with "Mom Hildegard cancer ", "I 'm old and still cool "), a droll philistines with Pepita hat, horn-rimmed glasses and crooked teeth. With this program, cancer started in 1998 from Berlin, a tour on which he was also an own version of the Ruhr - hymn to the best Currywurst: The text he worked with myself; the music for the area famous for Herbert Grönemeyer song comes from the former moderator of the WWF Club Jürgen Triebel.

The last role

1999 Cancer played his last role in the Ruhr - Action Comedy Bang Boom Bang - A sure-fire thing. As shady forwarder Werner Kampmann he moved, inter alia, in addition to Ralf Richter directed by Peter Thorwarth again all the stops comedic skills; Film critics considered this as a cancer ' best role in his career. Just three years earlier, in 1996, he had the title does not fit in a 15 - minute short film is made to fit the same director worked when he was still a student at the University of Television and Film Munich. Even in the long rental version with the same title, it does not fit, make it fit, should give cancer the contractor Willi Wiesenkamp. However, eight months before we started shooting, he died at his home in Hamburg at the consequences of a lung ailment. Cancer in honor of him can be seen in an overlay on a photomontage with his "replacement" Dietmar Bär, who plays his on-screen son Werner.

The final resting place of Diether Krebs is located on the Eastern Cemetery food. His last two requests were met him: He wanted to be buried in the Eastern Cemetery of his native town - with an exceptional stone. At the top end of the densely vegetated tomb can be found as grave stone a hand-sized pebble with the survival data.

Family

Diether Krebs was in 1979 with Bettina Baroness von - Leoprechting Cancer ( born November 27, 1947 † 6 April 2006) Married. Since his wife was professionally engaged as a graduate translator at the Thalia Theater, the family lived since 1985 in Hamburg. The two sons Moritz (born 28 September 1979) and Till ( born October 1, 1985) worked as cameramen in the report with Diether, h ' cancer on her father (first broadcast on WDR on August 3, 2007). His godfather was the Essenes lawyer, SPD politician and temporary North-Rhine/Westphalian Justice and Finance Diether Posser.

Memory

The East Park in Essen Südostviertel was, according to the resolution of the main city Committee in May 2011, renamed in memory of the grown up in this neighborhood actors and comedians in " Diether Cancer course".

Filmography

Discography

Albums

Singles

Film documentaries

  • An evening for the legendary Diether Krebs. Portrait of Winni Gahlen, NDR 2009, 90 minutes
  • Diether with "h" cancer. Portrait of Rüdiger Daniel and Winni Gahlen. WDR 2007 45 minutes
  • The Best in the West: Diether Krebs. Portrait of Rüdiger Daniel, Winni Gahlen and Martin Schlierkamp. WDR 2007 45 minutes

Awards

  • Golden Camera 1988 in silver: in the category of Best Comedy, ( Sketchup )
  • RSH Gold 1992 in the category "Comedy of the Year"
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