Harald Leipnitz
Harald Leipnitz ( born April 22, 1926 in Elberfeld (now part of Wuppertal ), † 21 November 2000 in Munich ) was a German actor, radio drama and voice actor.
Biography
The son of a locksmith came over detours into acting when he received no training or study course on release from POW shaft. After appearances in amateur theater groups, he took acting classes with Hans Caninenberg and gave in 1948 at the Wuppertal Opera debut. Until 1960 he was engaged in Wuppertal. Other engagements in Munich at the Bavarian State Theatre, Berlin, Dusseldorf and Stuttgart followed as well as in touring theaters.
In addition Leipnitz appeared in numerous films and television productions. He achieved this by appearances in the Karl May movies, The Oil Prince and Winnetou and his friend Old Firehand as well as the lead in the Edgar Wallace films The tomb with the puzzle palace, The sinister monk and the blue hand Big popularity. For his performance in the film The endless night, he received the 1963 Film Award. In 1968 he was also awarded the Golden Bambi magazine Bild Funk awarded. His best known and most popular role for television in 1965, he played alongside Albert Lieven in the street sweeper The Key by Francis Durbridge.
Also known as synchronous and radio speaker Leipnitz was active on a larger scale. He lent his voice among others Alain Delon in Only the sun was a witness, Cary Grant in His Girl Friday, Albert Finney in Tom Jones - Between the bed and the gallows, Charles Aznavour in the Fantome Hatter and Richard Harris in Robin and Marian. In radio drama for the radio, he was often in detective radio plays and radio adaptations of world literature ( Theodor Fontane: Effi Briest, co- SFB / BR / HR, 1974) to hear. Children is his voice, especially from the laid with Phonogram Anke- Beckert productions Jim Button and the Wild 13 (1973 ), The Neverending Story (1980 ), and Momo (1984 ) is known. In 1978, Leipnitz also at Ellis Kauts champion Eder and his Pumuckl the role of the narrator for the consequences of 34 to 39 the so-called first edition of the LP productions EMI Electrola. His contributions were in the 1980s, fell back as when creating the 2nd edition on the first edition, no longer used.
His last film appearance was Leipnitz in the dark science fiction film Vortex, which was not completed until after his death.
In November 2000, Harald Leipnitz died of lung cancer. His tomb is located at the cemetery in Kösternberg in Velden, Carinthia.