Werner Schwier

Werner Schwier ( born May 28, 1921 in Hagen, † May 3, 1982 in Munich) was a German actor, voice actor and television presenter.

Werner Schwier made ​​outstanding contributions to the silent film on German television. From 14 May 1961 to September 1965, he hosted in the 65 episodes produced by Hessischer Rundfunk series you may laugh with each 45 minutes in length in the evening program of the ARD. In the broadcast usually three complete short films have been shown to 20:15 bis 21 clock. He also had two silent movie stars to host: 1962 Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd in 1963.

In the manner of a small cinema performance from the period of silent films of the 1910s to 1920s Schwier presented in the checkered suit, supported by Konrad Elfers at the piano and Géza Janós to the standing violin, the short films after the sentence "I now give the sign, provided that the operator sees it, " and a ventilated Bowler the launch a flickering image initially released.

Silent films played up to Schwiers broadcast only a role in the (children's) school program and also Schwiers broadcast showed only the funny material from the silent film era. He thus reached viewing figures of over 80 percent. Schwier provided the completely taken over from the U.S. movies in moderation with appropriate dry - funny lyrics, but did not precipitate as chaotic as his English colleague Bob Monkhouse from 1966 with his Mad Movies ( dt: " When the pictures got to run " ) or in the later follow-up mission fathers of oldies, in the Hanns Dieter Hüsch joked to silent film snippets.

After the silent film series leakage Schwier was also seen in some movies as a supporting actor, as in It (1966 ), Girls, Girls ( 1967), Rascal loves crisscross (1968 ) and woe if black comes Beck (1979).