Hellmut Lange(1923-2011)
- Actor
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Popular German television star from the 1960's to the 1980's, with
long-standing experience in radio and on the stage. Lange trained at an
acting school in Hannover between 1946 and 1948, subsequently making
his stage debut at the Junges Theater in Munich, followed by an
open-air Karl May revival in Stuttgart. He was
active on Radio Bremen in the 1950's, as both director and narrator.
Tall and muscular, with a distinct speaking voice, Lange achieved
lasting fame for his title role in the 4-part miniseries
'The Deerslayer' (1969), based on James Fenimore Cooper,
which stood out at the time for excellent production values. He
appeared in films and on television in adaptations of
Edgar Wallace, and starred in
Francis Durbridge's detective thriller
'The Scarf'
(Das Halstuch (1962)) as Edward
Collins. From 1971 to 1981, he compered the popular quiz show
'Kennen Sie Kino?' ('Do you know the
cinema?'). He was also a noted voice-over artist, dubbing for such
English-speaking stars as Charlton Heston,
Donald Sutherland and
Paul Newman. Hellmuth Lange died
after a lengthy illness in Berlin on January 13 2011.
