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Paul Esser(1913-1988)

  • Actor
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing
  • Director
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Paul Esser in Daughters of Darkness (1971)
Paul Esser was born on 24 April 1913 in Kapellen, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for The Merry Wives of Windsor (1950), Rotation (1949) and Pippi Longstocking (1969). He was married to Eleonore. He died on 20 January 1988 in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
BornApril 24, 1913
DiedJanuary 20, 1988(74)
BornApril 24, 1913
DiedJanuary 20, 1988(74)
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Known for

The Merry Wives of Windsor (1950)
The Merry Wives of Windsor
6.2
  • Sir John Falstaff (Johannes Spenser)
  • 1950
Rotation (1949)
Rotation
7.4
  • Hans Behnke
  • 1949
Pippi Longstocking (1969)
Pippi Longstocking
7.4
TV Series
  • Blom
Heart of Stone (1950)
Heart of Stone
7.2
  • Ezechiel
  • 1950

Credits

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Actor

  • Schicht in Weiß
    • Dr. Öller
    • Released
    • TV Series
    • 1980
  • Drei Damen vom Grill (1977)
    Drei Damen vom Grill
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Willy Hillman
    • 1985–1987
  • A Case for Two (1981)
    A Case for Two
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Vater Groll
    • 1987
  • Dominique Horwitz, Christine Kaufmann, Peter Kern, Juraj Kukura, Sona MacDonald, Eva Mattes, Sunnyi Melles, Freddy Quinn, and Beatrice Richter in The Roaring Fifties (1983)
    The Roaring Fifties
    5.2
    • Senator Hilton
    • 1983
  • Bahnhofsgeschichten
    TV Movie
    • (segment "Letzte fahrt")
    • 1981
  • Pension Schöller
    TV Movie
    • Philipp Klapproth
    • 1976
  • Kommissariat 9 (1975)
    Kommissariat 9
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Herbert Frenkel
    • 1975
  • Ardéchois Coeur Fidèle (1974)
    Ardéchois Coeur Fidèle
    8.1
    TV Mini Series
    • Maître Barbaroux
    • 1974
  • Allan Edwall, Jan Ohlsson, Emy Storm, and Lena Wisborg in Emil i Lönneberga (1974)
    Emil i Lönneberga
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Doktorn
    • 1974
  • Howalds Fall (1990)
    Tatort
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Kommissar Kasulke
    • Gastkommissar Kasulke
    • 1971–1974
  • Ulli Kinalzik and Heinz Weiss in Graf Luckner (1971)
    Graf Luckner
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Valdez
    • 1974
  • Fernando Gómez in Zu Gast in unserem Land (1973)
    Zu Gast in unserem Land
    TV Series
    • 1973
  • Gott schützt die Liebenden (1973)
    Gott schützt die Liebenden
    5.0
    • Albers
    • 1973
  • Wieslaw Ochman and Teresa Stratas in Der Zarewitsch (1973)
    Der Zarewitsch
    7.3
    TV Movie
    • Großfürst
    • 1973
  • Jacques Debary in Les messieurs de Saint-Roy (1973)
    Les messieurs de Saint-Roy
    TV Series
    • Antoine Klauss
    • 1973
  • Frau Jenny Treibel
    TV Movie
    • Kommerzienrat Treibel
    • 1972

Voice Actor - Dubbing

  • Dzis w nocy umrze miasto (1961)
    Dzis w nocy umrze miasto
    6.6
    • Mann im Luftschutzkeller (German)
    • 1961
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960)
    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
    6.2
    • The Duke of Bilgewater (German)
    • 1960

Director

  • Hunderttausend Taler
    8.7
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1969

Personal details

  • Born
    • April 24, 1913
    • Kapellen, Germany
  • Died
    • January 20, 1988
    • Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Eleonore? - January 20, 1988 (his death, 1 child)
  • Other works
    Dubbing voice of Aubrey Mather in the German post-synchronized version of Howard Hawks's 1941Ball of Fire (1941) (Die merwürdige Zähmung des Gangsterbraut Sugarpuss).

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  • Trivia
    He was the founder of the Hansa-Theater in Berlin

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