- Born
- Died
- After school-leaving examination Hans acted on several stages: Giessen, Stadttheater (1931); Heidelberg; Theater der Stadt Luebeck; Buehnen der Hansestadt Saarbruecken; Saarlaendisches Staatstheater (-1939; Prag, Deutsches Theater (1939-1945); Brunswick; Staatstheater Stuttgart; Wuerttembergisches Staatstheater (1946-1947). As Actor and Director he worked a long time in Hamburg at the Thalia-Theater (1947-1974). In Germany he is well known for his appearances in countless radio-plays.
- IMDb mini biography by: Harald Lutz <hlutz@controlware.de>
- SpousesTrude Wagenknecht(? - 1992) (her death)Anneliese(? - February 3, 2002) (his death)Beatrice Friederike Doering(? - July 16, 1935) (her death)
- Distinctive, deep voice
- He started his acting career at the theater where he worked on different stages, among others in Giessen, Heidelberg, Stuttgart, Lübeck and finally at the Thalia-Theater in Hamburg, where he was active as an actor and director from 1947 to 1974.
- Noted as a prolific voice-over artist for film and television, and, from the 1960's, as a narrator of children's fairy tales on radio.
- He often impersonated support roles in movies and he made his film debut with "Silvesternacht am Alexanderplatz" (1939).
- The theater remained his great passion, beside it he still was very busy as a support actor for movies. To his well-known movies of the 50s and 60s belong "Made in Germany - Ein Leben für Zeiss" (1957), "Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben" (1959) and the serial "Affäre Dreyfuss" (1968).
- Thanks to his striking voice Hans Paetsch became a very popular narrator of audio books from the 60s. In numerous productions - often for children - he spoke for many well-known figures and soon got the nickname "Storyteller of the nation" and his voice became familiar for several generations.
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