Clemens Hasse (13 April 1908 – 28 July 1959) was a German actor and synchroniser.

Biography

Hasse was born in

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to a public official and attended his stage education at the ''Preussisches Staatstheater'' in

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. Between 1929 and 1944, when the Theater was closed down, he was a constant member of the Staatstheater ensemble. Hasse first appeared in a UFA movie in 1932 and acted in several movies next to popular stars like

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. He was the German dubbing voice of

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and also the voice of the white rabbit in

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''. After World War II Hasse worked at the ''Schlosspark-Theater'' Berlin and after 1951 at the ''Schillertheater''. He died of a heart attack at

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on the occasion of his daughter's marriage and is buried at Waldfriedhof Dahlem in Berlin.

Filmography

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hasse, Clemens 1908 births 1959 deaths Actors from Königsberg People from East Prussia German male film actors German male stage actors 20th-century German male actors