Eckart Dux (19 December 1926 – 9 April 2024) was a German actor and voice artist.

Biography

Eckart Dux was born in

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on 19 December 1926. His father was an insurance executive. He completed his training as an actor with Else Bongers in Berlin and made his stage debut in 1948 at the city's Renaissance Theatre. He then had numerous roles on the Berlin stage and in theatres in

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and

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. He also had many roles as a character actor in film and television. Dux was also one of the longest active German-speaking voice actors,

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films from Hollywood and other countries into German language from 1949 until his death year 2024. In the 1950s and 1960s he was regularly the German voice of

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. He also dubbed

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in many roles including '' Psycho'',

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(in the action series ''

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)'' and

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. After Joachim Höppner died in 2006, he took over the dubbing of

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as the wizard

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. He dubbed

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as Rincewind in ''

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''. He has also worked as an actor and narrator on radio. Dux was married to the actress Gisela Peltzer, and then later to the editor Marlies Dux. He lived in

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, where he died on 9 April 2024, at the age of 97.

Selected filmography

* ''

The Merry Wives of Windsor ''The Merry Wives of Windsor'' or ''Sir John Falstaff and the Merry Wives of Windsor'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare first published in 1602, though believed to have been written in or before 1597. The Windsor of the play's title is a ref ...

'' (1950) * '' The House in Montevideo'' (1951) * ''

Mailman Mueller ''Mailman Mueller'' () is a 1953 West German comedy film directed by John Reinhardt (director), John Reinhardt and starring Heinz Rühmann, Heli Finkenzeller and Wolfgang Condrus.Körner p.367 It was shot in Agfacolor at the Tempelhof Studios in ...

'' (1953) * '' Don't Forget Love'' (1953) * '' The Singing Ringing Tree'' (1957) * '' Two Hearts in May'' (1958) * '' We Cellar Children'' (1960) * '' Jack and Jenny'' (1963) * ''

My Daughter and I ''My Daughter and I'' (German: ''Meine Tochter und ich'') is a 1963 West German comedy film directed by Thomas Engel (director), Thomas Engel and starring Heinz Rühmann, Gustav Knuth and Gertraud Jesserer.Körner p.227 It was shot at the Bavaria ...

'' (1963)

Television

* ' (1962, TV miniseries) * Polizeifunk ruft (1966–1970) * ''

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'' (1972–1973)

Radio plays

* 2015: Benjamin Lebert: ''Mitternachtsweg'', part of the series: ''Gruselkabinett'', publisher: Titania Medien,

References

External links

*
Eckart Dux
at the German Dubbing Card Index * 1926 births 2024 deaths German male film actors German male television actors German male voice actors Male actors from Berlin 20th-century German male actors {{Voice-actor-stub