Eckart Dux (born 19 December 1926) is a German actor and voice actor.
Biography
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
Munich
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,
Hamburg
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Frankfurt
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and Stuttgart. He also had many roles as a character actor in film and television.
Since 1949 Dux he has also been one of the longest active German-speaking
voice actor
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s, dubbing Hollywood films into German. In the 1950s and 1960s he was regularly the German voice of
Audie Murphy
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. He also dubbed
Anthony Perkins
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in many roles including ''
Psycho
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* Psychopath
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* Karl Amoussou or Psycho, mixed martial artist
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'',
Steve Martin
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,
Fred Astaire
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,
George Peppard
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(in the action series ''
The A-Team
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)'' and
Jerry Stiller
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. After Joachim Höppner died in 2006, he took over the dubbing of
Ian McKellen
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as the wizard
Gandalf
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. He dubbed
David Jason
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as Rincewind in ''
Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic
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''. He has also worked as an actor and narrator on radio.
He was married to the actress Gisela Peltzer. He lives in
Sassenburg
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and his current wife is the editor Marlies Dux.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Merry Wives of Windsor
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Mailman Mueller
''Mailman Mueller'' (german: Briefträger Müller) is a 1953 West German comedy film directed by John Reinhardt and starring Heinz Rühmann, Heli Finkenzeller and Wolfgang Condrus.Körner p.367 It was shot in Agfacolor at the Tempelhof Studios ...
'' (1953)
* ''
Don't Forget Love
''Don't Forget Love'' (german: Vergiß die Liebe nicht) is a 1953 West German romantic comedy film directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Luise Ullrich, Paul Dahlke and Will Quadflieg.Hake p.259 It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios as well as o ...
Two Hearts in May
''Two Hearts in May'' (german: Zwei Herzen im Mai) is a 1958 West German musical comedy film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Dieter Borsche, Kristina Söderbaum, and Walter Giller.
The film's sets were designed by the art directors ...
'' (1958)
* ''
We Cellar Children
''We Cellar Children'' (originally ''Wir Kellerkinder'') is a 1960 West German film directed by Hans-Joachim Wiedermann.
Plot summary
Cast
Soundtrack
External links
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1960 films
1960 comedy-drama films
1960s German-langu ...
'' (1960)
* ''
Jack and Jenny
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The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst H. Al ...
'' (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 and starring Heinz Rühmann, Gustav Knuth and Gertraud Jesserer.Körner p.227
It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The ...
Hamburg Transit
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Radio plays
* 2015: Benjamin Lebert: ''Mitternachtsweg'', part of the series: ''Gruselkabinett'', publisher: Titania Medien,