Dieter Hallervorden
Dieter Hallervorden | |
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![]() Hallervorden in 2013 | |
Born | Dieter Jürgen Hallervorden 5 September 1935 |
Nationality | German |
Occupation | comedian, actor, singer, cabaret artist |
Known for | Didi's Comedy Show |
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Dieter "Didi" Hallervorden (born 5 September 1935) is a German comedian, actor, singer and cabaret artist.
Biography[]
Dieter Hallervorden's mother was a physician's assistant and his father a graduate engineer employed by German aircraft maker Junkers. His siblings are called Renate and Margot. Dieter Hallervorden has two children (Dieter Hallervorden Jr. and Nathalie Hallervorden) from his marriage to , a daughter (Laura) from another relationship, and a son (Johannes) from his current wife Elena Blume.
Dieter Hallervorden Jr. appeared in the movies Darf ich Sie zur Mutter machen (1968) and The Wedding Trip (1969) and was a cast member on the comedy show Nonstop Nonsens (1974–1980). Nathalie Hallervorden co-starred in the TV series Die Nervensäge (1985–1986) and had a brief appearance together with her parents in . Hallervorden's first wife, Rotraud Schindler, co-starred in several TV shows and some movies. Johannes Hallervorden plays the part of Melchior von und zu Panke, the ghost from the TV series Binny and the Ghost.
Hallervorden starred as a bumbling, Clouseau-like detective in the German television show Die Didi-Show. The show was dubbed into English, retitled Didi's Comedy Show, and shown in various countries. Hallervorden also released a number of music singles, often parodies of popular songs, among them Du, die Wanne ist voll, a very successful parody cover of You're the One That I Want.
An Afrikaans-subtitled version of the comedy sketch-show, Nonstop Nonsens (1975), starring Hallervorden, was broadcast in South Africa in the early 1980s under the title Grapjas Didi ("Didi the Joker" or alternatively "Didi the Prankster"). Also a Spanish-dubbed version was also distributed for Latin America under the name Las Locuras de Didí ("The Madnesses of Didi").
In recent years, Hallervorden was popular with the leading roles in the comedy-drama films Back on Track and Head Full of Honey. He provided the voice for Vlad in the German dub of Hotel Transylvania 2.
Since 1988, Dieter Hallervorden has lived in Trégastel (France) in the castle (in French) Château de Costaérès.
Filmography[]
Date | Film | International Title |
2014 | Honig im Kopf | Head Full of Honey |
2013 | Sein letztes Rennen | Back on Track |
2012 | Het meisje en de dood | The Girl and Death |
2012 | The Child | |
2012 | Zettl | |
2011 | The Twelve Dancing Princesses | |
2008 | 1½ Ritter – Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde | 1½ Knights: In Search of the Ravishing Princess Herzelinde |
2006 | La Isla Bonita – Armee der Stille | La Isla Bonita |
1992 | All Lies | |
1990 | With me you are right | |
1988 | ||
1986 | ||
1985 | ||
1984 | (Cameo) | What's Up, Chancellor? |
1984 | ||
1983 | ||
1981 | Up the Creek | |
1981 | (Cameo) | Thorn in the flesh |
1981 | Ach du lieber Harry | Oh my dearest Harry |
1980 | My God, Willi! | |
1974 | Der Springteufel | The Devil's Jump |
1972 | Che? | What? |
1973 | My Uncle Benjamin | |
1972 | Tatort: | Rat's Nest |
1971 | Mister Tingling stellt ein | Mister Tingling Is Hiring |
1970 | Das Millionenspiel | The Millions Game |
1969 | Die Hochzeitsreise | The Wedding Trip |
1968 | Several Times Daily | |
1967 | Seltsame Begegnungen (short) | Strange Encounters (short) |
1960 | Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse | The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse |
TV shows[]
2020 | The Masked Singer | Chamäleon (Season 2) |
2004 | Sesamstraße | Sesamstraße is the German equivalent to Sesame Street;
Dieter Hallervorden had a guest role as Karl Kaputt. |
2000–2001 | Hallervorden plays Jürgen Zebralla, an old divorced pensioner, who attends a university
and lives with his wealthy son because of lack of money. sitcom, 11 Episodes. | |
1996–1997 | Verstehen Sie Spaß? | Hallervorden was the host of this show about pranks. |
1994–2003 | Cabaret | |
1993 | Staged comic acts. | |
1993 | Hallervorden hosted the show | |
1992–1993 | Cabaret | |
1989 | Die Didi-Show | Short comic clips and comic acts. Also titled Didi's Comedy Show in English.
10 Episodes |
1987 | A televised stage play. | |
1985–1986 | Die Nervensäge aka.
Der Untermieter |
TV series, 26 Episodes |
1983–1984 | TV show equivalent to Die Didi-Show with Hallervorden as a convict.
4 Episodes | |
1983 | ||
1982 | Hallervorden was a host. 6 Episodes | |
1982 | Music show, 2 Episodes | |
1981 | Hallervorden was a clumsy detective.
2 Episodes, 60 minutes each. | |
1975–1978 | 3 Episodes | |
1974–1980 | Well-known slapstick show.
20 Episodes | |
1973 | Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi | TV series based on the Karl May books.
26 Episodes |
1972 | Satire | |
1970–1976 | Abramakabra | TV series, 10 Episodes |
1971 | ||
1971 | ||
1970–1974 | 26 Episodes | |
1970 | ||
1961–1962 |
Awards[]
- 1981 Bambi (for his role in )
- 1996 Telestar (Best Host in "Verstehen Sie Spaß?")
- 2003 Deutscher Comedypreis (Honorary Award)
- 2005 Bayerischer Kabarettpreis (Honorary Award)
- 2006 Honorary Citizen of the German city Dessau
- 2013 Goldene Kamera (for his lifework, Honorary Award)
References[]
- "Dieter Hallervorden – Jahrgang 1935" (in German). MITTELDEUTSCHER RUNDFUNK. 5 April 2009. Archived from the original on 18 March 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- Anke Ziemer. "Prominente Alumni: Dieter Hallervorden" (in German). Freie Universität Berlin. Archived from the original on 15 August 2007. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
External links[]
- 1935 births
- Living people
- People from Dessau-Roßlau
- People from the Free State of Anhalt
- German male comedians
- German male film actors
- German male television actors
- 20th-century German male actors
- 21st-century German male actors
- German male singers
- German-language singers
- German Film Award winners
- Recipients of the Order of Merit of Berlin