Rainer Basedow (20 May 1938 – 15 May 2022) was a German film, television, and voice actor.[1] He is known for having provided the voice of Pumbaa in the German dub of The Lion King franchise,[2] up until his replacement with Jürgen Kluckert in The Lion Guard. He also dubbed John Belushi as Jake Blues in The Blues Brothers[3] and Ron Donachie as Sergeant Harley in The Jungle Book.[4]
Rainer Basedow | |
|---|---|
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| Born | 20 May 1938 |
| Died | 15 May 2022 (aged 83) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse |
Mathilde Basedow (m. 1971) |
| Children | 4 |
Biography edit
Born in Mühlhausen, Saxony (now Thuringia),[3] Basedow graduated from high school in Magdeburg in 1956.[5] As he was not allowed to study in East Germany due to "political unreliability",[5][6] he fled to West Germany in 1956.[7][8] He studied to be a teacher, German and sports at the Pädagogische Hochschule Braunschweig.[9] He went then for a half year to an acting school in Munich.[7][10] In 1961, he found his first leading role in the Beckett play Waiting for Godot in a small theatre at the Siegestor.[11][10] Followed by engagements in Bern, Düsseldorf, at the Schaubühne am Halleschen Ufer, and again in Munich.[11] From 1962, he played at the Münchner Volkstheater.[12]
In 1968, he played a police officer in the cult film Go for It, Baby.[13] Basedow played the Sergeant Dimpfelmoser in the 1974 children's film The Robber Hotzenplotz, based on the fictional character The Robber Hotzenplotz, at the side of Gert Fröbe and Josef Meinrad.[14][11] Basedow's Dimpfelmoser had a lasting impact on the portrayal of this character, for example on puppet stages.[15] From 1976 to 1995, he was a permanent member of the Münchner Lach- und Schießgesellschaft.[5] Dieter Hildebrandt's television cabaret Scheibenwischer hired him for several editions.[11] Basedow was seen on television in Derrick, Tatort, Der Alte, Der Bulle von Tölz and Küstenwache.[5]
He was married to Mathilde, whom he met on a set, since 1971.[2] The couple had four children.[2]
Death edit
Basedow died on 15 May 2022 in Salzburg, at the age of 83.[14][16]
Selected filmography edit
Source:[17]
- Wilder Reiter GmbH (1967)[2]
- Trace of a Girl (1967)
- Hot Pavements of Cologne (1967)
- Jet Generation (1968)[18]
- With Oak Leaves and Fig Leaf (1968)[18]
- Go for It, Baby (1968)[2]
- Death and Diamonds (1968)
- Quartett im Bett (1968)[18]
- Let It All Hang Out (1969)
- Angels of the Street (1969)
- Why Did I Ever Say Yes Twice? (1969)
- Kuckucksei im Gangsternest (1969)[18]
- Love, Vampire Style (1970)
- When the Mad Aunts Arrive (1970)
- When You're With Me (1970)
- Aunt Trude from Buxtehude (1971)
- Tiger Gang (1971)
- Ore di terrore / Kreuzfahrt des Grauens (1971)
- Four Times That Night (1971)
- My Daughter, Your Daughter (1972)
- The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of (1972)[18]
- Three Men in the Snow (1974)
- The Robber Hotzenplotz (1974)[9]
- Lina Braake (1975)
- The Clown (1976)
- Caipiranha (1998)
Citations edit
- ^ Goble 1999, p. 375.
- ^ a b c d e Bretzel, Julius (17 May 2022). "Schauspieler Rainer Basedow ist tot". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Trauer um Schauspieler Rainer Basedow". weser-kurier-de (in German). 17 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "Synchronsprecher – Rainer Basedow". Deutsche Synchronkartei (in German). 17 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Schauspieler Rainer Basedow ist tot – Rollen in "Tatort" und "Küstenwache" machen ihn unvergessen". Volksstimme (in German). 17 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ Steil, Wolfgang (22 June 2016). "Erlebte Geschichten mit Kabarettist Rainer Basedow". WDR (in German). Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Schauspieler Rainer Basedow stirbt nach schwerer Krankheit". Focus (in German). 17 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "Schauspieler und Kabarettist Rainer Basedow ist tot". Der Spiegel (in German). 17 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Schauspieler und Pumbaa-Sprecher Rainer Basedow gestorben". stern.de (in German). 17 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Rainer Basedow". Munzinger Biographie (in German). Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ a b c d Huber, Joachim (17 May 2022). "Rainer Basedow ist gestorben". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "Im Alter von 83 Jahren: Schauspieler Rainer Basedow gestorben". FAZ.NET (in German). 17 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "Pumbaa von "König der Löwen": Schauspieler Rainer Basedow ist gestorben". RND.de (in German). 17 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Schauspieler Rainer Basedow ist tot". Sächsische.de (in German). 17 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "Rainer Basedow". Film-Lexikon.de (in German). 16 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "Trauer: Rainer Basedow (83)". Salzburger Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "Filmografie Rainer Basedow" (in German). fernsehserien.de. 26 April 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Rainer Basedow". KINO (in German). 3 January 2006. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
General and cited references edit
- Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. London: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3. OCLC 868959494.
External links edit
- Rainer Basedow at IMDb
- Rainer Basedow discography at Discogs