Rainer Basedow | |
---|---|
Born | 20 May 1938 |
Died | 15 May 2022 (aged 83) |
Occupation | Actor |
Spouse |
Mathilde Basedow (
m. 1971) |
Children | 4 |
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]
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]
Basedow died on 15 May 2022 in Salzburg, at the age of 83. [14] [16]
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