Peter Alexander ( him. Peter Alexander , full name: Peter Alexander Ferdinand Maximilian Neumauer; June 30, 1926 - February 12, 2011 ) - Austrian film actor, singer, showman [2] . The musical site AllMusic calls him "the leading Austrian showman of the post-war generation" [2] .
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| Full name | Peter Alexander Ferdinand Mahmilian Neumauer ( him. Peter Alexander Ferdinand Maximilian Neumayer ) | ||
| Date of Birth | June 30, 1926 | ||
| Place of Birth | Vienna, Austria | ||
| Date of death | February 12, 2011 (84 years) | ||
| Place of death | Vienna, Austria | ||
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| A country |  Austria | ||
| Professions | actor , singer , showman | ||
| Years of activity | 1948–1996 | ||
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| Genres | popular music, german hit | ||
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Biography
Peter Alexander began his musical career before the war in the famous Vienna Boys Choir , then (as a teenager) went to war - served in the Luftwaffe . In 1945 he was captured by British troops. After the war, he entered Vienna to study acting at the Max Reinhardt Theater Workshop ( Max Reinhardt Seminar ). In 1948 he began a professional acting career [2] .
He became famous as an actor of musical films in the early 1950s. In the 1960s, thanks to a series of comedy films about Count Bobby (he played the main role - the graph) popularity has increased [2] .
Later, in 1972, Peter Alexander began to host his own television show-variety show “Die Peter Alexander Show” on television. This program, which came off the screens only in 1995, became his main work [2] .
Still, he enjoyed the greatest success as a crooner singer — two dozen hits over more than 40 years, from the beginning of the 1950s. Among the songs that became hits in Austria are: “Mädchen Weine Nicht”, “Das Wunder Bist Du”, “Der Letzte Walzer”, “Komm und Bedien Dich” [2] .
He died on February 12, 2011, at the age of 85 [3] .
Filmography
- See “ Peter Alexander § Filmografie ” in the German section.
Notes
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 118648020 // General Regulatory Control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Peter Alexander - Biography & History (English) . AllMusic . The appeal date is November 26, 2015.
- ↑ The most famous German-speaking showman Peter Alexander died . News (February 23, 2011). The appeal date is March 7, 2019.
Links
- Peter Alexander on the site AllMusic
- Peter Alexander ( Internet ) on the Internet Movie Database