Heroes of my Childhood
by MarcusCyron | created - 23 Apr 2016 | updated - 5 months ago | Public
1. Bud Spencer
Actor | ...altrimenti ci arrabbiamo!
Bud Spencer, the popular Italian actor who starred in innumerable spaghetti Westerns and action-packed potboilers during the 1960s and 1970s, was born Carlo Pedersoli on October 31, 1929, in Naples. The first Italian to swim the 100-meter freestyle in less than a minute, Spencer competed as a ...
2. Terence Hill
Actor | ...altrimenti ci arrabbiamo!
Terence Hill was born as Mario Girotti on March 29, 1939 in Venice, Italy to a chemist. His mother was German, and as a child the family lived near Dresden, Saxony, Germany where they survived the Allied bombings of World War II. Italian film-maker Dino Risi discovered him at a swimming meet and he...
3. Louis de Funès
Actor | Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob
Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza was born on July 31, 1914, in Courbevoie, France. His father, named Carlos Luis de Funes de Galarza, was a former lawyer of Seville, Spain, who became a diamond cutter. His mother, named Leonor Soto Reguera, was of Spanish and Portugese extraction.
Young Louis...
4. Jerry Lewis
Actor | The Nutty Professor
Jerry Lewis (born March 16, 1926 - August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, film producer, screenwriter and film director. He is known for his slapstick humor in film, television, stage and radio. He was originally paired up with Dean Martin in 1946, forming the famed comedy team ...
5. Rolf Herricht
Actor | Maxe Baumann
Rolf Herricht was born on October 5, 1927 in Magdeburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Maxe Baumann (1976), The Small White Mouse (1964) and Der Weihnachtsmann heißt Willi (1969). He was married to Christa Herricht. He died on August 23, 1981 in East Berlin, East Germany.
6. Helga Hahnemann
Actress | Maxe Baumann
Helga Hahnemann was born on September 8, 1937 in Berlin-Pankow, Germany. She was an actress, known for Maxe Baumann (1976), Der Leutnant vom Schwanenkietz (1974) and Maxe Baumann aus Berlin (1987). She died on November 20, 1991 in Berlin, Germany.
7. Heinz Rühmann
Actor | Ein Mann geht durch die Wand
First he should take over his father's inheritance. When his parents divorced, Rühmann was just 14 years old. His father then committed suicide. In 1919, after completing his schooling and completing his secondary school leaving certificate, Rühmann took acting lessons. He got his first theater ...
8. Aleksandr Volkov
Writer | Volshebnik Izumrudnogo goroda
Alexander Melentjewitsch Volkov was the son of a former Russian sergeant and was born in today's Kazakhstan. His father taught him to read when he was four years old. He graduated from elementary school at the age of 12 at the top of his class and began studying mathematics in Tomsk in 1907. After ...
Das Zauberland
9. Peter Alexander
Soundtrack | Im weissen Rössl
To paraphrase the Beatles, one could say that, like Michelle and Ma Belle, Peter Alexander and Music are words that go together well, for the Austrian entertainer (musician, singer and actor) was associated with music from cradle to tomb. Born in Vienna in 1926, the son of a banker and his wife, ...
10. Lex Barker
Actor | Tarzan's Savage Fury
Alexander Crichlow Barker Jr. was a direct descendant of the founder of Rhode Island, Roger Williams, and of Sir William Henry Crichlow, historical Governor-General of Barbados. Barker attended the Fessenden School and Phillips-Exeter Academy, where he excelled in football and track. He went to ...
Old Shatterhand
11. Pierre Brice
Actor | Winnetou - 3. Teil
Pierre Brice was born on 6 February 1929 in Brest, France. After enlisting as volunteer to the French Army and fighting in Indochina, he attended acting lessons and got a first small role in Ça va barder (1955). In 1962, the German producer Horst Wendlandt searched for an actor who should ...
Winnetou
12. Ove Sprogøe
Actor | Olsen-bandens sidste bedrifter
Ove Sprogøe was one of Denmark's finest and most treasured actors. Born in 1919 in Odense, where he also grew up, his parents were Arthur and Inger Sprogøe. He married his wife Eva in 1945, the same year as his stage debut at Folketeatret in Copenhagen.
Through a long career in film, television and ...
Olsenbanden: Egon Olsen
13. Poul Bundgaard
Actor | Slå først Frede!
Poul Bundgaard was born on October 27, 1922 in Hellerup, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Strike First Freddy (1965), Hærværk (1977) and Flagermusen (1966). He was married to Kirsten Pedersen and Kjær, Bente Elisabeth. He died on June 3, 1998 in Gentofte, Denmark.
Olsenbanden: Kjeld Jensen
14. Morten Grunwald
Actor | Fem mand og Rosa
Born in Odense, Denmark on December 9th, 1934, Morten Grunwald is "World famous in Denmark" for several popular film roles. Most famous, however, will always be his Benny in all of the "Olsen Banden" films, where he starred alongside Ove Sprogøe and Poul Bundgaard.
He attended Odense Theatrical ...
Olsenbanden: Benny Frandsen
15. Lee Majors
Actor | The Six Million Dollar Man
Lee Majors was born on April 23, 1939 in Wyandotte, Michigan, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Six Million Dollar Man (1974), The Fall Guy (1981) and Scrooged (1988). He has been married to Faith Majors since November 9, 2002. He was previously married to Karen Velez, Farrah Fawcett ...
Colt Seavers (The Fall Guy)
16. Kenneth Williams
Actor | Carry on Cleo
The acting bug bit Kenneth Williams when, as a student, his English teacher suggested he try out for a school play. He found that he enjoyed it tremendously, but when he raised the possibility at home of becoming an actor, his father forbade it. Williams was eventually sent to art school in London ...
Carry on...
17. Charles Hawtrey
Actor | Don't Lose Your Head
Coming from a theatrical family (although not related to the famous Edwardian actor Sir Charles Hawtrey, he did "borrow" his last name), Charles Hawtrey made his stage debut at age 11 after having spent several years in a prestigious acting school. A string of stage roles followed, and by 1929 his ...
Carry on...
18. Sidney James
Actor | Carry on Cleo
The star of the Carry On series of films, Sid James originally came to prominence as sidekick to the ground breaking British comedy actor Tony Hancock, on both radio and then television. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa and named Solomon Joel Cohen, James arrived in England in 1946, second wife ...
Carry on...
19. Gunther Philipp
Actor | Unsere tollen Tanten
Gunther Philipp was born on June 8, 1918 in Maroshévíz, Hungary, Austria-Hungary [now Toplita, Romania]. He was an actor and writer, known for Unsere tollen Tanten (1961), Mikosch, der Stolz der Kompanie (1958) and The Beggar Student (1956). He was married to Gisela Kirchberg, Monika S., Anna-Maria...
20. Danny Kaye
Soundtrack | The Danny Kaye Show
Danny Kaye left school at the age of 13 to work in the so-called Borscht Belt of Jewish resorts in the Catskill Mountains. It was there he learned the basics of show biz. From there he went through a series of jobs in and out of the business. In 1939, he made his Broadway debut in "Straw Hat Revue,...
21. Pierre Richard
Actor | Shekvarebuli kulinaris ataserti retsepti
Certainly one of France's supreme farceurs in the classic tradition, comedian Pierre Richard was born to an upper crust family with an embarrassing riches of middle names as he was christened Pierre Richard Maurice Charles Leopold Defays. Working and building up his trade at the Paris Music Hall in...
22. Hattie Jacques
Actress | Carry on Again Doctor
Best known for playing Matron--as in "Ooh, Matron!"--in four films: Carry on Nurse (1959), Carry on Doctor (1967), Carry on Again Doctor (1969) and, of course Carry on Matron (1972). Key roles included: Grace Short in Carry on Teacher (1959), Sophie Bliss in Carry on Loving (1970) and Peggy Hawkins...
Carry on...
23. Barbara Windsor
Actress | EastEnders
Legendary EastEnders actress and Carry On star Barbara Windsor was born Barbara Ann Deeks in Stepney, London, the daughter of Rose (Ellis), a dressmaker, and John Deeks, a costermonger. She was a bright pupil at school and her parents wanted her to go to university, but after her first taste of ...
Carry on...
24. Kenneth Connor
Actor | Carry on England
The son of a naval officer who ran what were called "concert parties", Kenneth Connor made his stage debut at age two, and by 11 was performing in both a solo act and a doubles act with his brother in various revue shows. He later decided to become a serious actor rather than just a revue performer...
Carry on...
25. Joan Sims
Actress | Carry on Up the Khyber
Joan Sims, the "First Lady of Carry On", was born Irene Joan Marion Sims on 9 May 1930. The daughter of an Essex railway station master, Joan was interested in pursuing show-business, and soon became a familiar face in a growing number of amateur productions. In 1946, Joan first applied to RADA, ...
Carry on...
26. Jim Dale
Actor | Pete's Dragon
Jim Dale began his career as a stand-up comic. He sharpened his comedy skills during a stint in the army, where he organized and performed in camp shows. After his discharge he pursued a comedy career, and landed a job as the warm-up comic on a musical variety show. He did so well that the ...
Carry on...
27. Ottokar Domma
Writer | Ottokar der Weltverbesserer
Ottokar Domma was born on May 20, 1924. He was a writer, known for Ottokar der Weltverbesserer (1977), Alles hört auf Ottokar (1979) and Artour (1992). He died on July 15, 2007 in Woltersdorf, Brandenburg, Germany.
28. Herbert Köfer
Actor | Das große Abenteuer des Kaspar Schmeck
Herbert Köfer was born on February 17, 1921 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Das große Abenteuer des Kaspar Schmeck (1981), Krupp und Krause (1969) and Hans Beimler, Kamerad (1969). He was married to Heike Köfer, ??? and Ute Boeden. He died on July 24, 2021 in Berlin, Germany.
29. Norman Wisdom
Actor | A Stitch in Time
Sir Norman Wisdom has become the great British clown in the mold of Sir Charles Chaplin with his little man in the ill fitting suit and cloth cap. His character is an everyman, much put upon but struggling through to a (usually) happy ending. He was brought up in an orphanage after his mother died ...
30. Adriano Celentano
Soundtrack | Yuppi du
Adriano Celentano is one of the most important singers of Italian pop music, but he's also been a creator of a comic genre in movies, with his characteristic way of walking and his facial expressions. For the most part, his films were commercially successful, in fact in the 70s and part of the 80s,...
31. Heinz Schröder
Actor | Die schwarze Galeere
Heinz Schröder was born on November 30, 1921 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die schwarze Galeere (1962), Tempel des Satans (1962) and Front ohne Gnade (1984). He died on May 27, 2018 in Berlin, Germany.
Herr Fuchs/Pittiplatsch
32. Heinz Fülfe
Actor | Flax und Krümel
Heinz Fülfe was born on January 5, 1920 in Freiberg, Saxony, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Flax und Krümel (1955), Zu Besuch im Märchenland (1955) and Unser Sandmännchen (1959). He died on December 5, 1994 in Berlin, Germany.
Frau Elster
33. Friedgard Kurze
Actress | Zu Besuch im Märchenland
Friedgard Kurze was born on May 26, 1928 in Germany. She was an actress, known for Zu Besuch im Märchenland (1955), Unser Sandmännchen (1959) and Spielhaus (1980). She died on May 19, 2019 in Berlin, Germany.
Schnatterinchen
34. Hannes Hegen
Writer | Die Digedags in grauer Vorzeit
Hannes Hegen was born on May 16, 1925 in Ceská Kamenice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer and producer, known for Die Digedags in grauer Vorzeit (1999) and Dig, Dag und Ritter Runkel (1995). He was married to Edith Hegenbarth. He died on November 8, 2014 in Berlin, Germany.
Mosaik/Digedags
35. Otto Waalkes
Actor | Otto - Der Film
Otto Waalkes was born on July 22, 1948 in Emden, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Holly - The Movie (1984), Otto - Der Liebesfilm (1992) and Help, I Shrunk My Teacher (2015). He was previously married to Eva Haßmann and Manuela Ebelt.
36. Thomas Piper
Actor | Warum die UFOs unseren Salat klauen
Thomas Piper was born on March 19, 1941 in Berlin, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Warum die UFOs unseren Salat klauen (1980), Matt in dreizehn Zügen (1984) and Steig aus deinem Luftballon (1985).
Alf
37. Dieter Hallervorden
Actor | Nonstop Nonsens
He grew up in middle-class circumstances with two sisters. Before his hometown was 90 percent destroyed by air raids, his parents brought him to Quedlinburg. After the war, Didi Hallervorden returned to Dessau, where he completed primary school as one of the best in the district. The SED leadership...
38. René Goscinny
Writer | Astérix & Obélix contre César
René Goscinny was a French comic book writer, of Polish-Jewish descent. His parents were Stanislaw Simkha Goscinny and Anna "Hanna" Beresniak-Goscinna. The family name Goscinny means "hospitable" in the Polish language. Stanislaw was a chemical engineer from Warsaw, and Anna was from a small ...
Asterix
39. Albert Uderzo
Writer | Astérix & Obélix contre César
Albert Uderzo is a French comic book writer and artist, of Italian descent. Albert was born in 1927 in the town of Fismes, in the Marne department of north-eastern France. Marne was created from the remains of the older province of Champagne, and the local capital is Chalons-en-Champagne.
Alnert's ...
Asterix
40. Heinz Rennhack
Actor | Karriere N
Heinz Rennhack was born on March 5, 1937 in Danzig, Free City of Danzig [now Gdansk, Poland]. He is an actor, known for Karriere N (1974), Kille, kille Händchen (1979) and Spuk von draußen (1987). He has been married to Annemarie since 1967. They have one child.
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