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Peter Alexander(1926-2011)

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Peter Alexander
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, Peter Alexander Neumayer (his full name) entered the world of music courtesy of his grandfather who owned a music store in Pilsen. The boy was only five when he joined the Vienna Boys' Choir. And as Peter Alexander had another passion, acting, it is no wonder that he became a... singing actor ! But all in due time: In his early twenties, the young man first started studying medicine. Naturally he soon realized he was on the wrong track and changed for drama studies at the Reinhard-Seminar in Vienna. After graduating he appeared in several plays and even played in a cabaret. At the same period, Peter Alexander's love for music resurfaced and he recorded his first songs in 1951. Success was on the cards as several of his songs became big hits. He even won the German Song Contest in Munich in 1952. From then on, Peter Alexander, who had played in the theater, but never in films, started working for the big screen. Actually, his first appearances were brief and he was always billed as a singer, a dancer, a musician or himself. But his being a star of song gradually implied a star actor status. As a matter of fact, Peter Alexander soon got top-billed, and in dozens of light comedies, which attracted millions of German-speaking spectators. In such films as Ich bin kein Casanova (1959), Kreivi hyppää hameeseen (1961) and nearly all the others, Alexander was not what can be called a character actor embodying a a different role in each of those films, but he was invariably the charming, well-bred, joyful man, fond of "Festlicher Stimmung" (festive mood) and Lust (good laughs), often named Peter, in short, close to the kind of guy he was in real life. Of course, all this had nothing much to do with art and if Peter Alexander's name is still remembered fondly by the older generation in Austria and Germany, it must be recognized that he has not left any imprint in film history. Peter Alexander was synonymous with a joyful time meant for immediate consumption and that was that. An exception though: 'Wolfgang Liebeneiner' qv)'s Vanha kunnon Svejk (1964), in which for once he did not play a nice guy close to who he was, but 'Jaroslav Hasek''s well-known "hero", the prototype of the dumb soldier who drives his superiors crazy. Peter Alexander 's portrayal of this archetypal character was just excellent and it makes you regret that the comedian was not offered more demanding roles during the two decades when he was at the top of his career. After 1972, as commercial German cinema was spiraling down into the abyss, Peter Alexander left his film career to devote himself to TV shows and, of course, to songs, songs, songs . He died in early 2011 at the age of 84. History does not record whether.. he sang his last words!
BornJune 30, 1926
DiedFebruary 12, 2011(84)
BornJune 30, 1926
DiedFebruary 12, 2011(84)
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Peter Alexander and Cornelia Froboess in Hilfe, meine Braut klaut (1964)
Peter Alexander and Cornelia Froboess in Hilfe, meine Braut klaut (1964)
Peter Alexander and Fritz Eckhardt in Charley's Tante (1963)
Peter Alexander, Astrid Frank, and Marlene Rahn in Charley's Tante (1963)
Peter Alexander
Anita Ekberg and Peter Alexander in Das Liebeskarussell (1965)
Peter Alexander in Zum Teufel mit der Penne - Die Lümmel von der ersten Bank, 2. Teil (1968)
Peter Alexander and Cornelia Froboess in Hilfe, meine Braut klaut (1964)
Peter Alexander and Marika Rökk in Lepakko (1962)
Peter Alexander in Charley's Tante (1963)
Peter Alexander and Vivi Bach in Kreivi hyppää hameeseen (1961)
Peter Alexander in Hauptsache Ferien (1972)

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Peter Alexander and Waltraut Haas in Valkoinen hevonen (1960)
Valkoinen hevonen
6.0
  • Leopold Brandmeyer
  • 1960
Oskar Sima, Peter Alexander, Géza von Cziffra, Vivi Bach, Rolf Olsen, Adrienne Gessner, Susi Nicoletti, Gunther Philipp, Bill Ramsey, and Hubert von Meyerinck in Kreivi hyppää hameeseen (1961)
Kreivi hyppää hameeseen
5.2
  • Graf Bobby von Pinelski
  • 1961
Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten (1969)
Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten
8.4
TV Series
  • Self - Host
Hans Moser, Peter Alexander, Boy Gobert, Marianne Koch, Willy Millowitsch, and Marika Rökk in Lepakko (1962)
Lepakko
5.7
  • Dr. Gabriel Eisenstein
  • 1962

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  • Peter Alexander in Hauptsache Ferien (1972)
    Hauptsache Ferien
    4.8
    • Dr. Peter Markus
    • 1972
  • Peter Alexander and Heintje Simons in Hurra, die Schule brennt - Die Lümmel von der ersten Bank IV. Teil (1969)
    Hurra, die Schule brennt - Die Lümmel von der ersten Bank IV. Teil
    5.0
    • Dr. Peter Bach
    • 1969
  • Die große Glocke
    TV Series
    • 1969
  • Peter Alexander in Zum Teufel mit der Penne - Die Lümmel von der ersten Bank, 2. Teil (1968)
    Zum Teufel mit der Penne - Die Lümmel von der ersten Bank, 2. Teil
    5.3
    • Dr. Roland
    • 1968
  • Jetzt schlägt's 13
    8.3
    TV Movie
    • 1967
  • Kuinka mies vietellään? (1966)
    Kuinka mies vietellään?
    4.4
    • Peter Knolle
    • 1966
  • Graf Bobby, der Schrecken des wilden Westens (1965)
    Graf Bobby, der Schrecken des wilden Westens
    4.8
    • Graf Bobby von Pichulsky
    • 1965
  • Catherine Deneuve, Anita Ekberg, Gert Fröbe, Heinz Rühmann, Peter Alexander, Curd Jürgens, Letícia Román, Rolf Thiele, and Nadja Tiller in Das Liebeskarussell (1965)
    Das Liebeskarussell
    4.4
    • Peter Sommer
    • 1965
  • ...und sowas muß um 8 ins Bett (1965)
    ...und sowas muß um 8 ins Bett
    5.1
    • Dr. Eduard Frank
    • 1965
  • Peter Alexander and Cornelia Froboess in Hilfe, meine Braut klaut (1964)
    Hilfe, meine Braut klaut
    5.9
    • Valentin Haase
    • 1964
  • Vanha kunnon Svejk (1964)
    Vanha kunnon Svejk
    6.4
    • Josef Schwejk
    • 1964
  • Peter Alexander in Charley's Tante (1963)
    Charley's Tante
    5.1
    • Dr. Otto Wilder
    • 1963
  • Der Musterknabe (1963)
    Der Musterknabe
    5.5
    • Dr. Fritz Geyer
    • 1963
  • Die lustige Witwe (1962)
    Die lustige Witwe
    5.9
    • Danilo
    • 1962
  • Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies (1962)
    Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies
    5.3
    • Dr. Ulrich Hansen
    • 1962

Composer

  • Hier ist ein Mensch
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1972

Additional Crew

  • Peter Alexander's Wiener G'schichten
    TV Movie
    • compilation
    • 1977

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  • Alternative names
    • Alexander der Große
  • Height
    • 1.85 m
  • Born
    • June 30, 1926
    • Vienna, Austria
  • Died
    • February 12, 2011
    • Vienna, Austria(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Hildegarde HagenSeptember 22, 1952 - March 29, 2003 (her death, 2 children)
  • Publicity listings
    • 3 Interviews
    • 1 Article
    • 15 Magazine Cover Photos

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    Daughter Susanne Haidinger-Neumayer (1958-2009) and son Michael (1963-2019).

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