RIP Klaus Manchen

 

German theater, film, TV and voice actor Klau Manchen died on September 27 in Dahlwitz-Hoppegarten, Brandenburg, Germany. He was 87. Born in Breslau, Silesia, Germany on December 1, 1936, he grew up in Berlin after the war, Manchen trained as an actor at the State Drama School in Berlin-Schöneweide (today's HfS Ernst Busch). He worked with directors such as Fritz Bornemann, Horst Schönemann, Albert Hetterle, Wolfgang Heinz and Thomas Langhoff. Klaus appeared in two Euro-westerns: “Der lange Ritt zur Schule” (The Long Ride to School) in 1981 as Jack Bull; “Der Scout” (The Scout) in 1982 as Sergeant Anderson. He was the German voice of Big Bear in the 1985/1989 animated film “Die Spur führt zum Silbersee” (The Trail to the Silver Sea).