Hans Elsenspoek was born in Köthen, Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Germany on July 8, 1910, He was the son of director and actor Curt Elwenspoek [1884-1959]. After finishing school, he received his acting training in Berlin with Ernst Legal. He made his debut in 1930 at the Württembergische Landesbühne Esslingen. From the 1930/31 season he was engaged at the "Württembergische Volksbühne" in Stuttgart. This was followed by a permanent engagement at the Landestheater Schneidemühl, where he was engaged as an "assistant director of the drama" and as an actor in the 1937/38 season. In the 1939/40 season he was engaged as a director and actor at the Stadttheater Bremerhaven. After the Second World War, Elwenspoek continued his theatre career.
Elwenspoek appeared in numerous films since the 1950s, where he usually portrayed rather unsympathetic or funny innkeepers, military personnel, cooks, priests, porters, judges or even detectives. In the 1950s, he played supporting roles in several very successful fairy tale films such as “Zwerg Nase” (1953, as head kitchen master), “Die goldene Gans” (1953, as mayor) and “Tischlein deck dich” (1956, as an innkeeper, on the S. of Margarete Henning-Roth as a landlady).
He worked in television since the first experimental broadcasts in 1954. He appeared in numerous television films, television plays and television series. He was seen, sometimes several times, in the TV crime series ‘Der Kommissar’, ‘Derrick’ and ‘Der Alte’ (The Old One). From 1969 to 1971, he played the male lead alongside Lilo Hartmann in the nine-part television series ‘Familie Bergmann’, which depicted the everyday life of a family in the GDR.
Elwenspoek was married. He last lived in Geretsried in the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen. He died on January 13, 1989, at the age of 78 in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany.
ELWENSPOEK, Hans (aka Hans
Elwenspoeck) [7/8/1910, Köthen, Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Germany – 1/13/1989, Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany] – theater,
film, radio, TV actor, son of director, actor Curt
Elwenspoek [1884-1959], married to ?.
Beyond the Law –
1967 (Mr. Davis/Abe Pik)
Doppelschach - 1972
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