Hans Clarin

Hans Clarin (14 September 1929 – 28 August 2005) was a German actor. He became a well-known voice actor of characters in children audio plays, particularly the kobold Pumuckl (including its TV and cinematic film adaptations), the German voice of René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo's diminutive Gaulish hero Asterix (in circa 30 German audioplay adaptations of the Asterix comic books, produced and published 1986-1992 under the Europa label), and the ghost Hui Buh.

Biography Clarin was born Hans-Joachim Schmid in Wilhelmshaven, and grew up in Frankfurt am Main. After graduation he studied acting in Munich from 1948 to 1950. He made his début appearance in 1950 in Franz Grillparzer's play Weh dem, der lügt ("Woe to him who lies"). From 1952 until 1967 he was employed by the Bavarian State Theatre in Munich, where he appeared in plays such as A Midsummer Night's Dream, Leonce and Lena, Woyzeck and The Blue Angel, and gained a reputation as a character actor who excelled in both comic and dramatic roles, as well as musicals and opera.

He made his first appearance on film in 1952, playing the title role in Zwerg Nase, based on a fairy tale by Wilhelm Hauff. He went on to appear in over 100 television and feature films, including The Haunted Castle (1960), The Indian Scarf (1963) and Pippi Longstocking (1969).

Awards and honours Clarin was made a Bavarian Staatsschauspieler ("State Actor") in 1961, and was awarded the Federal Order of Merit in 1994 and the Bavarian Order of Merit in 1997.

Personal life Clarin was married three times; first to Irene Reiter, with whom he had three daughters. With his second wife, Margarethe, Freiin von Cramer-Klett, he had a son Philip and a daughter Anne. In 1995 Clarin married his third wife Christa Maria, Gräfin von Hardenberg.

Selected filmography The Last Illusion (1949) Dear Miss Doctor (1954), as Cicero Fireworks (1954) Doctor Solm (1955), as Benvenuto Berding The Spessart Inn (1958), as Peter Arms and the Man (1958) The Girl with the Cat's Eyes (1958), as Stückchen The Beautiful Adventure (1959), as Polyte The Haunted Castle (1960), as Prince Kalaka Stage Fright (1960) as Himself Flying Clipper (1962) – Narrator Max the Pickpocket (1962), as Fred The Indian Scarf (1963), as Lord Edward Lebanon Mark of the Tortoise (1964), as Harry Mason Room 13 (1964) 24 Hours to Kill (1965), as Elias Angel Baby (1968), as Count Pippi Longstocking (1969), as Dunder-Karlsson A Woman Needs Loving (1969), Psychiatrist (1977), as Hairdresser (1979, TV film), as Waldo Meyer (1982), as Pumuckl (voice) Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl (1982–1999, TV series), as Pumuckl (voice) Mandara (1983, TV miniseries) as Lodders (1987, TV film), as Herr Wilhelm (1988, TV film), as Mr. Wadilow Hochwürden erbt das Paradies (1993, TV film), as Gustav (1994), as Pumuckl (voice) (2001), as Jonathan Morgan (2006), as Castellan

Works (Autobiography)