Jürgen Frohriep

Jürgen Frohriep (28 April 1928 – 13 July 1993) was a German actor. After 1972 he became widely known for his role as Oberleutnant Jürgen Hübner in Polizeiruf 110, a long running television series that originated in the German Democratic Republic, but which continues to win large television audiences across Germany, following reunification.

Like many German actors, he also found work as a voice-over artist, dubbing English language films for domestic audiences: one of these jobs involved becoming the German language voice of Charlton Heston for his role in "Antony and Cleopatra".

At the end of the 1950s Konrad Wolf chose Frohriep for the lead role of his anti-war film, Stars (Sterne). As the brother of the country's intelligence chief, Markus Wolf, Konrad Wolf had good establishment connections, and his casting of Frohriep marked a career break-through for the latter. Frohriep became a permanent member of the DEFA, the state-owned film studio, frequently finding himself cast in soldierly roles. In 1966 he appeared in the biographical film "No victory without a fight" ("Ohne Kampf kein Sieg"), portraying the Mercedes-Benz racing driver Manfred von Brauchitsch. His character was initially rather overshadowed by Police-Captain Peter Fuchs, played by Peter Borgelt. By 1991 Jürgen Frohriep's character had nevertheless appeared in 64 episodes, which was more than any other apart from the ubiquitous Captain Fuchs himself. During this time he was also obtaining a lot of dubbing work, voicing parts in English language films for German audiences.

After the demise, as a stand-alone state, of the German Democratic Republic, Frohriep, who was 62 in 1990, stopped being offered parts. He was reported to be suffering from depression.