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Fritz Wunderlich(1930-1966)

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Fritz Wunderlich was born on 26 September 1930 in Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He was an actor, known for Marathon Man (1976), Der Barbier von Sevilla (1959) and Opernführer (1965). He was married to Eva Wunderlich. He died on 17 September 1966 in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
BornSeptember 26, 1930
DiedSeptember 17, 1966(35)
BornSeptember 26, 1930
DiedSeptember 17, 1966(35)
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Dustin Hoffman in Marathon Man (1976)
Marathon Man
7.4
Movie
  • Soundtrack("Der Neugierige" (1823))
  • 1976
Fritz Wunderlich in Der Barbier von Sevilla (1959)
Der Barbier von Sevilla
TV Movie
  • Graf Almaviva
  • 1959
Opernführer
7.2
TV Series
  • Music Department
Eugen Onegin
TV Movie
  • Lenski
  • 1963

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Actor

  • Columbus - Bericht und Bildnis
    9.2
    TV Movie
    • König Ferdinand
    • 1964
  • Daphne
    TV Movie
    • Leukippos
    • 1964
  • Die Frau ohne Schatten
    TV Movie
    • Die Erscheinung eines Jünglings
    • 1963
  • Der Musikmeister
    TV Movie
    • Lamberto, Musikmeister
    • 1963
  • Eugen Onegin
    TV Movie
    • Lenski
    • 1963
  • Der Vogelhändler
    8.3
    TV Movie
    • (singing voice)
    • 1960
  • Fritz Wunderlich in Der Barbier von Sevilla (1959)
    Der Barbier von Sevilla
    TV Movie
    • Graf Almaviva
    • 1959
  • Ein Walzertraum (1959)
    Ein Walzertraum
    TV Movie
    • Leutnant Niki (singing voice)
    • 1959

Music Department

  • Opernführer
    7.2
    TV Series
    • singer
    • 1965

Soundtrack

  • Infidels (2009)
    Infidels
    7.7
    TV Series
    • performer: "Dichterliebe, Op. 48"
    • 2009
  • Janneke (1990)
    Janneke
    Short
    • performer: "Das Lied von der Erde: I. Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde"
    • 1990
  • Dustin Hoffman in Marathon Man (1976)
    Marathon Man
    7.4
    • performer: "Der Neugierige" (1823)
    • 1976
  • Der Vogelhändler
    8.3
    TV Movie
    • performer: "Grüß Euch Gott, alle miteinander", "Flix, flux, flax, Florian", "Nur im Märchenland kommt das vor", "Schenkt man sich Rosen in Tirol", "Wir spiel'n bei Hof gar heut'", "Wie mein Ahnl zwanzig Jahr", "Juhuhuhui was Lustig's jetzt", "Du allein bist schuld", "Schenkt man sich Rosen in Tirol" (reprise) (uncredited)
    • 1960

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  • Born
    • September 26, 1930
    • Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
  • Died
    • September 17, 1966
    • Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany(skull fracture after fall down a staircase)
  • Spouse
    • Eva Wunderlich1956 - September 17, 1966 (his death, 3 children)
  • Children
      Wolfgang Wunderlich

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    He is generally considered the finest tenor singer of German lieder and lyric opera (such as Mozart) and operetta on record; small-voiced tenors often look to his recordings as models of their art.
  • Trademarks
      Very intelligent musical phrasing and perfect diction in German and Italian

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