Diether Krebs

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Diether Krebs
Born(1947-08-11)11 August 1947
Essen, Allied-occupied Germany
Died4 January 2000(2000-01-04) (aged 52)
Hamburg, Germany
Occupation(s)Actor, Kabarett artist and comedian
Known forHosting the comedy show Sketchup from 1984 until 1986

Diether Krebs (11 August 1947 – 4 January 2000) was a German actor, cabaret artist and comedian.

Life and career

Youth and initial success

Diether Krebs was born on 11 August 1947 in Essen, the son of a

Ruhrgebiet and took on his first role at the theatre in Oberhausen, followed by some small film roles. Of these, his most noteworthy appearance was in the film Zoff (1971) in which he played alongside well-known actors such as Jürgen Prochnow and Claus Theo Gärtner
.

From 1973, Krebs became famous for his role as "Michael Graf" in the legendary

Tony Booth's Mike, the left-wing son-in-law of Alfred Tetzlaff (Alf Garnett), played by Heinz Schubert. In 1974, however, he left the series due to differences with the producers WDR
.

In the time that followed, Krebs made many television appearances, both in light entertainment and in more sophisticated series. In 1975, Peter Zadek chose him to play in Eiszeit with Heinz Bennent; in 1980 he played a main role in Die Judenbuche based on the story by Annette von Droste-Hülshoff.

Detective thrillers

In 1978, Krebs turned to

Der Alte
.

Comedian and cabaret artist

Krebs achieved more success as a cabaret artist and comedian: in 1981, he made regular appearances on

Tagesschau, and caused a good deal of uproar. Krebs left his series, again because of disagreements with the producer (ARD
).

From 1985 to 1987 Krebs achieved cult status with his comedy series Sketchup in which he took on a wide range of different characters, accompanied at first by Beatrice Richter and then by Iris Berben. The series also became popular in other countries, such as Belgium. This series, followed by Knastmusik (1990) and Lauter nette Nachbarn (also 1990) built up Krebs's reputation as a comedian.

Actor, singer and presenter

In the years that followed, Diether Krebs acted in roles of varying quality. In 1986 he played the hairdresser "Hupsi" in

music charts: for a while he became famous as "Martin", a naive tree-hugger in a hand-knitted Fair Isle
jumper with straggly hair and prominent teeth. He also played this character on stage.

Krebs also worked as a television presenter, for example hosting the New Year Gala on MDR from 1996 and the Goldene Henne media award ceremony in 1999, also on MDR.

Hard times and a comeback

The last years of Diether Krebs's life were marked by his dwindling success and serious illness. In 1993, the

RTL show R.O.S.T. – Die Diether Krebs-Show, which also starred Hugo Egon Balder, was cancelled after thirteen episodes. The Sat.1 comedy series Der Dicke und der Belgier with the Flemish comedian Carry Goossens was also cancelled in 1998 due to low viewing figures
.

Krebs was a strong smoker and by then he was suffering from lung cancer.

Ruhrgebiet's ode to Currywurst. The text of this song which Herbert Grönemeyer
made famous was written by Krebs.

His last role

In 1999, Diether Krebs played his last role in the Ruhrgebiet-based action comedy film

shipping agent Werner Kampmann he appeared alongside Ralf Richter and others in this film directed by Peter Thorwarth [de
]. Some film critics acclaimed this as Krebs's best ever part. Krebs was also scheduled to act in the longer cinema version of the film but died 8 months prior from lung cancer.

Selected filmography

Sources

Large parts of this article were translated from the German version as of October 30, 2006

[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Jüttner, Julia (10 August 2007). "Erinnerungen an Diether Krebs: Der Alleswoller". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 7 November 2021 – via www.spiegel.de.

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