Herbert Köfer

Herbert Köfer (born 17 February 1921 in Berlin) is a German actor, voice actor and TV presenter.

Herbert Köfer (2008)

Life

Herbert Köfer was born in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg.[1] He went to the actors school and started his career in 1940 with first engagements at the theatre in Brieg. From 1941 to 1945 Köfer served in the Wehrmacht. After the war he worked in different theatres.

Since 1952 he worked for the East-German TV channel Deutscher Fernsehfunk and was on december 21st 1952 the first presenter of the newscast Aktuelle Kamera. Köfer was the presenter of the very first moments of the East German television as well the host of the last show nearly 40 years later on 31st December 1991.[2] Later in the 1950s he had first roles as an actor in movies, TV series and shows. In the late 1950s he was also part of the cabaret Die Distel.

In Naked Among Wolves he played the role of SS-Hauptsturmführer Kluttig. Between criminal movies, mostly of the series Polizeiruf 110, he is widely known as comical actor.

After the German reunification he continued his career. In 2003 he founded his stage show Köfers Komödiantenbühne. In March 2008 he published his biography Nie war es so verrückt wie immer ….

Köfer lives in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district near the Seddin lake. Since 2000 he is in his third marriage with his longtime girlfriend, actress Heike Köfer.[3] His daughters Mirjam Köfer and Geertje Boeden from his second marriage with actress Ute Boeden are also an actresses.[4] The son Andreas Köfer from the first marriage is cinematographer. He has also a foster daughter.

Köfer is listed as oldest active actor in the world.[5]

Selected filmography
Director Frank Beyer, actor Herbert Köfer and author Bruno Apitz on the set of Naked Among Wolves (1962)

Theatre
  • 1946: Die Braut von Messina (as Don Cesar, Neues Berliner Künstlertheater Kleinmachnow)
  • 1947: Das Haus der verbotenen Liebe (as Octavius, Tribüne Berlin)
  • 1947: Sturm im Wasserglas (Volkshaus Lichtenberg)
  • 1948: Der Zimmerherr (as Hans, Volksbühne Berlin)
  • 1948: Das Fest der Handwerker (Volksbühne Berlin)
  • 1949: Erfolg (as Leutnant Wolodja, Deutsches Theater Berlin)
  • 1950: Der fremde Schatten (Neue Bühne Berlin)
  • 1950: Golden Boy (Deutsches Theater Berlin)
  • 1951: Was ihr wollt (Deutsches Theater Berlin)
  • 1952: Die Komödie der Irrungen (Brandenburgisches Landestheater Potsdam)
  • 1952: Pygmalion (Deutsches Theater Berlin)
  • 1982: Der Meteor (Theater im Palast)
  • 1988: Ferien mit Max (as Max Baumann, Metropol-Theater Berlin-Mitte)
  • 1992: Ciao (as Martinay, Hansa-Theater Berlin)
  • 1995: Die Bratpfannenstory (for MDR)
  • 1995: Guten Tag, Herr Liebhaber (Theater am Kurfürstendamm)
  • 1995: Das lebenslängliche Kind (Theater am Kurfürstendamm)
  • 1997: Pension Schöller (Theater am Kurfürstendamm)
  • 1997: Zwei ahnungslose Engel (Comödie Dresden)
  • 1997: Der keusche Lebensmann (as Al Lewis, Comödie Dresden)
  • 1997: Sonny Boys (as Professor Crey, Komödie Dresden)
  • 1997: Die Feuerzangenbowle (as Schnauz, Comödie Dresden)
  • 1997: Im weißen Rössl (as Wilhelm Gieseke, Comödie Dresden)
  • 2010: Ritter Ludwig (as Ritter Ludwig, Comödie Dresden)
  • 2011: Rentner haben niemals Zeit (as Paul Schmidt, Comödie Dresden)
  • 2012: Paul auf hoher See (as Paul Schmidt, Comödie Dresden)

Awards
  • 1964: Heinrich-Greif-Preis[6]
  • 1965: Silberner Lorbeer des Fernsehfunks der DDR
  • 1966: Silberner Lorbeer des Fernsehfunks der DDR (for Hannes Trostberg)
  • 1969: Nationalpreis der DDR, I. Klasse for Krupp und Krause / Krause und Krupp[6]
  • 1977: Vaterländischer Verdienstorden in Bronze
  • 1979: Vaterländischer Verdienstorden in Gold
  • 1981: Fernsehliebling der FF dabei
  • 1981: Ernst-Schneller-Medaille in Gold
  • 1982: Fernsehliebling der FF dabei
  • 1983: Fernsehliebling der FF dabei
  • 1985: Fernsehliebling der FF dabei
  • 1986: Nationalpreis II. Klasse für Kunst und Literatur
  • 1986: Fernsehliebling der FF dabei
  • 1988: Theodor-Körner-Preis (shared)
  • 2002: Goldene Henne für sein Lebenswerk (for lifetime achievement)

Further reading
  • Herbert Köfer: Das war’s noch lange nicht. Erinnerungen. Ullstein, Berlin 1995, ISBN 978-3-548-35507-8.
  • Herbert Köfer: Nie war es so verrückt wie immer… Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-360-01934-9.
  • F.-B. Habel: Lexikon. Schauspieler in der DDR. Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin 2009, S. 220/222, ISBN 978-3-355-01760-2.
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References
  1. Herbert Köfer: Nie war es so verrückt wie immer… Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2008
  2. "Herbert Köfer: »Namen vergesse auch ich. Bei Texten ist es anders...«…". archive.ph. 12 February 2013. Archived from the original on 12 February 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  3. Herbert Köfer (79) und sein "Ja" zu Heike (40), berliner-kurier.de, access date 6 August 2014
  4. "Schauspieler-Kinder: Sie nutzen ihr Talent - und ihre Chancen: Das haben wir von Papa gelernt". MOPO.de (in German). 22 September 1999. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  5. "Schauspieler-Kinder: Sie nutzen ihr Talent - und ihre Chancen: Das haben wir von Papa gelernt". MOPO.de (in German). 22 September 1999. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  6. Filmpreise DDR, prenzlberglive.de, access date 6 August 2014
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