Biography
William Mockridge (born 28 July 1947) is a Canadian actor and Kabarett performer based in Germany. He is the founder of the Springmaus Theatre in Bonn. He became known to a broad public through his portrayal of Erich Schiller in the WDR series Lindenstraße. After leaving school, Mockridge attended, from 1963 to 1966 and graduated from, the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal. This was followed by his first engagements at the Manitoba Theatre Center and, from 1968 to 1969, at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario. During a tour of Germany in 1970, the potential of German theatre inspired him so much that he decided to work in Germany from then on. He initially worked as an assistant director at the Ulmer Theater, where he had his first engagement at a German theater between 1971 and 1973. Further commitments followed at the Stadttheater Heidelberg (1973–1978), the Basler Theater (1978–1980) and at the Schauspiel Bonn (1980–1987).
In 1982, he founded the improvisation theatre Springmaus in Bonn, where he also performs his own solo programs. He became known to a wide audience as Erich Schiller in the ARD series Lindenstraße, which he played from 1991 until the end of 2015. In 2011, he had a guest appearance in the comedy series Pastewka.
In 2012, Mockridge published his book Je oller, je doller: So vergreisen Sie richtig. In it, he deals humorously with aging. In 2015, he hosted the Golden Internet Prize for Seniors in Berlin, where pioneering online projects are being honored under the patronage of the German Federal Ministry of the Interior.
Filmography
all 27
TV Shows 24
self 17
Movies 3
Genial daneben – Das Quiz (2018)
Falk (2018)
Mord mit Ansage (2018)
Dieter Not Unhappy (2017)
Dinner Party – Der Late-Night-Talk (2017)
Die Mockridges - Eine Knallerfamilie (2015)
Wer weiß denn sowas? (2015)
Rentnercops (2015)
Spätschicht - Die Comedy Bühne (2010)
Hirschhausens Quiz des Menschen (2010)
Intensiv-Station (2010)
Und es schmeckt doch (2009)
Reset (2007)
Das perfekte Promi-Dinner (2006)
Das NRW Duell (2006)
Pastewka (2005)
Herman & Tietjen (1997)
Zimmer frei! (1996)
Entführung aus der Lindenstraße (1995)
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio (1994)
Die Dirk Bach Show (1992)
Mitternachtsspitzen (1988)
Nachtcafé (1987)
Lindenstraße (1985)
Der Fahnder (1984)
St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken (1979)
Kölner Treff (1976)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1947-07-28 (76 years old)
Birth PlaceToronto, Canada
ChildrenMatthew Mockridge, Luke Mockridge, Jeremy Mockridge
CitizenshipsCanada
ResidencesBonn, Germany
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