Biography
Gerd Michael Henneberg (14 July 1922 – 1 January 2011) was a German actor and theater director. Gerd Henneberg's father, Richard, was a theater director. After the young Heeneberg took private acting classes, he debuted on stage at age sixteen, in the Leipzig Theater. Afterwards, he worked in the Aschaffenburg Theater and later became a member of the cast in the German National Theater in Weimar, where he remained until after the end of World War II.In 1948, Henneberg moved to East Berlin. He appeared on the stages of the Schiffbauerdamm Theater and the People's Theater, but finally settled in the Maxim Gorky Theater. Henneberg's most recognized performance was that of Scanlon of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, a character he depicted more than four hundred times. On 5 October 1960, he was awarded the People's Artist Prize. In 1960, he was named manager of the Neustrelitz Theater. In February 1962 he assumed the same duties in the Dresden Theater.Henneberg was removed from the latter post in October 1965, after the Socialist Unity Party of Germany disapproved of several plays he allowed to be performed and from the lack of cooperation with communist writers. He was criticized for lacking "Socialist ardor", and had to announce that he left due to "failing to make a contribution to Socialist dramaturgy." Henneberg returned to Neustrelitz, where he remained as manager until 1968. He continued to direct plays and to perform in the Maxim Gorky Theater until the 1980s, and made his last appearance on stage in Dresden, in 1997.Beside his theatrical work, he also appeared in some sixty cinema and television productions, mostly East German ones. He is mostly remembered for portraying Wilhelm Keitel in all of Yuri Ozerov's World War II films and for making several guest appearances in the popular crime drama Polizeiruf 110.After a prolonged illness, Henneberg died on New Year's Day 2011.
Filmography
all 55
Movies 48
TV Shows 7
Director 1
Farssmann oder Zu Fuß in die Sackgasse (1991)
Stalingrad (1990)
Ich, Thomas Müntzer, Sichel Gottes (1989)
Testamente (1989)
Ich liebe dich - April! April! (1988)
Die Alleinseglerin (1987)
Hälfte des Lebens (1985)
Your Unknown Brother (1982)
Die lange Ankunft des Alois Fingerlein (1981)
Little Alexander (1981)
Ja, so ein Mann bin ich! (1980)
Am grauen Strand, am grauen Meer (1980)
Ende vom Lied (1979)
Für Mord kein Beweis (1979)
Fleur Lafontaine (1978)
Soldiers of Freedom (1977)
Goldene Zeiten - Feine Leute (1977)
Thirty Cases of Major Zema (1976)
Visa für Ocantros (1974)
Deň, ktorý neumrie (1974)
Das Licht der schwarzen Kerze (1972)
Gartenparty (1972)
Hammer or Anvil (1972)
Black Rusks (1972)
Despite It All! (1972)
Verwandte und Bekannte (1971)
Das letzte Wort (1971)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971)
Artur Becker (1971)
Liberation: The Break Through (1970)
Liberation: The Fire Bulge (1970)
Botschafter morden nicht (1970)
Verdacht auf einen Toten (1969)
Hans Beimler, Kamerad (1969)
The Seventh Year (1969)
Ways across the Country (1968)
Treffpunkt Genf (1968)
Frozen Flashes (1967)
Kriminalfälle ohne Beispiel (1967)
Irrlicht und Feuer (1966)
Fog (1963)
Eine Handvoll Noten (1961)
Ware für Katalonien (1959)
Im Sonderauftrag (1959)
Tilman Riemenschneider (1958)
Die Schönste (1957)
Der Fackelträger (1957)
Berlin - Ecke Schönhauser... (1957)
Lissy (1957)
The Witches of Salem (1957)
The Brave Little Tailor (1956)
Thomas Müntzer (1956)
Heimliche Ehen (1956)
Robert Mayer, der Arzt aus Heilbronn (1955)
Hexen (1954)
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GenderMale
Birthday1922-07-14
Deathday2011-01-01 (88 years old)
Birth PlaceMagdeburg, Germany
CitizenshipsGerman Democratic Republic, Germany
Also Known AsGerd M. Henneberg
AwardsPatriotic Order of Merit in bronze
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