RIP Rainer Basedow

 Actor Rainer Basedow is dead – roles in "Tatort" and "Coast Guard" make him unforgettable

TV and film fans mourn Rainer Basedow: The German actor died after a hospital stay at the age of 83.

 

Volksstimme

5/17/2022

 

Rainer Basedow is dead. The actor, born in 1938 in the Thuringian city of Mühlhausen, died at the age of 83 in the presence of his family, various media report this with reference to the image.

Accordingly, his family announced that Rainer Basedow had fallen asleep after a serious illness and a three-day stay in the hospital.

Basedow, who grew up in the former GDR, graduated from high school in Magdeburg in 1965, but was not allowed to study because of "political unreliability". After fleeing to the West, he first began studying to become a teacher in Braunschweig, but later switched to acting and moved to Munich.

From 1976 to 1995 he was a permanent member of the Munich Laughing and Shooting Society, with which he gave 19 tours and around 4000 performances. He celebrated his greatest successes in the 1970s. In 1974 he played, among other things, the sergeant Dimpfelmoser in "Räuber Hotzenplotz" alongside Bond villain Gert Fröbe.

 

Rainer Basedow died: fans mourn Pumbaa spokesman

Film roles in "Three Men in the Snow", "A Fat Dog", "Strong Times" and "Heavy Boys" followed. Basedow was seen on television in "Derrick", "Tatort", "Der Alte", "Der Bulle von Tölz" and many other productions.

He also acted as voice actor in a wide variety of films: Among other things, he lent his voice to John Belushi in "Blues Brother". But his distinctive voice was also heard in Disney productions. Among other things, as Warty Pumbaa in "The Lion King" or as Wayne Knight in "Toy Story 2".

Rainer Basedow's fans show their sadness on social networks. Among other things, it says on Twitter: "The German voice of Pumbaa Rainer Basedow died, and with it a little bit of childhood, take care".

 

BASEDOW, Rainer

Born: 5/20/1936, Mühlhausen, Saxony, Prussia, Germany

Died: 5/15/2022, Salzburg, Austria

 

Rainer Basedow’s westerns – actor, voice dubber:

The Big Valley (TV) – 1965-1969 [German voice of Strother Martin, Roy Jenson, Kelton Garwood]

The Stranger’s Gundown – 1968 [German voice of Bruno Corazzari]

Cade’s County (TV) – 1971-1972 [German voice of Norman Alden, Al Checco, Dennis Fimple]

It Can Be Done Amigo! – 1972 [German voice of Luciano Catenacci]

Montana Trap – 1976 (miner)

Western von gestern (TV) – 1977-1985 [German voice of Smiley Burnett]

The Long Riders – 1980 [German voice of Randy Quaid]

Carry On Cowboy – 1986 [German voice of Sydney Bromley]