Rainer Basedow (20 May 1938 – 15 May 2022) was a German film, television, and voice actor.[1] He is known for having provided the voice of Pumbaa in the German dub of the Lion King franchise,[2] up until his replacement with Jürgen Kluckert in The Lion Guard. He also dubbed John Belushi as Jake Blues in The Blues Brothers[3] and Ron Donachie as Sergeant Harley in The Jungle Book.[4]

Rainer Basedow
Born	20 May 1938 Mühlhausen, Saxony, Prussia, Germany (now Thuringia, Germany)
Died	15 May 2022 (aged 83) Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Occupation	Actor
Spouse	Mathilde Basedow ​ (m. 1971)​
Children	4

Biography

Born in Mühlhausen, Saxony (now Thuringia),[3] Basedow graduated from high school in Magdeburg in 1956.[5] As he was not allowed to study in East Germany due to "political unreliability",[5][6] he fled to West Germany in 1956.[7][8] He studied to be a teacher, German and sports at the Pädagogische Hochschule Braunschweig [de].[9] He went then for a half year to an acting school in Munich.[7][10] In 1961, he found his first leading role in the Beckett play Waiting for Godot in a small theatre at the Siegestor.[11][10] Followed by engagements in Bern, Düsseldorf, at the Schaubühne am Halleschen Ufer [de], and again in Munich.[11] From 1962, he played at the Münchner Volkstheater.[12]

In 1968, he played a police officer in the cult film Go for It, Baby.[13] Basedow played the Sergeant Dimpfelmoser in the 1974 children's film Der Räuber Hotzenplotz, based on the fictional character The Robber Hotzenplotz, at the side of Gert Fröbe and Josef Meinrad.[14][11] Basedow's Dimpfelmoser had a lasting impact on the portrayal of this character, for example on puppet stages.[15] From 1976 to 1995, he was a permanent member of the Münchner Lach- und Schießgesellschaft.[5] Dieter Hildebrandt's television cabaret Scheibenwischer hired him for several editions.[11] Basedow was seen on television in Derrick, Tatort, Der Alte, Der Bulle von Tölz and Küstenwache.[5]

He was married to Mathilde, whom he met on a set, since 1971.[2] The couple had four children.[2]

Death

Basedow died on 15 May 2022 in Salzburg, at the age of 83.[14][16]

Selected filmography

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Citations

General and cited references

• Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. London: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3. OCLC 868959494.

External links

• Rainer Basedow at IMDb
• Rainer Basedow discography at Discogs

На других языках

[de] Rainer Basedow