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Gottfried John

German actor (1942-2014)

PersonDied aged 72humanQ61510

Born: August 29, 1942
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-09
2.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
3.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
4.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
5.Stated in DiscogsRetrieved 2017-10-09
6.Stated in filmportal.deRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Died: September 1, 2014
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1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2015-10-16
3.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
4.Stated in DiscogsRetrieved 2017-10-09
5.Stated in filmportal.deRetrieved 2017-10-09
6.Stated in Munzinger PersonenRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Birthplace: Berlin
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-12-10
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Place of death: Utting
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-12-30
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Citizenship: Germany
Occupation: voice actor
, stage actor
, film actor
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Languages spoken, written or signed: German
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1.Stated in CONOR.SI
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Gottfried John was a German stage, screen, and voice actor. A longtime collaborator of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, John appeared in nine of his films between 1975 and 1981, the year before Fassbinder's death, including Eight Hours Don't Make a Day, Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven, Despair, The Marriage of Maria Braun, and Berlin Alexanderplatz. His distinctive, gaunt appearance saw him frequently cast as villains, and he is best known to audiences for his role as the corrupt General Arkady Ourumov in the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye and his comedic turn as Julius Caesar in Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar (1999), for the latter of which he won the Bavarian Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.

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Family name: John
Given name: Gottfried
Manner of death: natural causes
Name in native language: Gottfried John
Cause of death: cancer
Place of burial: Bavaria
Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-05
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Start of work period: 1962
Documentation files at: SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts subject named as: John, Gottfried

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