- Prolific small-part character player of the 1930's and 40's, long on the Berlin stage. In films, usually played affable 'everyman' roles, including hairdressers, prison guards, doctors or small-time crooks. Towards the end of his career, he did some dubbing on Disney films, notably providing the German voice for the March Hare in "Alice in Wonderland" (1951). Biegel's mentally disturbed wife committed suicide a month before his own death.
- The actor Erwin Biegel could look back on a long-standing theater career when he gained a foothold in the film business in the middle of the 30's.
- His involvement in the synchronization of Disney films remained sustainable.
- In the war time followed many other engagements in great productions like "Stern von Rio" (1940), "Frauen sind doch bessere Diplomaten" (1941), "Münchhausen" (1943) and "Die Feuerzangenbowle" (1944).
- Erwin Biegel continued his theater and film career after the war till briefly to his death.
- Erwin Biegel died of a heart attack and was buried in Berlin's Dahlem cemetery. His grave was abandoned after the 1979 rest period had expired.
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