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- Birth namePaul Karl Heinrich Klinksik
- Paul Klinger was born on June 14, 1907 in Essen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Tim Frazer (1963), Marriage in the Shadows (1947) and Rommel ruft Kairo (1959). He was married to Karin Andersen and Hildegard Wolf. He died on November 14, 1971 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.
- SpousesKarin Andersen(1954 - November 14, 1971) (his death, 2 children)Hildegard Wolf(1936 - 1945) (divorced, 1 child)
- When playing secondary characters (without pushing himself to the fore), he is usually the scene stealer.
- Usually acted in films that were ahead of their time, touched more serious, at times even universal topics.
- He was the German voice of David Niven and Cary Grant.
- Interred in Söcking, Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany.
- Children with Karin Andersen - daughter Christine (born 1953) and son Michael (born 1958).
- At high school, as well as at the Technical University in Munich, one of his classmates was the renowned director Helmut Käutner.
- German leading actor, the son of a civil engineer. On stage in Koblenz from 1929, he began in films in 1933. He was best known for starring in Die goldene Stadt (1942) and Marriage in the Shadows (1947). Klinger continued on successfully through the 1950's and 60's, giving prodigious performances in radio dramas and on television. His screen personae tended to be men of integrity, whether as romantic heroes, faithful husbands or kindly teachers.
- For an actor, I am actually way too unemotional.
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