Hans Peter Korff
Hans Peter Korff was a German actor in theatre, film and television. He worked at notable German theatres and became popular in TV series such as Diese Drombuschs.
Life and career
Korff was born in Hamburg on 24 August 1942. He was an apprentice to become a typesetter, like his father. At age 17, he joined a student theatre troupe led by Claus Peymann. He studied acting at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg with. He worked at different private theatres in Hamburg between 1964 and 1969, including the Ernst Deutsch Theater. He moved then to the Staatstheater Stuttgart, in 1972 to the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, and in 1974 to Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. He worked freelance from 1976, as a guest at the Münchner Kammerspiele and the Volksbühne in Berlin. He worked at the Schauspiel Bochum from 1984.He worked as an actor in both film and television, playing in around 20 films, 60 television films and 70 television series. He became popular in television series for roles such as the postman Onkel Heini in the ZDF's Neues aus Uhlenbusch series for children and Siegfried "Sigi" Drombusch in Diese Drombuschs. He played Uncle Hellmuth in Pappa Ante Portas, a 1991 Loriot film.
Personal life
Korff was married to the director Ina-Kathrin Korff from 1964; they had a daughter, Franziska, born in 1965. His second wife was the actress Monica Bleibtreu, from the 1980s. He married his third wife, the actress, in 1992. They had a son, Johannes Valentin Korff.Korff died on 9 March 2025, at the age of 82.