{{Short description|German actor (1945–2023)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Christian Quadflieg | image = 5183a Christian Quadflieg.JPG | caption = Quadflieg in 2012 | birth_name = Christian Urs Quadflieg | birth_date = {{birth date|1945|4|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Växjö, Sweden | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|7|16|1945|4|11|df=y}} | death_place = Hamburg, Germany | other_names = Christian Urs | website = {{URL|http://christianquadflieg.de/}} | spouse = }}
'''Christian Urs Quadflieg''' ({{IPA|de|ˈkʁɪsti̯a(ː)n ˈʔʊʁs ˈkvatfliːk|lang}}; 11 April 1945{{dash}}16 July 2023) was a German-Swedish actor and television director. After working at various theatres, he became a freelance actor from 1974 onwards. He had his breakthrough on television in 1977 in the episode {{lang|de|Reifezeugnis}} from the {{lang|de|Tatort}} series. He had roles in many popular television series, namely the title role in {{lang|de|Der Landarzt}}, which he played for 42 episodes from 1987 to 1992.
== Life and career == Quadflieg was born in Växjö, Sweden, on 11 April 1945, one of five children.<ref name="Schneider" /><ref name="Tagesschau" /> His father was the German actor Will Quadflieg, who had played Faust opposite Gustaf Gründgens.<ref name="Welt" /> His mother was Benita von Vegesack, a Swedish countess.<ref name="Munzinger" /> He grew up in Hamburg, where he completed school with the Abitur. He began a three-years education to be an actor at the Westfälische Schauspielschule Bochum,<ref name="Welt" /> where his application had been refused initially.<ref name="Tagesschau" /> Between 1969 and 1973 he was a member of theatre companies in Oberhausen, Wuppertal and Basel.<ref name="Munzinger" />
=== Theatre === From 1974 he worked as freelance actor,<ref name="Tagesschau" /> playing at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg and the Volksbühne in Berlin,<ref name="Welt" /> in Munich, Vienna and Zürich.<ref name="Tagesschau" /> His classical roles included both the title role and Marquis Posa in Schiller's Don Carlos, Ferdinand in ''Kabale und Liebe'', Karl Moor in ''Die Räuber'', Musset's Lorenzaccio, the male lead in Strindberg's ''Fräulein Julie'', and Sky in ''Guys and Dolls''.<ref name="Munzinger" /> He played in Büchner's ''Dantons Tod'' at the 1981 Salzburg Festival.<ref name="Salzburg" />
=== Television === In 1975, Quadflieg appeared in the science-fiction series ''Star Maidens'', a British-German production that aired in 1976. In 1977, Quadflieg had his career breakthrough in {{Lang|de|Reifezeugnis}}, an episode from the {{Lang|de|Tatort}} series, playing a teacher who has an affair with a student,<ref name="Tagesschau" /> portrayed by Nastassja Kinski.<ref name="Welt" /> He then had roles in many popular television series, including {{Lang|de|Der Alte}}, ''Derrick'', {{Lang|de|Das Traumschiff}}, ''Siska'' and {{Lang|de|Ein Fall für zwei}}. In {{Lang|de|Vater wider Willen}} he played a conductor.<ref name="Tagesschau" /> He portrayed the title role of Dr. Karsten Matthiesen in the series {{Lang|de|Der Landarzt}}<ref name="Schneider" /> in 42 episodes from 1987 to 1992.<ref name="Welt" /> In several of these episodes he also worked as director.<ref name="Tagesschau" />
=== Later years === Quadflieg later toured Germany regularly with programmes of reading the work of various poets, such as Eduard Mörike, Heinrich Heine and Erich Kästner.<ref name="Schneider" /> He also recorded audio books.<ref name="Tagesschau" /> He was the German voice of, among others, Dean Stockwell in ''Paris, Texas'', Robert Taylor in ''Broadway Melody of 1936'' and ''The Crowd Roars''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.synchronkartei.de/film/30067|title=Deutsche Synchronkartei – Filme – Schnelle Fäuste|website=www.synchronkartei.de}}</ref> He was seen less on television, arguing that he searched for better quality roles.<ref name="Welt" />
=== Personal life === Quadflieg was married to the actress Renate Reger, who also played in ''Der Landarzt''.<ref name="Welt" /> During his time in Oberhausen, he worked under the name Christian Urs as he did not want to profit from the fame of his father Will Quadflieg, who was born and raised in Oberhausen. The family later lived in Hamburg.<ref name="Welt" />
Christian Quadflieg died in Hamburg, after a long serious illness,<ref name="Welt" /> on 16 July 2023, at age 78.<ref name="Welt" /><ref name="Abendblatt" />
== Filmography == Christian Quadflieg's filmography included:<ref name="Filmportal" /> * ''{{ill|Die unfreiwilligen Reisen des Moritz August Benjowski|de}}'' (1974, TV miniseries) * ''Abenteuerlicher Simplizissimus'' (1975, TV miniseries) * ''Star Maidens'' (1976, TV series) * ''Tatort'' – ''Reifezeugnis'' (1977, TV) * ''Derrick'' – season 5, episode 7: ''Kaffee mit Beate'' (1978, TV) * ''Derrick'' – season 6, episode 12: Ein Todesengel (1979, TV) * ''Derrick'' – season 7, episode 9: Zeuge Yuroski (1980, TV) * {{Lang|de|Der Landarzt}} (1987–1992, TV series)<ref name="Tagesschau" /> * {{Lang|de|Vater wider Willen}} (1995–2002, TV series)<ref name="Tagesschau" />
== References == <references>
<ref name="Schneider">{{cite news | last = Schneider | first = Lena | url = https://www.tagesspiegel.de/potsdam/potsdam-kultur/von-der-buhne-zum-bildschirm-und-zuruck-christian-quadflieg-liest-heute-im-nikolaisaal-7494502.html | title = Von der Bühne zum Bildschirm und zurück Christian Quadflieg | newspaper = Tagesspiegel | date = 22 December 2007 | language = de | access-date = 23 July 2023 }}</ref>
<ref name="Abendblatt">{{cite news | url = https://www.abendblatt.de/kultur-live/article238980899/Schauspieler-Christian-Quadflieg-ist-tot.html | title = Christian Quadflieg ist tot: Schauspieler stirbt mit 78 Jahren in Hamburg | newspaper = Hamburger Abendblatt | date = 19 July 2023 | language = de | access-date = 21 July 2023 }}</ref>
<ref name="Filmportal">{{cite news | url = https://www.filmportal.de/en/person/christian-quadflieg_f30d5a1629c5300ae03053d50b37399b | title = Christian Quadflieg | work = Filmportal | date = 2023 | access-date = 23 July 2023 }}</ref>
<ref name="Munzinger">{{cite encyclopedia | url = https://www.munzinger.de/search/portrait/Christian+Quadflieg/0/14862.html | title = Christian Quadflieg | encyclopedia = Munzinger Archive | date = 2023 | language = de | access-date = 19 July 2023}}</ref>
<ref name="Salzburg">{{cite web | url = https://www.salzburgerfestspiele.at/p/dantons-tod-1981 | title = Dantons Tod | work = Salzburg Festival | date = 1981 | language = de | access-date = 21 July 2023 }}</ref>
<ref name="Tagesschau">{{cite news | url = https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesellschaft/schauspieler-quadflieg-trauer-100.html | title = Schauspieler Christian Quadflieg gestorben | newspaper = Tagesschau | date = 19 July 2023 | language = de | access-date = 21 July 2023 }}</ref>
<ref name="Welt">{{cite news | url = https://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article246462816/Im-Alter-von-78-Jahren-Landarzt-und-Tatort-Legende-Schauspieler-Christian-Quadflieg-verstorben.html | title = "Landarzt" und "Tatort"-Legende – Schauspieler Christian Quadflieg verstorben | newspaper = Die Welt | date = 20 July 2023 | language = de | access-date = 21 July 2023 }}</ref>
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== Further reading == * Deutsches Bühnenjahrbuch 1968 and 1969 {{in lang|de}}
== External links == {{commons category}} * {{Official website|http://christianquadflieg.de/}} {{in lang|de}} * {{IMDb name|id=0702726|name=Christian Quadflieg}}
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