Dick Engelbracht
Stand-up comedian from Netherlands ๐ณ๐ฑ
About Dick Engelbracht
Dick Engelbracht was born in Zutphen on 7 October 1920 and died in Amsterdam on 5 November 1998, at the age of 78. He worked as an impressionist, voice actor, cabaret performer and stage actor: he appeared in films and on television, was heard through the 1960s and 1970s in radio programmes built on sketches and comic scenes, acted in productions of the Amsterdam Volkstoneel and presented variety shows.
His impressions made his name. In the 1970s and 1980s he performed an impression of the football coach Rinus Michels, and he was invited to use that parody to lift the Dutch national squad before a match.
In Amsterdam he met the brothers Bas and Aad van Toor, with whom he made a radio play for TROS radio. It became the television series Bassie & Adriaan: Het Geheim van de Schatkaart, in which he played inspector De Vries and a smaller part as a market trader. For years he belonged to the cabaret company Oud Amsterdam alongside Erwin Fillee, whom he always introduced as his first cousin, the pianist Jaap Daniรซls, the cabaret performer Mary Scotty and the singer Fien Westerveld; the group toured the country from 1992 to 1998, often playing retirement and care homes. Before that he had formed the Jordaan cabaret group Jolijt with Gรฉ Frankhuizen and others.
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Who was Dick Engelbracht?
Dick Engelbracht was a Dutch impressionist, voice actor, cabaret performer and stage actor, born in Zutphen on 7 October 1920, whose impressions made his name.
What was Dick Engelbracht's Rinus Michels impression?
In the 1970s and 1980s Dick Engelbracht performed an impression of football coach Rinus Michels, and he was invited to use the parody to lift the Dutch national squad before a match.
What role did Dick Engelbracht play in Bassie & Adriaan?
In the television series Bassie & Adriaan: Het Geheim van de Schatkaart, Dick Engelbracht played inspector De Vries and a smaller part as a market trader.
How did Dick Engelbracht work with Bas and Aad van Toor?
Dick Engelbracht met the brothers Bas and Aad van Toor in Amsterdam, and together they made a radio play for TROS radio that later became a television series.
What was Oud Amsterdam?
Oud Amsterdam was a cabaret company Dick Engelbracht belonged to for years, with Erwin Fillee, pianist Jaap Daniรซls, cabaret performer Mary Scotty and singer Fien Westerveld; it toured the country from 1992 to 1998, often playing retirement and care homes.
What radio work did Dick Engelbracht do?
Through the 1960s and 1970s Dick Engelbracht was heard in radio programmes built on sketches and comic scenes, and he also acted in productions of the Amsterdam Volkstoneel.
What was Jolijt?
Jolijt was a Jordaan cabaret group that Dick Engelbracht formed with Gรฉ Frankhuizen and others before his years with Oud Amsterdam.
