Peter Fritz Willi Lustig was a German television presenter, voice actor and author of children's books who has become especially well known as leading actor in the weekly children's television show Lowenzahn, which he hosted from 1979 up until 2006.
10 Facts About Peter Lustig
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Peter Lustig hosted the show Mittendrin, narrated the film Gordos Reise ans Ende der Welt and provided the German voice for the computer game character Gary Gadget.
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Peter Lustig's first appearance was a short sketch in the popular German children's show Die Sendung mit der Maus, where a raw egg was dropped onto his bald head, with him making a funny commentary about it.
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Peter Lustig went on to have small roles in Die Sendung mit der Maus and the German segments of Sesame Street.
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Peter Lustig's popularity increased, which led to him starring in his own show Lowenzahn from 1979 onwards, where he explained various phenomena of science and nature to children.
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Peter Lustig often ended an episode with a proposal to turn off the TV now with his famous hand turning gesture, as if he was turning off an old TV.
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Peter Lustig's show persona always wore characteristic blue dungarees and lived in a wooden building site cabin in fictitious Barstadt.
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Peter Lustig authored Vertonen: Der Ton zu den Bildern, a book on post-recording of soundtracks for films and slideshows, and Lieber Momme: Wunderliche Briefe, a book made up of letters he wrote to his young son from hospital, where Peter Lustig stayed many times throughout the 1980s due to lung cancer surgery.
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Peter Lustig died on 23 February 2016 at the age of 78 at his home in Bohmstedt near Husum surrounded by his family.
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Peter Lustig is survived by his four children and nine grandchildren.