17 Facts About Thomas Fritsch

Thomas Fritsch was a German film, television and dubbing actor and schlager singer.

Thomas Fritsch was regarded as the "Sonnyboy" in the German cinema of the 1960s, and became one of the best-known actors by his presence in television series.

Director and actor Gustaf Grundgens encouraged the 16-year-old Thomas Fritsch to become an actor.

Thomas Fritsch trained at an acting school in Hamburg-Poseldorf for three years.

Thomas Fritsch played his first film role in the 1962 Austrian movie Julia, Du bist zauberhaft at age 17, alongside Lilli Palmer.

Thomas Fritsch was frequently featured on the cover of the youth magazine Bravo.

Thomas Fritsch played in And So to Bed in 1963, alongside Hildegard Knef.

Thomas Fritsch appeared two more times with his father, in the ZDF television specials Das gibts doch zweimal in 1965 and Andere Zeiten, andere Sitten.

Thomas Fritsch had film roles in Drei Manner in Santa Cruz, Onkel Toms Hutte, and played one of the three men in the title of Drei Manner im Schnee, among many others.

From 1977, Thomas Fritsch appeared in a leading role in the popular series Drei sind einer zuviel by Barbara Noack, portraying a man in a love triangle story.

Thomas Fritsch starred in the television series Rivalen der Rennbahn.

Thomas Fritsch was the German voice of Russell Crowe in Gladiator, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World and Proof of Life.

Thomas Fritsch dubbed Scar in the German version of The Lion King in 1994; Diego, a Smilodon, in Ice Age and sequels, beginning in 2002; and Aslan in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and sequels.

Thomas Fritsch divided his time between his home in Munich and his home on the Greek island of Mykonos.

Thomas Fritsch had been diagnosed with a brain tumour in 1990.

In 2019, it was announced that Thomas Fritsch was diagnosed with dementia and was living in an assisted living facility.

Thomas Fritsch was given a burial at sea near the island of Sylt.