Loriot
von Bülow, Bernhard-Viktor Christoph Carl
November 12, 1923 – August 22, 2011 (aged 87)
Birth place: Brandenburg, Province of Brandenburg, Free State of Prussia, Germany
Browse magazine works (first published 1956)
Studied at the art academy ('Landeskunstschule') in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, West Germany, and began his career as a cartoonist; at that time he also did some movie work as supporting actor. In 1967, he began his tv work as a moderator for the magazine 'Cartoon', introducing own works gradually with time. In the mid-1970s an own comedy show 'Loriot' was begun. This was followed by two major (nongenre) movies in 1988 & 1991. Loriot also did some humorous musical pieces in adjusting works written by other hands to his means.