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He started his acting career at the theater where he worked on different stages, among others in Giessen, Heidelberg, Stuttgart, Lübeck and finally at the Thalia-Theater in Hamburg, where he was active as an actor and director from 1947 to 1974.

Noted as a prolific voice-over artist for film and television, and, from the 1960's, as a narrator of children's fairy tales on radio.

He often impersonated support roles in movies and he made his film debut with "Silvesternacht am Alexanderplatz" (1939).

The theater remained his great passion, beside it he still was very busy as a support actor for movies. To his well-known movies of the 50s and 60s belong "Made in Germany - Ein Leben für Zeiss" (1957), "Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben" (1959) and the serial "Affäre Dreyfuss" (1968).

Thanks to his striking voice Hans Paetsch became a very popular narrator of audio books from the 60s. In numerous productions - often for children - he spoke for many well-known figures and soon got the nickname "Storyteller of the nation" and his voice became familiar for several generations.

Even musicians used his catchy voice, among them "Die Toten Hosen" and "Die Ärzte".

The actor Hans Paetsch discovered his interest into the acting during a school performance and after the school he concentrated to this goal.

Hans Paetsch remained active till old age, to his last cinematical works belong "Das serbische Mädchen" (1991), "Ein letzter Wille" (1994) and "Sieben Monde" (1998).