- Born
- Died
- Birth nameEckart Hermann Dux
- Nickname
- Ecki
- Height1.75 m
- German film, TV and voice actor, the son of a senior insurance inspector. Dux took acting classes in Berlin under the tutelage of drama coach Else Bongers (1901-1993) and made his stage debut at the age of 22 at the Renaissance-Theater. On the screen from 1950, he first appeared as Fenton in an adaptation of Shakespeare's Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (1950). After that came featured supporting roles in Das Haus in Montevideo (1951) with Curt Goetz, the comedy Briefträger Müller (1953) with Heinz Rühmann and in the Defa-produced fantasy L'arbre qui chante (1957) (as the Handsome Prince). From the mid-60's, Dux (nicknamed 'Ecki') was primarily seen in made-for-TV movies and as a series guest actor. He became most popular in the guise of police officers, beginning with his young sergeant in the Francis Durbridge thriller Das Halstuch (1962), and, later, as one of the stars of Les cavaliers de la route (1966) and Hamburg Transit (1970) (in both series as Detective Superintendant Schlüter). Dux also had a recurring role as attorney Mike Rander in the humorous crime series Butler Parker (1972).
During the latter stages of his career, Dux became more actively involved as a narrator of radio plays and as a voice actor. He has been the regular German dubbing voice for Audie Murphy and Anthony Perkins. He has also synchronized for Ian McKellen (as Gandalf) in Peter Jackson's Hobbit-Trilogie, for Steve Martin in Los Angeles Story (1991) and Le père de la mariée (1991) and for George Peppard in L'agence tous risques (1983). Among many other thespians he has dubbed, are Michael Caine, Charles Dance, Peter O'Toole, Michael Gambon and Albert Finney.- IMDb mini biography by: I.S.Mowis
- SpousesMarlies Dux(1970 - April 9, 2024) (his death)Gisela Peltzer (divorced)
- Eckart Dux was a German actor and voice artist.
- He completed his training as an actor with Else Bongers in Berlin and made his stage debut in 1948 at the city's Renaissance Theatre.
- Dux had numerous roles on the Berlin stage and in theaters in Munich, Hamburg, Frankfurt and Stuttgart.
- He has also worked as an actor and narrator on radio.
- From 1949, he was also one of the longest active German-speaking voice actors, dubbing Hollywood films into German. In the 1950s and 1960s he was regularly the German voice of Audie Murphy. He also dubbed Anthony Perkins in many roles including Psycho, Steve Martin, Fred Astaire, George Peppard (in the action series The A-Team) and Jerry Stiller. After Joachim Höppner died in 2006, he took over the dubbing of Ian McKellen as the wizard Gandalf. He dubbed David Jason as Rincewind in Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic.
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