Axel Anderson
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Axel Anderson | |
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| Born | Axel Levy December 11, 1929 |
| Died | December 16, 2012 (aged 83) |
Axel Anderson (December 11, 1929 – December 16, 2012) was an actor, television producer, host in his adopted homeland Puerto Rico.
Biography
Early life
Anderson was born Axel Levy to a Jewish family in Berlin, Germany. In 1936 Anderson's family escaped the Holocaust by emigrating to Paraguay. Due to political instability in Paraguay, Anderson's family soon moved to Argentina. Anderson started acting as a teenager, working at the Teatro Alemán Independiente, a small theater troupe mainly composed of German expatriates who performed in German.
During the 1950s, Anderson moved his young family to Bogotá, Colombia where he worked in theater. The family later moved to the Dominican Republic. During his time in the Dominican Republic, Anderson reportedly clashed with the politics of the Rafael Leónidas Trujillo regime, being forced to emigrate one more time. He and his family settled in Puerto Rico where they have remained ever since.
Career
Anderson made his debut in Puerto Rican television with a sitcom named Qué Pareja a local version of I Love Lucy. He also performed in theater and other short television productions. The actor quickly established himself as a leading man, landing several leading roles in local novelas or soap operas. Early in his career, he starred in a novela titled Cuando los hijos condenan in which Anderson and co-star Marta Romero shared the first on-screen kiss in the history of Puerto Rican television.
Anderson also starred in one of the first major motion pictures produced in Puerto Rico, Maruja. His film career continued with roles in Spanish and U.S. films, including Battle of the Bulge (1965) and Bananas (1971).
During the last 20 years, Anderson has remained one of the top leading actors in Puerto Rico and has continually acted in major local and international productions, including a small role as the bank director in the Sylvester Stallone thriller Assassins.
Anderson died on December 16, 2012 near 8:00 pm in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[1]
Filmography
- DVD Maruja (1959)
- DVD El Otro Camino (1959)
- Bananas - (1971) - as Man Tortured
- Thunder Island - (1963) - uncredited appearance
- Finger On the Trigger - (1965) - as McNamara
- Battle of the Bulge - (1965) - as German Army messenger
- Assassins - (1995) - as the Bank President
- Manhattan Merengue! - (1997) - as Super
- Paradise Lost - (1999) - as General Díaz
- Judíos en el espacio o ¿Por qué es differente esta noche a las demás noches? - (2005) - as Mauricio
- The Reaping - (2007) - as the Blind Man
Recordings
OPUS 1
- Martes 2 de la Tarde
- Letra de Axel Anderson
- Por Eso Que Llaman Amor
- Emigrante
- Ahora Sé
- Inventario
- El Pasado Ya Pasó
- Para Elisa
- Mis Cinco Sentidos
- A Que No Sabes A Quien Ví
- El Coro
See also
References
- ^ "Recuerdan a Axel Anderson". El Nuevo Dia. 2012-12-18. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
External links
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- 1929 births
- 2012 deaths
- Male actors from Berlin
- Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United States
- Male actors from San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rican male film actors
- Puerto Rican male television actors
- Jewish American male actors
- Puerto Rican Jews
- German emigrants to Puerto Rico
- Deaths from cancer in Puerto Rico