Ludwig Manfred Lommel - Biography

Ludwig-Manfred Lommel, born on January 10th, 1891 in Jawor in Lower-Silesia - died on September 19th,1962 in Bad Nauheim, Western-Germany, was a German actor and humorist.
Lommel grew up in Neukirch an der Katzbach as the son of a cloth-manufacturer. From 1908 he lived in Bremen to gain experience in his father´s industry. But Ludwig was more drawn to the theatre and so he secretly took acting lessons.

During First Word War, he was a reserve officer and he would imitate various sounds e.g. airplane engines etc. to amuse and entertain his comrades.
An encounter with a Silesian farmer in a national costume inspired him to his later very successful role character "Paul Neugebauer" from the ficitonal village "Runxendorf".
After First World War, Lommel worked as a wine-representative, However, he turned back to acting and comedy and appeared more and more on small stages and on the radio.

He became a famous comedian in Germany with his stories of "Runxendorf", the people there, and their idiosycraises, and with his ability to imitate various sounds and voices.
In the 1930s he had his greatest successes on the radio in Germany and also on many humorous records. After the Second World War, he settled in Bad Nauheim and was involved in social affairs, but mostly in the area of people who had been expelled from their homeland and those who had returned home. In 1956 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, First Class, by the German governement for his commitment.

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