Piet Klocke is a German

Germany

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 musician, cabaret artist, author and actor.

Klocke studied Philosophy

Philosophy

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 and German language, but quit his studies to dedicate himself to free music theater. He played in various Blues

Blues

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-, Punk

Punk rock

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- and Neue Deutsche Welle

Neue Deutsche Welle

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-Bands.

Television and Movies

From 1980 on, Klocke appeared in various TV productions and shows, including the thriller "In den Todeskrallen des Dr. Do" (In the death claws of Dr. Do) for the ARD

ARD (broadcaster)

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, a Saturday night show called "Flitterabend" on ARD

ARD (broadcaster)

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 and various appearances in RTL

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 Samstag Nacht and 7 Tage, 7 Köpfe.

Klocke acted as Wachtmeister Dimpfelmoser in the 2006 movie "Räuber Hotzenplotz" (together with Armin Rohde

Armin Rohde

-Filmography:- References :* Tobias Haucke and Timo Rieg : Bochumer Bekannte 2. biblioviel Verlag, Bochum 2003. ISBN 3-928781-82-0....

) and in "Das Fliegende Klassenzimmer" (The flying classroom) in 2003.

Trademarks

Piet Klocke's trademark role is Professor Schmitt-Hindemith in his show "Musikstilarten im auslaufenden Jahrtausend" (Music styles of the ending Millennium). Here, he is accompanied by Saxophonist

Saxophone

The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...

 Simone Sonnenschein, acting as Fräulein Angelika Kleinknecht. Usually, Klocke is dressed up in eccentric ways and uses his scrubby red hair and lean figure to create an image of a helplessly nervous person. Additionally, he speaks in a very addleheaded way and doesn't finish his sentences most of the time. This is especially his trademark when doing radio plays.

Discography

• HipHop für Angestellte (ein musikalischer Abschlußabend in der VHS) (1995)
• Das geht alles von Ihrer Zeit ab (1997)
• Abenteuer im Dioptrinanzug (2000)
• Puffy Egborn 2 oder Scheitern als Weg! (2006)

External links

• Klockes website (German)