- The actor and cabaret artist Adolf Gondrell began his career at the end of the 10s on the stage and he became well-known as Conférencier of the "Bonbonniere" which he founded himself.
- Outside his activity as an actor Adolf Gondrell run the artist pub "Simpl" in Munich.
- From 1947 he also continued his film career again.
- His sketch "Ein Münchner im Himmel" has become an evergreen in radio programs and his voice als Alois Hingerl in well-known to many people till today.
- Because the sketch "Ein Münchner im Himmel" became a big hit in 1962 - eight years after Gondrell's premature death because of a tragic gas stove accident - when his voice to this sketch was used for an animated cartoon. Afterwards the sketch was sold on countless records.
- His field of activity was not limited to Munich but he was also successful on different stages in the capital city Berlin.
- After the war he acted at theaters in Munich exclusively for the time being, among others at the "Kleine Komödie" and at the "Münchner Kammerspielen".
- One of his greatest success was his one person sketch "Ein Münchner im Himmel", but he hadn't even dreamed about the popularity of the sketch in the lifetime that this sketch would become unforgotten till today.
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