Manfred Uhlig

Manfred Uhlig (born 2 September 1927) is a German actor, cabaret artist, entertainer and also television and radio presenter.

The most noticeable characteristic of Manfred Uhlig is his Saxon, especially Leipzig dialect. Born 1927 in Leipzig, he studied drama at the end of the 1940s and after finishing accepted acting jobs at theatres and cabarets in Naumburg, Wittenberg and Schwerin. Since 1956 he was member of the Leipziger Pfeffermühle cabaret ensemble, which was founded two years before. On 30 June 1962 he left – together with Helga Hahnemann, who he had discovered once – this acting location and worked, just like "Henne", now for the GDR radio. Since 1965 together with Günter Hansel he presented for 24 years 289 episodes of the programme Alte Liebe rostet nicht at Radio DDR 1, which with that was among the most long-lived German radio broadcasts. He became known i.a. with the programmes Leipziger Allerlei and Kollege kommt gleich. In the GDR television he appeared as satirist f.e. in Da lacht der Bär and Da liegt Musike drin. Moreover, together with Horst Köbbert and Lutz Stückrath as cabaret trio The three dialecticians, he presented 28 episodes of the Saturday evening show Ein Kessel Buntes. In 1978 he was awarded with the Art Prize of the GDR.

After the Wende he worked occasionally for the MDR. He is living with his wife in Leipzig.

• Hands Up or I'll shoot (1966/2009)