Jan Borkus (September 19, 1920 – October 29, 2007) was a Dutch radio personality and

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

, who specialized in

radio drama Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theatre, or audio theatre) is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine ...

. He was born and died in

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...

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Filmography

* 1966 - '' De Kijkkast'' -

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and Ritsaart (1966–1972) * 1976 - ''

De Bereboot ''De Bereboot'' (The Bear Boat) is a Dutch children's puppet television programme from the 1970s written by Lo Hartog van Banda. 407 episodes were made for broadcast on NOS (October 2, 1976 - April 29, 1977) and AVRO (October 1, 1977 - September ...

'' - Voice of Fred de Kei and Kokki * 1978 - '' Astronautjes'' - Robo

Radio Dramas

* 1953 - '' Sprong in het heelal'' – Jimmy Barnet (Serie 1, 2 en 3) * 1961 - '' Testbemanning'' - Jaap * 1985 - '' Dood van een vrijgezel'' - Businessman * '' De blauwe zaden'' - Von Sommeren * '' Prometheus XIII'' - Professor Curtis * '' Moordbrigade Stockholm'' - Martin Beck * '' Miserere'' - Edmond

External links

Jan Borkus obituary
1920 births 2007 deaths Male actors from The Hague Dutch radio personalities Dutch male voice actors 20th-century Dutch male actors Dutch male radio actors {{radio-bio-stub