Other names Henry Barker Name Henryk Vogelfanger | Role Actor | |
 | ||
Full Name Henryk Vogelfanger Occupation Lawyer, Actor, Comedian Movies The Vagabonds, Bedzie lepiej Similar People Kazimierz Wajda, Szczepko i Tonko, Henryk Wars, Aleksander Zabczynski, Adolf Dymsza | ||
Henryk Vogelfänger (4 October 1904 – 6 October 1990), stage name Tońko, was a Polish actor. He lived in prewar Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine) where he worked as a lawyer. Together with Kazimierz Wajda he was the star of the Polish Radio comedy duo Szczepko and Tońko of Wesoła Lwowska Fala, which was widely popular in Poland.
Contents
Biography
Pure-blood Leopoldian, he was a graduate of the Stanisław Staszic's 6th Junion High School in Lwow. After graduating from the University, in 1935 he opened his own law office. In 1933, together with Kazimierz Wajda ("Szczepko"), he began his comedy carrier in Wesoła Lwowska Fala. During the IIWW he was a part of French actore troupe, in England and the western front. He was a soldier in General Maczek's First Division. After the war, he went to Great Britain, where he was known as Henry Barker, he returned to Poland in 1988. He died on October 6, 1990 and was buried in London.
