Rudi Carrell (19 December 1934, Alkmaar, Netherlands — 7 July 2006, Bremen, Germany), born Rudolf Wijbrand Kesselaar, was a Dutch entertainer. Along with famous entertainers such as Johannes Heesters and Linda de Mol, Carrell was one of the most successful Dutch personalities active in Germany.

He worked as a television entertainer and hosted his own show. The Rudi Carrell Show ran first in the Netherlands, then in Germany for many years. Carrell was also a singer with a number of hits, and acted in several movies.

He represented the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 singing "Wat een geluk" (What luck). He finished 12th out of 13 scoring just 2 points. Carrell provided the Dutch radio commentary for the 1987 Contest.

The "Rudi Carrell Show" was a huge success in Germany from the 1960s to the 1990s. The show included a similar concept to "Star Search" or "Pop Idol" and brought many well-known German pop stars and actors to prominence, such as Alexis or Mark Keller. It also featured comedy sketches.

Harald Juhnke (pronounced "you-nka") (June 10, 1929 in Berlin-Charlottenburg – April 1, 2005 in Rüdersdorf near Berlin), actually Harry Heinz Herbert Juhnke, was a well-known German actor, comedian and entertainer.

Juhnke, whose father was a policeman and whose mother came from a family of bakers, grew up in the working-class district Wedding of Berlin.

His first stage appearance was in 1948. In 1950, he was hired by the theater of Neustrelitz. In the following years, he worked in several other theaters, including the Freie Volksbühne in Berlin. He became well known in the following decades, often playing the role of the young lover or a comic Berliner. He also dubbed Marlon Brando in German films.

Juhnke began appearing often on German television after 1977. He first played in television series with actors such as Grit Böttcher and Eddie Arent and later hosted the ZDF television show Musik ist Trumpf (Music is Trump), which was seen by up to 30 million television viewers. His role model for the show was Frank Sinatra, whose style of dress and singing he emulated. Juhnke's most popular song was a German rendition of Sinatra's signature song "I Did It My Way".

Günter Pfitzmann (8 April 1924 – 30 May 2003) was a German film actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1952 and 2001.

He was born and died in Berlin, Germany.

Heinz Erhardt (20 February 1909 in Riga – 5 June 1979 in Hamburg) was a German comedian, musician, entertainer, actor, and poet.

Heinz Erhardt was the son of Baltic German Kapellmeister Gustl Erhardt. He lived most of his childhood at his grandparents in Riga, where his grandfather, Paul Nelder, owned a music house. His grandfather also taught him how to play the piano; Erhardt's wish to become a professional pianist was not supported by his grandparents who wanted him to work as a merchant.

In 1935, Erhardt married Gilda Zanetti. They had four children: Grit, Verena, Gero, and Marita. Gero Erhardt became a film director and cinematographer, and his grandson, Marek Erhardt, became an actor.

The spectacle wearer and non-swimmer Erhardt was drafted into the German navy during the Second World War, but only on the third call-up; he served as a pianist in the Marine orchestra and only handled weapons during his basic training.

After the Second World War he moved to Hamburg-Wellingsbüttel and from 1948 worked as a radio moderator at NWDR. From then on he became more and more famous for his countless pun poems. Also, he became an actor and a mime. In his films he always played a character that fit his stage persona as an entertainer and comedian. His roles were polite and slightly weird persons typical of the period of the Wirtschaftswunder or "economic miracle".