Herman van Veen
Dutch stage performer, actor, author, singer-songwriter, and musician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hermannus Jantinus van Veen (born 14 March 1945) is a Dutch stage performer, actor, author, singer-songwriter and musician. He worked with accompanists Laurens van Rooyen and Erik van der Wurff, both were pianist annex composer.
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Born | Hermannus Jantinus van Veen (1945-03-14) 14 March 1945 (age 79) Utrecht, Netherlands |
Occupation(s) | Stage performer, actor, author, singer-songwriter, musician |
Years active | 1965–present |
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In addition to performing internationally, van Veen is famous as the creator of Alfred J. Kwak (1976). The original one-man theatre show was adapted as a Dutch-German-Japanese cartoon (1989), which was broadcast internationally. In addition to creating the show's story, van Veen also wrote, composed and performed most of the show's music.[1][2][3]
He also performed the voice-overs for the characters Johan Sebastian Kwak, Krabnagel de Kater and Professor Paljas (Professor Buffon) in the Dutch and German versions of Alfred J. Kwak.[citation needed]