Harry Touw
Biography
Henri (Harry) Touw (The Hague, 7 April 1924 – The Hague, 14 April 1994) was a Dutch comedian, joke teller, and television personality from The Hague. He gained national fame from 1971 onwards through his appearances on VPRO television in the roles of Fred Haché and Otto Kolkvet in a number of high-profile satirical shows, in which nudity, swearing, the toilet, dog poop, etc., often featured, with absurd humor (a product of director Wim T. Schippers). He also made several gramophone records (including Bakken aan de Bar). Together with IJf Blokker, he also created the celebrity comic strip series "Bakken aan de Bar".
Known For & Full Filmography5 Titles
Movie - 1976, 2h 15m • as Fred Haché
Sjef van Oekel escapes from prison and heads for a restaurant. Unfortunately there is nobody there to annoy. Even at the train station he is ignored by former colleagues and he ends up alone.
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • as Fred Haché (archive footage)
An ode to multi-talented artist and radio and television producer Wim T. Schippers by absurdist Ronald Snijders. In a cheerfully disruptive manner, Snijders guides the viewer through a richly illustrated overview of Schippers' work, where they meet the man who could both seduce and intentionally bore, confuse, shock, and irritate Dutch television viewers. Many clips of Schippers became legendary, such as Queen Juliana cleaning Brussels sprouts, a naked Phil Bloom reading the newspaper, and the shows featuring Barend Servet and Sjef van Oekel. Schippers wrote the sheepdog play Going to the Dogs and has been the voice of Ernie in Sesamstraat for many years.
Drama Series - 1971, 16 episodes • as Fred Haché
The Fred Haché Show is an absurdist program with a lot of nudity (performances by naked dancers from the Helen Le Clerq Dancers), linguistic humor, nonsense, satirical sketches, and illogical plotlines.
Movie - 1976, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Dick Bakker convinces Onno Bosman to produce a stage show about the sinking of the cruise ship 'Onan' and hires Fred Haché, Barend Servet, Sjef van Oekel and Ir. Van der Pik to star.
Drama Series - 1972, 16 episodes • as Fred Haché
The television program was built around the character Barend Servet, played by IJf Blokker, who had first appeared in De Fred Haché Show in 1971. Other characters returning from the Haché Show were Sjef van Oekel (played by Dolf Brouwers) and Fred Haché (played by Harry Touw). In typical Schippers fashion, the program, like its predecessor, derived its comedic effects from crude humor, silly costumes or nudity, chaos, and absurdism; it combined the trivial and banal with controversial content. There were four episodes and a Christmas special, "Waar heb dat nou voor nodig?". For the Christmas special, two songs were written by Wim T. Schippers and Clous van Mechelen for Dolf Brouwers: "Vette jus" and "Juliana onze vorstin".