Joop Doderer

After his studies at the HBS he did an entrance exam for the school of acting but he failed. In spite of that he didn't give up and soon he was accepted in "het Nederlandsch toneel" and there he made his debut in Waremar. He had a few jobs on the side that time, as he couldn't earn a living as an actor. Then in WWII he refused to report to the Kultuurkamer, a German organization for the registration of all people with a cultural or artistic occupation. Instead he went into hiding. This stopped his acting career for as long as the Netherlands were occupied by the Germans. After the war he played a lot of comedy theater and participated in several radio programs. In 1953 he joined the cabaret group of Wim Sonneveld and got national fame for the first time. In 1955 he started his role in the TV-series "Swiebertje" as the leading role. Swiebertje lasted until 1975. The series became legendary and even many years later people still called him Swiebertje, in fact he kept the "nickname" un