Dick Rienstra (1941 – 2021) was a Dutch singer and actor. Rienstra began his musical career in a local group, The Double S Combo, where he sang and played guitar, clarinet, and saxophone. In 1960 he debuted on the radio in a KRO program, and in 1962 on the TV, in a VARA talent show. He moved to Amsterdam in 1963 and got a job in a musical comedy production as a singer and an actor in skits, and in 1966 signed with the Snip en Snap Revue. With the Amsterdams Volkstoneel he performed in the musical De Jantjes, and later formed a musical duo called De Jantjes as well. He was a contender in the preliminaries for the Eurovision Song Contest in 1977, and after that performed in the theater and in minor roles on television. He played a role in the comedy film Flodders in America (1992) and played the lead in the EO drama series De laatste carrier (1994).[1]
Dick Rienstra | |
|---|---|
 Rienstra in 1977 | |
| Born | 1941 Assen, Netherlands |
| Died | 2021 (aged 79-80) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Years active | 1975–2006 |
| Notable work | Flodders in America (1992) |
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Keetje Tippel | Cop | Uncredited |
| 1977 | A Bridge Too Far | Captain Krafft | |
| 1992 | Flodders in America | Captain | |
| 1998 | Ngo si seoi | Army | |
| 2006 | Sinterklaas en het Uur van de Waarheid | Commissaris |
References
edit- ^ "Rienstra, Dick". Encyclopedie van Drenthe. Van Gorcum. 2003. p. 771. ISBN 9789023239321.