Teddy Stauffer
Background information
Birth name	Ernst Heinrich Stauffer
Also known as	Ernest Henry Stauffer Teddy-Stauffer-Septett
Born	(1909-05-02)2 May 1909 Murten, Fribourg, Switzerland
Died	27 August 1991(1991-08-27) (aged 82) Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Bandleader musician actor nightclub owner restaurateur
Instrument(s)	Violin saxophone

Ernst Heinrich "Teddy" Stauffer (2 May 1909 – 27 August 1991) was a Swiss bandleader, musician, actor, nightclub owner, and restaurateur. He was dubbed Germany's "swing-king" of the 1930s. He formed the band known as the Teddies (also known as the Original Teddies or the International Teddies), which continued after he left in 1941.^[1]

Life and career

After founding his "Original Teddies" band in Bern, Stauffer enjoyed great success in Berlin, especially during the 1936 Olympic Games. Annual trips to St. Moritz and Arosa, and a guest appearance in London, enhanced the international reputation of the Teddies band. With his jazzy swing music, however, Stauffer increasingly got in trouble with the Reichsmusikkammer.^[2] With the outbreak of war in 1939, Stauffer returned to his native Switzerland.

After the war, he emigrated to the United States and later to Acapulco, Mexico, where he became a hotel manager and remained until his death in 1991. During the 1950s, Stauffer became a key figure in the promotion of Acapulco as a resort for a wealthy and celebrity clientele, and was nicknamed "Mr. Acapulco."^[3] Stauffer was married five times, including marriages to actresses Faith Domergue and Hedy Lamarr.