Wolfgang Otto Völz (16 August 1930 – 2 May 2018) was a German actor. He is known for his roles in theatre plays, TV shows, feature films (especially German films based on Edgar Wallace works) and taped radio shows. He was also a very prolific voice actor.
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| Born | 16 August 1930 |
| Died | 2 May 2018 (aged 87) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1950–2018 |
Völz studied acting and consequently worked as a stage actor. After more than ten years of acting including a great deal of supporting roles in feature films and TV shows he became a popular cast member ("Lt. Mario de Monti") of Space Patrol – The Fantastic Adventures of the Spaceship Orion.[1] He continued being successful on the TV screen by playing Ioan (German: Johann), the driver and bodyguard of Graf Yoster (and afterwards many other characters).
As a voice actor he dubbed American stars such as Walter Matthau, Peter Falk and Mel Brooks[2] and people or animals in animated films like Impy's Island.
Selected filmography edit
- Paths in Twilight (1948)
- Fruit in the Neighbour's Garden (1956)
- The Fox of Paris (1957)
- The Girl Without Pyjamas (1957)
- Man in the River (1958)
- Carnival Confession (1960)
- The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1961)
- My Husband, the Economic Miracle (1961)
- Street of Temptation (1962)
- The Lightship (1963)
- Murderer in the Fog (1964)
- Emil and the Detectives (1964)
- Raumpatrouille – Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion (1966, TV series, 7 episodes)
- Graf Yoster (1967–1976, TV series, 62 episodes)
- Babeck (1968, TV miniseries)
- Der Kommissar: Das Messer im Geldschrank (1969, TV series episode)
- Der Kommissar: Ende eines Humoristen (1972, TV series episode)
- Der Kommissar: Drei Brüder (1974, TV series episode)
- Sonderdezernat K1: Hafenhyänen (1974, TV series episode)
- Auch ich war nur ein mittelmäßiger Schüler (1974)
- Tatort: Kassensturz (1976, TV series episode)
- Wolffs Revier: Notwehr (1992, TV series episode)
- Pumuckl und der blaue Klabauter (1994)
- Tatort: Falsches Alibi (1995, TV series episode)
- The Einstein of Sex (1999)
- Der blaue Vogel (2001, TV film)
- Der Wixxer (2004)
- Impy's Island (2006, voice)
- Neues vom Wixxer (2007)
- Mord ist mein Geschäft, Liebling (2009)
Further reading edit
- Ralph Keim: Benjamin und Wolfgang Völz – Eine Biografie, SWB Verlag, Stuttgart, August 2010, ISBN 3-938719-42-7
References edit
- ^ "Space Patrol – The Fantastic Adventures of the Spaceship Orion". Retrieved 2011-07-20.
- ^ "Record as voice actor". Retrieved 2011-07-20.