Friedhelm Ptok

Friedhelm Ptok (born August 7, 1933 in Hamburg ) is a German actor and voice actor .

Life

As a young man, Ptok completed an apprenticeship as a printer at his father's will, before, however, against his father's wishes, he completed private acting training. After the final exam, he started his first engagement at the Low German Stage in Flensburg in 1957 .

From 1959 to 1962 he was employed at the Ulm Theater under Kurt Hübner , after which he was part of the ensemble of the Theater of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen until 1965 . From 1965 to 1969 he worked at the Münchner Kammerspiele , from 1969 to 1972 at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. In 1972 he was signed by the Staatliche Schauspielbühnen Berlin .

Filmography (selection)

• 1964: Port Police - compensation for pain and suffering
• 1967: The crime museum - the fuse
• 1972–1973: The Melchiors
• 1980: put aside
• 1981: Escape from London
• 1982: the little brother
• 1986: Christian Rother - banker for Prussia
• 1988: a case for two
• 1990: Potatoes with specks
• 1993: Sunday again and again
• 1994: the estate
• 1996: alarm code 112
• 1999: the clown
• 2000: Alarm for Cobra 11 - The Autobahn Police
• 2000: The motorcycle cops - hard at the limit
• 2001: 1000 miles for love
• 2003: the last witness
• 2003: Stefanie - A woman takes off
• 2003: alphateam - the lifesavers in the operating room
• 2003: Dr. Sommerfeld - News from the Bülowbogen
• 2003: The country doctor
• 2003: Our teacher, Doctor Specht
• 2003: The dream ship
• 2003: City stories
• 2003: Poltergeist
• 2004: Dolphin Summer
• 2005–2006: Julia - Paths to Happiness as Werner Gravenberg (131 chapters)
• 2005: METRO - A team for life and death
• 2006: Inga Lindström : The woman at the lighthouse
• 2006: Dandelion (Episode: Diving - Bay of Sunken Treasures )
• 2007: Einstein Castle
• 2007: Our Charly
• 2008–2009: Rote Rosen
• 2009: The Rosenheim cops (episode: one less shark )
• 2009: The Rosenheim cops (episode: death of an honorable man )
• 2009: Stubbe - Case by case: Into the fog
• 2009: A houseboat to fall in love with
• 2010: Danni Lowinski (episode: class struggle )
• 2010: The Rosenheim cops (episode: got the dog )
• 2010: For some men only voodoo helps
• 2010: I am a terrorist
• 2011: The Rosenheim cops (episode: The flower killer of Rosenheim )
• 2014: cheerful to deadly: capital district (episode: my dear colleagues )
• 2014: my lover, his father and me!
• 2015: North by Northwest - The wild Sven

synchronization

As a voice actor he lent a. a. Ralph Bellamy ( Orchid, the gangster brother ), John Cleese ( Frankenstein ), Derek Fowlds ( Yes Minister ), Joel Gray ( Dallas ), Jeremy Irons ( fraud ), James Mason ( Pandora and the Flying Dutchman ), Ian McDiarmid (as emperor or Chancellor / Senator Palpatine in four of the Star Wars films) and the depressed robot Marvin in the film The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy . In V for Vendetta he dubbed Bishop Anthony James Lilliman, played by John Standing . He also spoke the character Palpatine in the animation series Star Wars: Clone Wars , Star Wars: The Clone Wars , Star Wars Rebels and in the radio play adaptations of James Luceno's novels Labyrinth of Evil and Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader .

Synchronous rollers (selection)

Movies

• 1982: Giovanni Cianfriglia as a racket in Banana Joe
• 1988: Michael Redgrave as Maxwell Frere in Endless Dreams
• 1988: Michael Murphy as John Triplette in Nashville
• 1991: Roshan Seth as Jay in Mississippi Masala
• 1994: Skip Martin as the dwarf in the Circus of Death
• 1999: Ian McDiarmid as Senator Palpatine in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
• 2000: Dermot Crowley as Douglas McDermont in The Legend of Bagger Vance
• 2002: Ian McDiarmid as Chancellor Palpatine in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
• 2005: Ian McDiarmid as Chancellor Palpatine / Darth Sidious in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
• 2008: Ian Abercrombie as Chancellor Palpatine / Darth Sidious in Star Wars: The Clone Wars
• 2011: Derek Jacobi as the prologue narrator in Anonymus
• 2017: Derek Jacobi as Edward Henry Masterman in Murder on the Orient Express
• 2019: Derek Jacobi as Joseph Wright in Tolkien
• 2019: John Kani as Rafiki in The Lion King
• 2019: Ian McDiarmid as Emperor Palpatine in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Ptok also speaks the dubbing voice of Ian McDiarmid as Emperor Palpatine in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back since the 2004 revision.

Series

• 1969: Fred Beir as Scott Rogers in FBI
• 1981: Raymond Singer as Lester in Boomer the Stray
• 1985: Herb Edelman as Burglar in Happy Days
• 1998: Jeffrey DeMunn as Henry Gardener in Fitz Again and Again
• 2005-2007: Brian Cox as Jack Langrishe in Deadwood
• 2008-2014: Ian Abercrombie (seasons 1-4) and Tim Curry (seasons 5-6) as Imperator Palpatine / Darth Sidious in Star Wars: The Clone Wars
• 2013: George Takei as Uncle Choi in Hawaii Five-0
• 2015-2018: Sam Witwer (season 2) and Ian McDiarmid (season 4) as Imperator Palpatine / Darth Sidious in Star Wars Rebels

Audio books

• Erich Kästner : Fabian - The story of a moralist , Deutsche Grammophon Literatur , 1998.
• Georges Simenon : Maigret and the old lady , Diogenes Verlag , 2006
• Georges Simenon: Maigret and the Yellow Dog , Diogenes Verlag, 2006
• Georges Simenon: Maigret fights for a man's head , Diogenes Verlag, 2006
• Georges Simenon: Maigret and the cellars of the “Majestic” , Diogenes Verlag, 2008
• Georges Simenon: Five cases for Maigret , Diogenes Verlag, 2009
• Timo Parvela : Ella at school , Igel-Records , 2008
• Timo Parvela: Ella in the second grade , Igel-Records, 2009
• Timo Parvela: Ella on a class trip , Igel-Records, 2009
• James Krüss : Die Fabelinsel (Abridged Reading), Der Audio Verlag, 2010
• Timo Parvela: Ella and the Superstar , Igel-Records, 2010
• Timo Parvela: Ella on vacation , Igel-Records, 2011
• Fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm , Igel-Records, 2011
• James Krüss: The Christmas Mouse (Abridged Reading), Der Audio Verlag, 2011
• Timo Parvela: Ella and the false pustules , Igel-Records, 2012
• Katharina Neuschaefer: The most beautiful sagas from all over the world , Igel-Genius, 2012
• Theodor Storm : Moonlight over the dike , Igel-Records, 2012
• Timo Parvela: Ella and the new one in class , Igel-Records, 2013
• Timo Parvela: Ella and the big race , Igel-Records, 2013
• Agatha Christie : Murder on the Orient Express , the Hörverlag , 2014 ( Audible ), ISBN 978-3-8445-1482-7 ( audio book download)
• Theodor Storm: Immensee and Pole Poppenspäler , Der Audio Verlag , 2015
• Jenny Erpenbeck : Go, went, gone , audio book Hamburg , 2015
• Anke Kranendonk : Käpt'n Kalle , Sauerländer Audio , 2016

Radio plays and features

• 1990: Peter Zeindler : Die Meisterpartie - Director: Hans Gerd Krogmann (detective radio play - SWF)
• 1992: Rodney David Wingfield : Much Frustration for Frost - Director: Klaus Wirbitzky (crime radio play - WDR )
• 1994: Horst Bosetzky : Full Risk (Mannhardt) - Director: Albrecht Surkau (detective radio play - DLR )
• 1998: Simone Schneider : Malaria. Director: Annette Jainski (radio play - DLR)
• 2000 Francis Durbridge : Deep in the Night - Director: Christoph Dietrich (Detective radio play - MDR)
• 2002: May B. Lund : Finger exercises - adaptation and direction: Irene Schuck (detective radio play - DLR Berlin )
• 2002: Samuel Shem : House of God (Dad) - Director: Norbert Schaeffer (radio play - MDR )
• 2003: Georges Simenon : Maigret and the shadow play , Maigret is wrong , Maigret's night at the crossroads , My friend Maigret , Maigret and the late Monsieur Gallet , Maigret and the hanged man from Saint-Pholien , Maigret and the cellars of the "Majestic" , Maigret in cure . Direction: Judith Kuckart , Susanne Feldmann , SFB-ORB / MDR / SWR.
• 2004: Rolf Schneider : The Affair d'Aubray (Dr. Moreau) - Director: Walter Niklaus (radio play - MDR / RBB )
• 2004: Anton Chekhov : Life in questions and exclamations - adaptation and direction: Irene Schuck (radio play - NDR Kultur)
• 2006: Tom Peuckert : The five minute classic - director: Beate Rosch (radio play (parts 4, 5, 8 and 10) - RBB)
• 2006: Peter Stamm : Treibgut - Director: Andrea Getto (radio play - RBB)
• 2006–2007: James Luceno : Star Wars : Labyrinth des Böse - Direction and screenplay: Oliver Döring (radio play based on the novel Labyrinth des Böse )
• 2007: Bill Fitzhugh : Der Kammerjäger - Director: Irene Schuck (radio play - DKultur )
• 2008: Heiner Grenzland : Tsunami over Germany - Music and direction: Heiner Grenzland ( original radio play , science fiction radio play - RBB)
• 2008: James Luceno : Star Wars : Dark Lord - Direction and script: Oliver Döring (radio play based on the novel Dunkler Lord: Der Aufstieg des Darth Vader )
• 2009: John von Düffel : The Invisible Director: Christiane Ohaus ( Radio-Tatort - RB )
• 2009: Gustave Akakpo : The Aleppo Bump. Director: Beatrix Ackers (radio play - SR)
• 2010: Matthias Wittekindt : Störtebeker's Revenge Director: Norbert Schaeffer (Radio-Tatort - NDR)
• 2010: Thilo Reffert : Australia, I'm coming - Director: Oliver Sturm (children's radio play - DKultur)
• 2010: Francis Durbridge : Das Halstuch - Director: Hans Quest (radio play with original dialogues from the television play - WDR / Der Audio Verlag)
• 2011: Hans Magnus Enzensberger : Album Director: Christiane Ohaus (audio collage based on the book of the same name - RB / DKultur)
• 2013: Ferdinand Kriwet : Radio-Revue or "I need someone who gives me back" (1960/61) - Director: Ferdinand Kriwet - (radio play - DKultur / WDR )
• 2013: Hans Zimmer : Pigeons only fly home - Director: Christine Nagel (children's radio play - DKultur)
• 2013: Jan Decker : Morgenland und Abendland - Director: Giuseppe Maio ( Feature - DKultur)
• 2013: Gert Roland Stiepel: Farewell present - Director: Christoph Dietrich (radio play - NDR)
• 2014: Otfried Preußler / Regine Stigloher : The Little Aquarius - Summer Festival in the Mill Pond
• 2014: Joris-Karl Huysmans : Monsieur Bougran retired - Editing and direction: Elisabeth Panknin (radio play - DLF)
• 2014: Regina Leßner : Affair in the bell tower (the art of "change ringing") (Feature - DKultur)

Video games

• 2008: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (voice of Imperator Palpatine / Darth Sidious )
• 2015: Star Wars Battlefront (2015) (voice of Imperator Palpatine / Darth Sidious )
• 2017: Star Wars: Battlefront II (2017) (voice of Imperator Palpatine / Darth Sidious )

Remarks

1. ↑ Date of birth according to IMDb, Filmportal, Langen Müller's Actor Lexicon and dtv Theater Lexicon. Agentur-matthies.de mentions 1938 as the year of birth.

Web links

• Friedhelm Ptok in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Friedhelm Ptok in the German dubbing index
• Literature by and about Friedhelm Ptok in the catalog of the German National Library
• Friedhelm Ptok at the Matthies agency
• Friedhelm Ptok on the website of the ZDF telenovela Paths to Happiness ( Memento from November 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive )