Gert Wiedenhofen

Gert Wiedenhofen (born December 16, 1927 in Düsseldorf , † February 19, 2001 ) was a German actor and voice actor .

Life

Wiedenhofen studied law at the University of Cologne in the early post-war years . Wiedenhofen received his artistic training from Eduard Marks in Hamburg and from Helene Thimig at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna . He made his stage debut in 1952 at Frankfurt's Theater am Roßmarkt . This was followed by engagements in Baden-Baden , Munich and at the Theater am Kurfürstendamm in Berlin .

He found a wide field of activity as an actor in film and television productions. He played in the Dieter Hallervorden comedy Oh you dear Harry , in the comedy Die Oma ist tot mit Hape Kerkeling , in the Simmel film Angels Burning Their Wings , in Wolfgang Staudte's drama Satan is on God's side , but also in undemanding productions like Schoolgirl Report. 11th part: Trying is better than studying . He also took on numerous guest roles in television series such as Lawyer Abel , Derrick , Die Hausmeisterin , Der Fahnder and Police Inspection 1 .

Wiedenhofen also worked extensively as a speaker for radio plays and dubbing.

Filmography (selection)

• 1953: The night without morals
• 1953: The five rabbits
• 1955: The front rooster
• 1956: Through the woods, through the meadows
• 1956: Two Bavarians in St. Pauli
• 1958: Two sailors on the mountain pasture
• 1958: Majesty goes astray
• 1958: Piefke, the horror of the company
• 1958: Nick Knatterton's adventures
• 1960: The Green Spider's Mystery
• 1963: The Rohrbach case (three-part TV series, 1 episode)
• 1963: Scotland Yard chases Dr. Mabuse
• 1965: crime scene
• 1965: The night courier reports - the man who never gave up
• 1967: Geheimauftrag K (Assignment K)
• 1968: Come on, my dearest bird
• 1969: Engelchen continues - hop, hop rider
• 1969: Why did I only say yes twice?
• 1970: Angels Burning Their Wings
• 1972: Mainly holidays
• 1974: Two heavenly thick skulls
• 1977: Schoolgirl Report. 11th part: Trying is better than studying
• 1977: The expulsion from paradise
• 1978: Paul comes back
• 1978: Manure and Levkojen
• 1981: Oh dear Harry
• 1983: The Heartbreakers
• 1983: Satan is on God's side
• 1983: Our man from the South Pole
• 1990: The old one - the successor
• 1992: Roses for Africa
• 1995: Deadly wedding
• 1997: Grandma is dead
• 1997: Mother's Day
• 1997: Hotel Mama - The return of the children

Radio plays (selection)

• 1954: Ten Years Too Old - Director: Gert Westphal (SWF)
• 1955: The Destruction of Slavasch - Director: Fritz Schröder-Jahn (SWF)
• 1955: The Trojan War does not take place - Director: Gert Westphal (SWF)
• 1955: The Blue Straw Hat - Director: Gerd Beermann (SWF)
• 1955: Critical events in the state of Pelargonium - Director: Ludwig Cremer (SWF)
• 1955: The Pinedus case - directed by Ludwig Cremer
• 1989: TransFormers - The Space Bridge, Carousel.

Synchronous rollers (selection)

Movies

• 1986: Jack Angel in Transformers - The Film as Astrotrain
• 1990: Steve Buscemi in King of New York - King between day and night as a test tube
• 1994: Roger Lloyd – Pack in an interview with a vampire as a piano teacher
• 1995: Peter Boretski in The End of All Dreams as a grandfather
• 1995: Anthony Daniels in Indiana Jones and the Red Baron as Francois
• 1999: Brian Doyle – Murray in Stuart Little as Edgar Little's cousin

Series

• 1989: Jack Angel in Transformers as Astrotrain
• 1989–1992: Frank Welker in Transformers as Galvatron
• 1997: Eiji Maruyama in Sailor Moon as The Enlightened One / Phantom of Power
• 1997–1998: Tomomichi Nishimura in Sailor Moon as Reis grandfather (3rd voice)
• 1999: Jon Lovitz on NewsRadio as Max Lewis

literature

• Who is Who in Photo, Film & TV , Zurich: Verlag für Prominentenenzyklopädien 1979, p. 322.

Web links

• Gert Wiedenhofen at filmportal.de
• Gert Wiedenhofen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Gert Wiedenhofen in the German synchronous file

Remarks

1. ↑ Dates of death according to the entry in the synchronized files ( memento of the original dated February 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.