Harald Wolff

Harald Otto Walther Wolff , also Harold Wolf (born January 11, 1909 in Barmen ; † June 1977 ) was a German actor and voice actor .

Life

Harald Wolff, born in Barmen in 1909, first completed an apprenticeship as a businessman after graduating from high school, before switching to acting. Wolff played his first film role in Helmut Käutner's comedy Kitty and the World Conference in 1939 . Mostly, however, he was active on theater stages.

After the war, in addition to appearances in German films, he also took part in various international film productions, including in 1951 in the American war drama Decision Before Dawn by director Anatole Litvak ; 1956 in the French comedy film Two Men, a Pig and the Night of Paris by Claude Autant-Lara ; 1957 in Maurice Labro's literary film adaptation Spione alongside Henri Vidal , Barbara Laage or Lino Ventura and in 1964 in Jacques Demy's musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg . or 1972 in Constantin Costa-Gavra's political thriller The Invisible Uprising .

In addition, Wolff, as a voice actor, has lent his voice to many internationally known fellow actors over the decades. In the 1960s he voiced Desmond Llewelyn as Q in the James Bond films Goldfinger and Thunderball ; and Charles Boyer in the 1967 Bond parody Casino Royale . Vincent Price ( The Witches' Death Cry ) and Claude Rains ( Robin Hood, King of the Vagabonds ) were also dubbed by Wolff.

Filmography (selection)

1939: Kitty and the World Conference
1951: Decision Before Dawn (Decision Before Dawn)
1952: Solvay secret files
1956: Two men, a pig and the night of Paris (La traversée de Paris)
1957: Spies (Action immédiate)
1957: Jean (TV movie)
1957: The Cat (La chatte)
1958: The secret of the lady in white (Le désordre et la nuit)
1961: Le Sahara brûle
1962: Carillons sans joie
1963: The trick with the key (TV movie)
1964: The Cherbourg umbrellas (Les parapluies de Cherbourg)
1968: Django - black god of death (Starblack)
1972: The Invisible Uprising (État de siège)

literature

Harald Wolff in: Hans Lietzau: Actor, Director, Intendant , by Klaus Völker, Hentrich + Hentrich Gbr, 1999, page 422

Web links

Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Wolff, Harald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wolff, Harald Otto Walther (full name); Wolf, Harold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German actor and voice actor
DATE OF BIRTH	January 11, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH	Barmen
DATE OF DEATH	June 1977

[1] Harald Wolff in: Käutner , by Wolfgang Jacobsen, Hans Helmut Prinzler, Spiess Volker GmbH, 1992, page 276

[2] Harald Wolff in: Films and Filming , Volume 11, Hansom Books, 1964, page 28

[3] Harald Wolff in: Cinema , Part 1, issues 172-177, 1973, page 152