Wolfgang Dehler

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Wolfgang Dehler (born November 2, 1936 in Beucha , Saxony , † April 25, 2003 in Rio de Janeiro ) was a German actor , voice actor and singer .

Life

Grave site on the Tolkewitz urn grove

Dehler, who initially also worked as a drummer for the Elb Meadow Ramblers , completed his acting training between 1955 and 1958 at the Leipzig Theater Academy. He then worked as an actor for spoken and musical theater on stages in Leipzig, Weimar, Dresden and Berlin ( Komische Oper ).

Since the late 1960s, Dehler also increasingly worked for film and television productions. He played in literary adaptations ( Die Gerechten von Kummerow after Ehm Welk ), period films ( Lützower ), science fiction films ( Visiting Van Gogh ), dramas ( doctors ) and numerous crime novels from the ranks of the public prosecutor has the word and Polizeiruf 110 . In the latter, he embodied characters on both sides of the law: in addition to various perpetrators, the investigators Strahl (1983) and Dillinger (1987–1991). He wrote the script for a few police calls. In 1987 he was the main actor in the entertainment series Mensch, Hermann! . He also took on the narrative role in the Rübezahl film adaptations by DEFA . Shortly before the fall of the Wall, Dehler moved to the FRG (as his synchronous roles there, for example in "Willow" prove), without this becoming public.

After the fall of the Wall , Dehler's appearances in film and television were a little less. He played in a film in the Tatort series and in Roland Suso Richter's thriller Nothing but Truth with Götz George in the role of Josef Mengele . In 1996 and 1997 and 1999 to 2001 he took part in the Störtebeker Festival in Ralswiek on the island of Rügen .

Wolfgang Dehler was known for his deep, sonorous voice. Countless times he played Nathan in the play Nathan the Wise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing in various German theaters. It became a trademark for him.

He participated in numerous recordings (classical music) as a speaker. He introduces himself as a jazz singer on the albums Ströme - Negerlyrik von Two Continents (1984) and Im Blaue Mond September (1982).

As a voice actor, Dehler lent his voice a. a. Sean Connery ( Live and Love in LA ), Robert Loggia ( Ghosts in the Castle ), Leonard Nimoy ( The Bible: David ), Paul Sorvino ( Good Fellas - Three Decades in the Mafia ), and Ian McDiarmid in Star Wars: Episode I - The phantom threat - but only for his appearances as Darth Sidious , the Senator Palpatine spoke Friedhelm Ptok .

Dehler spent the last years of his life in Brazil, where he died on April 25, 2003 at the age of 66. In August 2007 he was buried in the Tolkewitz urn grove in Dresden.

Wolfgang Dehler was married to fellow actor Wera Paintner , the daughter of Martin Flörchinger . The marriage had three children, Barbara, Thomas and Maria. The marriage ended in divorce in the mid-1980s. Son Thomas Dehler also works as an actor.

Filmography (selection)

theatre

actor

Director

Radio plays

  • 1967: Mark Twain : The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Jim) - Director: Walter Niklaus (Children's radio play - Rundfunk der DDR)
  • 1968: Hans Pfeiffer : Down there in Alabama (Haywood Patterson) - Director: Wolfgang Brunecker (radio play - Rundfunk der DDR )
  • 1970: Sophocles : Die Antigone des Sophokles (Kreon) - Director: Martin Flörchinger (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1972: Afanassi Salynski: Maria (Dobrotin) - Director: Helmut Hellstorff (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1972: Agnieszka Osiecka : Appetite for early cherries - Director: Albrecht Surkau (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1972: Czesław Chruszczewski : Five meet in Konin - Director: Peter Groeger (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1972: Wilhelm Hauff : Mutabor (Wesir) - Director: Theodor Popp (children's radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1973: Esko Korpilinna: The Voice of the Lord (Herr) - Director: Peter Groeger (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1977: Samuil Marschak : Das Katzenhaus (narrator) - Director: Jürgen Schmidt (children's radio play - Litera)
  • 1980: Hansgeorg Stengel : So a Struwwelpeter (storyteller) - Director: Albrecht Surkau (children's radio play - Litera)
  • 1981: Günter Eich : Dreams - Director: Peter Groeger (radio play - Broadcasting of the GDR)
  • 1981: Peter Hacks : Adam und Eva (Gott) - Director: Klaus Dieter Kirst (Theater recording - Litera)
  • 1983: Sándor Sáfár, Zoltán Jékely: How the Gypsy Sepp became a crook (King) - adaptation and direction: Andreas Scheinert (children's radio play - Litera)
  • 1984: Eugen Eschner: Till Eulenspiegel (death) - Director: Andreas Scheinert, Jürgen Schmidt (radio play - Litera)
  • 1985: Anna Seghers : Die Reiseegegnung (Nicolai Gogol) - Director: Fritz Göhler (radio play - Rundfunk der DDR)
  • 1986: Wilhelm Hauff: The Cold Heart (Holländermichel) - Director: Rainer Schwarz (children's radio play - Litera)
  • 1986: from 1001 Nights : Sindbad the Seafarer (Sindbad) - Director: Dieter Wardetzky (children's radio play - Litera)
  • 1987: Tony McHale: Getting out is not (Gerry Rye) - Director: Rainer Schwarz (radio play - Rundfunk der DDR)
  • 2002 ( Audible : 2013): Disney's Hercules: The Original Radio Play about the Film , Walt Disney Records
  • 2005: Star Wars - The Phantom Menace: Episode I: Original radio play for the film , Universal Music, ISBN 978-3-89945-931-9

Discography (selection)

  • Streams - Negro poetry from two continents (1984)
  • In the blue moon September (1981)

Synchronous rollers (selection)

actor Film / series role
Al Wiggins Matlock (TV series) Judge Clagett
Alan Barry In the name of the father Archivist Jenkins
Andrei Popov How stupid Ivanushka sought miracles Magician Lukomor
Arthur Margetson Sherlock Holmes: Ghosts in the Castle (2nd synchro for DEFA in the 60s) Dr. Six tone
Ato Mukhamedzhanov The shame Ulfat's father
Edward A. McDemottroe Clash of the Kobolds - The legend of a forbidden love Changeling Fergus Flynn
Gregory Alan Williams Against all rules Coach Hinds
Grigori Gaj You're not born a soldier Berezhnoi
Henri Virlojeux Blood on the asphalt Barraud
Ian McDiarmid Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Darth Sidious
James Earl Jones Field of dreams Terence "Terry" man
Jay C. flipping The O'Hara Murder Trial (Synchro 1991) Sven Norson
John Amos The prince from Zamunda Cleo McDowel
Yuri Chekulaev The medicus' apprentice Kawass
Keith Michell Heinrich VIII and his six wives ( GDR synchro) King Henry VIII
L. Harvey Gold Highlander (TV series) Bourcheck
Merritt Bohn Twilight Zone - Unlikely Stories (TV Series) Nolan
Mikhail Simin Peter's youth Prince Buynosov
Nikola Todev Cherry orchard Savata
Orson Welles Othello (Synchro 1993) Othello
Waterloo ( GDR Synchro) Louis XVIII
Pat Hingle Hawaii Five-Zero (TV Series) Dr. Grant Ormsbee
The Crooks' Coast (TV Series) Emory Van Cleve
Paul Butler Stephen King's Brave New Times (TV series, 2nd dubbing for TV) Captain March
Meshugge Lt. Lynch
Paul Sorvino GoodFellas - Three decades in the Mafia Paul Cicero
Romeo + Juliet Fulgencio Capulet
Money Talks - Money doesn't stink Guy Cipriani
Philippe Noiret The witness (Synchro 1981) Robert Maurisson
Raymond Lovell From the sinful poet (Synchro 1985) John Hobhouse
Pure aren 20th century pirates Pirate captain
Rex Evans Sherlock Holmes: Dangerous Mission (Synchro 1969) Gregor
Robert Loggia Cold Blooded - The romance lives ... still! Gordon
Sir Christopher Lee Funny man Callum chance
Victor Buono Daniel Boone (TV series, 2nd synchro 1989–1991) Mr. Quaife

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German synchronous files. In: www.synchronkartei.de. Retrieved September 8, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Dehler, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Beucha , Saxony, Germany
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 2003
Place of death Rio de Janeiro , Brazil