Wolfgang Völz
Wolfgang Otto Isaak Völz (born August 16, 1930 in Danzig - Langfuhr , Free City of Danzig ; † May 2, 2018 in Berlin ) was a German stage , television and film actor who, thanks to his distinctive and versatile voice, was also a great success as a dubbing actor - and had radio play speakers.
Völz made his debut as a stage actor in 1950 . In the following years he played theater , was present in film and television and for a time was a member of the Berlin “ porcupines ”. Völz celebrated his breakthrough and one of the greatest successes in 1966 in the television series Raumpatrouille . He had further successes in the Edgar Wallace film The Green Archer and in the television series Graf Yoster gives himself the honor . He was also known as the spokesman for Käpt'n Blaubär and as a voice actor for u. a. Walter Matthau and Peter Ustinov . Völz was a busy performer until the 2000s, mostly in supporting roles.
Life
Wolfgang Völz came from Danzig, where his mother ran a dairy shop. Already in his childhood he played theater. In 1947 he and his mother moved there. He then completed an apprenticeship as a baker in Hameln , took acting lessons in Hanover and then learned from Theodor Becker and Max Gaede (1882–1969). In 1950 Völz made his debut as “Page” in Friedrich Schiller's Don Karlos at the Landestheater Hannover and in the 1950s also made films alongside stars such as Hans Albers and Gert Fröbe . Since the 1950s he was close friends with Dietmar Schönherr , with whom he had some joint film and television appearances, including in the space patrol . This series was the greatest success of both of them in their film careers. From 1954 Völz was a member of the Berlin cabaret Porcupines for a while . "The social democrat Völz played political cabaret with the porcupines and explained it with a wink with the words: 'I am an absolutely left sock.'"
In addition to appearances in the crime series Stahlnetz and Das Kriminalmuseum as well as in Edgar Wallace films , a total of 76 episodes of the television series Graf Yoster gave himself the honor of one of his greatest successes in a long series of series appearances. There he played the role of the previously convicted chauffeur Johann, who helps an aristocratic amateur detective and crime writer, played by Lukas Ammann , to solve cases in the "better circles". He fondly remembered this role in which, among other things, he was allowed to "break" two Rolls-Royces.
In addition to numerous film and theater roles, Wolfgang Völz took part in one of the first AIDS awareness-raising spots and was a voice actor , including in advertising (“Toyota: Nothing is impossible”). He lent his voice to Peter Ustinov , Mel Brooks , Walter Matthau (whom he referred to as his favorite actor in voice acting) and Michel Piccoli . He also spoke the characters Majestix , Käpt'n Blaubär , the host Buttercup in The Lord of the Rings: The Companions , King George II in Pirates of the Caribbean - On Stranger Tides , Captain Iglo and Jeff Smart in Clever & Smart . In the animated series Captain Future , he spoke to the android Otto . Völz was also the German voice of Ernest Borgnine in the US series Airwolf , who played crew member Dominic Santini. He was also the German voice of Dana Elcar aka Pete Thornton on the MacGyver series . In his only appearance in an English-language production ( Finale in Berlin , 1966), he was dubbed in the German version by his colleague Rolf Schult . In 1994 he played the helmsman of the ship for Pumuckl and the blue Klabauter and spoke the voice of the blue Klabauter . In 1999 he spoke again as the blue Klabauter in the short-lived series Pumuckl's Adventure that followed the film . He also dubbed Roy Dotrice in Angel (hereafter My Father and I ).
In the Wixxer films in 2004 and 2007, in the role of a senile Scotland Yard boss, he self-ironically targeted his earlier roles. Völz remained active as an actor until the 2010s. Völz once said of his many series: “I've played around 600 television roles. It was always the same grits. ”In addition to his engagements in conventional television series, he worked with experimental directors such as Rosa von Praunheim ( Der Einstein des Sex ). Völz saw himself as "the very first man in the second class"; Schönherr, however, compared him to Walter Matthau.
Private life
Wolfgang Völz was born in the same house as the actor Eddi Arent . They later appeared together in film and television more often. As a joke during a talk show, he himself started the myth that he was born with the name Wolfgang Otto Isaak stair railing , which even found its way into at least two books. His grandson Daniel Völz clarified this joke in an interview for the Kölner Express in January 2018 .
Wolfgang Völz was a member of the SPD and took part in the Federal Assembly in 1994 .
Wolfgang Völz constantly traveled back and forth between Munich , Hamburg and his actual residence in Berlin in order to fulfill his acting obligations. Since 1955 he was married to the dancer Roswitha Völz, née Karwath from Berlin-Wilmersdorf , who was trained by Tatjana Gsovsky and who also worked on the shooting of Raumpatrouille . Her two children, Benjamin Völz and Rebecca Völz , are also active in the synchronization. A biography about him and his son Benjamin Völz has been published with the title Benjamin and Wolfgang Völz - a biography . His grandson Daniel Völz was the bachelor in the 8th season on RTL.
In 2014 the actor suffered a stroke . Wolfgang Völz died on May 2, 2018 at the age of 87 in his home in Berlin-Wilmersdorf. On June 6, 2018, his ashes were buried in the columbarium of the Wilmersdorf cemetery.
Filmography (selection)
- 1954: your big exam
- 1955: July 20th
- 1955: novel by a seventeen year old
- 1956: Cherries in the neighbor's garden
- 1956: Charley's aunt
- 1956: Kitty and the big world
- 1956: The perjurer
- 1957: Spring in Berlin
- 1957: Bank vault 713
- 1957: happiness is on the road
- 1957: The Fox of Paris
- 1958: The man in the stream
- 1958: I was a slave to him
- 1958: Piefke, the horror of the company
- 1959: Heimat - your songs
- 1959: Farewell to the clouds
- 1959: You are wonderful
- 1959: a day that never ends
- 1960: The carnival confession
- 1960: The 1000 eyes of Dr. Mabuse
- 1961: The transport
- 1961: Mrs. Cheney's end
- 1961: The green archer
- 1961: My husband, the economic miracle
- 1962: Promise Street
- 1962: The lightship
- 1963: Order for the child prodigies
- 1964: The Dartmoor public house
- 1964: Fog Killer
- 1964: Emil and the detectives
- 1964: Six Hours of Fear (TV movie)
- 1964: Adventurous Tales (TV series)
- 1964: Death around the corner (TV movie)
- 1964: Lydia Must Die (TV movie)
- 1965: money, money, money - 2 billion against the Bank of England
- 1966: The Borehole or Bavaria is not Texas
- 1966: Raumpatrouille - The Fantastic Adventures of the Orion Spaceship (TV series)
- 1966: glasses and bombs: you've come to the right place!
- 1966: Final in Berlin
- 1966: Long legs - long fingers
- 1967–1977: Count Yoster does the honors (TV series)
- 1967: The 25th Hour (La 25e Heure)
- 1968: Babeck (three-part crime thriller)
- 1968: A coffin for Mr. Holloway (TV movie)
- 1969: The Commissioner : The knife in the safe
- 1969: Pippi disembarks
- 1970: Pippi in Taka-Tuka-Land
- 1970: The man who sold the Eiffel Tower
- 1970: Angels Burning Their Wings
- 1970: Paul Temple : Murder in Munich (Murder in Munich)
- 1971: Our Willi is the best
- 1972: The Commissioner : The End of a Humorist
- 1973: Paganini (TV movie)
- 1973: Between the Flights (TV series)
- 1974: I was also only a mediocre student
- 1974: The Commissioner : Three Brothers
- 1977: Life can be so beautiful ... (West German school television)
- 1979: The Koblanks (TV series)
- 1979: What would we be without us (TV series)
- 1980: My God, Willi!
- 1985: The Pilot's Mistake (TV Movie)
- 1994: Pumuckl and the blue Klabauter
- 1997: Grandma is dead
- 1999: Käpt'n Blaubär - The Film
- 1999: The Einstein of Sex
- 1999: Pumuckl's Adventure (TV series)
- 2001: Rosamunde Pilcher - Coast of Dreams
- 2003: Orion space patrol - fall back into the cinema
- 2003–2005: The Fallers
- 2004: The WiXXer
- 2004: An angel named Hans-Dieter
- 2006: Urmel from the ice
- 2006: Hui Buh - The Castle Ghost
- 2007: News from the wanker
- 2007: complete idiot
- 2007: SEK-Calw
- 2008: Urmel in full swing
- 2009: murder is my business, darling
- 2012: The founder
Guest appearances
- 1958: Stahlnetz - The witness in the green skirt
- 1960: steel net - E 605
- 1961: Stahlnetz - On Tuesday night
- 1962: You are taking notes - incident on the express train
- 1962: steel net - in every city ...
- 1963: Interpol intervenes - the trick with the key
- 1963: Radio patrol Isar 12 - police alarm (season 3, episode 5)
- 1963: The crime museum - numerical code N
- 1964: Commissioner Freytag - gray woolen glove on the left
- 1964: Port Police - travel companion wanted
- 1965: The Crime Museum - The Letter
- 1965: The crime museum - the cap
- 1967: The crime museum - caliber 9
- 1967: The crime museum - the cable
- 1967: The fifth column - A call from the zone
- 1969: The Commissioner - The knife in the safe (episode 2)
- 1971: The incorrigible and their pride
- 1971: Salto Mortale - Paris (episode 16)
- 1974: The Commissioner - Three Brothers (episode 72)
- 1976: crime scene - cash drop
- 1980: The old man - the mistake
- 1982: The Androjäger - Better iodine than dead (episode 5)
- 1982: Police Inspection 1 - The company outing (episode 55)
- 1982: Meister Eder and his Pumuckl (TV series, episodes 1.04 and 1.23)
- 1989: A Home for Animals (TV series, episode)
- 1993–1995: Zum Stanglwirt (21 episodes)
- 1996: Schlosshotel Orth - the third star
- 1999: Hans in luck
- 2003: Pastor Braun - The Seventh Temple (TV series)
Speaking roles (selection)
- 1987: as Yogurth / Pres. Skroob in Mel Brooks' Spaceballs
- 1991: as Goddard "Pepto" Bolt in Life Stinks
Movies
- 1952: John McIntire as Ira Hammond in Curse of the Lost (dubbed 1986)
- 1971: Jacques Fabbri as mayor in Lucky Luke
- 1978: Pierre Trabaud as Joe Dalton in Lucky Luke - His greatest trick
- 1983: as Joe Dalton in Lucky Luke - The Great Adventure
- 1998: as Santa Claus in Rudolph with the red nose
- 1999: Michael Gough as James Hardenbrook in Sleepy Hollow
- 1999: Bernard Fox as Captain Winston Havelock in The Mummy
- 2001: Patrick Stewart as King Goobot in Jimmy Neutron - The Courageous Inventor
- 2001: David Weatherley as the innkeeper Buttercup in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- 2005: Michael Gough as Elder Gutknecht in Corpse Bride
- 2011: Richard Griffiths as King George in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Series
- 1980–1982: Otto in Captain Future
- 1986: Ernest Borgnine as Dominic Santini in Airwolf
- 1987–1995: Dana Elcar as Pete Thornton in MacGyver
- 1990: Ned Beatty as Ed Conner (1st voice) in Roseanne
- 2002–2006: Patrick Stewart as King Goobot in Jimmy Neutron
- 2008: George Baker as Jack and Charlie Magwood in Inspector Barnaby - The Curse of Winyard
Radio plays
- Asterix (1980s radio play series; as the voice of Majestix )
- Benjamin Blümchen (episodes 100 and 101, voice of pediatrician Dr. Wunderlich , 2005)
- The three ??? - The invisible enemy (episode 38, voice of Ben Peck , Peter's grandfather, 1986)
- The three ??? - The poisonous rooster (episode 47, voice of Big Barny Crown , 1990)
- The three ??? - The Music Pirates (episode 52, voice of sound engineer Hank Rivers , 1991)
- The three ??? - The Tiger's Revenge (episode 61, Voice of Portland , 1995)
- The three ??? - The Bite of the Beast (episode 146, voice of Fitzwilliam Waterfield , 2011)
- The three ??? - Insel des Vergessens (episode 186, voice of Ben Peck, 2017)
- The adventures of Odysseus (all episodes 1–6, voice of "father of gods" Zeus )
- DiE DR3i - The Gate to the Hereafter (Episode 2, voice of Sylvester Meyzel , 2006)
- Die Klexe (all episodes 1–9, as voice of director Historiux / narrator, 1986–1987)
- Lilli the witch among the pirates, voice of Captain Bartbacke (2007)
- Jim Knopf and Lukas the engine driver , WDR radio play, voice of the captain (2009)
- Käpt'n Blaubär's Tales and Käpt'n Blaubärs Seemannsgarn (all 12 or 9 episodes, voice of Käpt'n Blaubär , from 1991)
- Little King Kalle Wirsch by Tilde Michels ("Parents" edition "Hearing Adventure", 2006)
- LEGO Pirates (all episodes 1-6, the voice of Captain Roger, 1990)
- TKKG - Adventure in the holiday camp (episode 9, voice of Günther , called "Rasputin", the supervisor of the TKKG gang in the camp on the North Sea, 1982)
- TKKG - In the shadow realm of Dr. Mubase (episode 74, voice of the caretaker [referred to as "grandpa" in the inlay] , 1990)
- The Return of Captain Future (episode 1, voice of Otto the android, 2012)
- The Return of Captain Future - Children of the Sun (episode 2, voice of Otto the android, 2012)
- 2003: Manfred Zauleck : Die Reise nach Baratonga - Director: Wolfgang Rindfleisch (children's radio play - DLR Berlin)
Awards
- 1991: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1998: Münchhausen Prize for his participation in Käpt'n Blaubär
- 2002: Order of Merit of the State of Berlin
- 2011: Ohrkanus audio book and radio play award for his life's work
literature
- Ralph Keim : Benjamin and Wolfgang Völz - A biography. SWB Verlag, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 3-938719-42-7 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Wolfgang Völz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Wolfgang Völz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Wolfgang Völz at filmportal.de
- Wolfgang Völz in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ^ "Bachelor" Daniel Völz says farewell to Grandpa Wolfgang in such a touching way. In: bz-berlin.de. BZ , May 7, 2018, accessed July 18, 2019 .
- ↑ The birth name Aaron Staircase , which goes back to Wolfgang Völz's own statements (e.g. The false names of the stars . In: tz of March 7, 2009) is circulating in various media . According to his grandson Daniel Völz , however, this was just a joke that not everyone would have understood ( bizarre surname is “Bachelor” Daniel Völz actually “stair railing”? In: Express from January 15, 2018).
- ↑ a b Actor Wolfgang Völz has died. In: morgenpost.de. Berliner Morgenpost , May 4, 2018, accessed on July 18, 2019 .
- ↑ End station Stutthof. In: tagesspiegel.de. Der Tagesspiegel , November 6, 2002, accessed on July 18, 2019 .
- ↑ The unmistakable voice has fallen silent ( memento from October 25, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Adieu, Wolfgang Völz May 4, 2018
- ↑ Episode guide from wunschliste.de
- ↑ The number of episodes varies, depending on the form of broadcast, between 62 and 76 episodes.
- ↑ Manuel Brug: The very first man of the second class. Die Welt , May 4, 2018, accessed July 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Wilfried Seibicke : Historical German First Name Book HDV
- ↑ Christos Tses: The Witcher, the Zinker and Other Murderers: Behind the scenes of the Edgar Wallace films. Klartext Verlagsges. Mbh, 2002, ISBN 978-3-89861-080-3 ( google.de [accessed on May 4, 2018]).
- ^ Anne Tafferner: Quirky surname: Does "Bachelor" Daniel Völz really mean "banister"? In: express.de. Kölner Express , January 15, 2018, accessed on July 18, 2019 .
- ^ Shorthand report of the 10th Federal Assembly with a list of members. (PDF) In: Website of the German Bundestag. German Bundestag, May 23, 1994, accessed on May 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Report on the golden wedding of Wolfgang Völz and his wife Roswitha ( memento from July 3, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) in the Berliner Morgenpost
- ^ Anne Tafferner: Quirky surname: Does "Bachelor" Daniel Völz really mean "banister"? .
- ↑ … Wolfgang Völz? - Forum - The weekly magazine .
- ^ Burial of Wolfgang Völz in Berlin "It's enough, it was beautiful". In: tagesspiegel.de. Der Tagesspiegel , June 6, 2018, accessed on July 14, 2018 .
- ↑ Klaus Nerger: The grave of Wolfgang Völz. In: knerger.de. Retrieved July 14, 2018 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Völz, Wolfgang |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Völz, Wolfgang Otto Isaak (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor and voice actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1930 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Danzig - Langfuhr , Free City of Danzig |
DATE OF DEATH | 2nd May 2018 |
Place of death | Berlin |