Wolfgang number
Wolfgang Numbers (born October 26, 1940 in Wuppertal ) is a German voice actor and actor . He is also active as a dubbing director and dialogue book author.
Life
Wolfgang Zahl is rarely seen in film and television, so his high-pitched, distinctive voice is better known. So he used them more often for the synchronization of cartoons. He spoke, for example, Roger Rabbit , Calimero , the raven Rocco in the radio drama series Xanti , the raven Gulliver in the radio drama series and television series Benjamin Blümchen or the parrot Jago in Aladdin . He often speaks robot , such as number five in living number 5! , VINCENT. in The Black Hole or C3PO in Star Wars episodes 1 to 3, Star Wars: Clone Wars , The Clone Wars and Rebels . He also spoke The Seagull Jonathan .
He lent Thom Bray his voice in the television series Trio with Four Fists , and he has also dubbed Michael Keaton , Terry Jones and William Wise . He also voiced Corporal Peter Newkirk in the US series A Cage Full of Heroes .
Wolfgang Zahl now lives in Berlin and was married to his colleague Edeltraut Elsner . Their daughter Julia Zahl is also a voice actress.
Filmography
- 1973: Werewolves
- 1974: Investigations against unknown persons
- 1975: around the clock
- 1977: The three Klumbergers
- 1981: A train to Manhattan
- 1982: Three ladies from the grill
- 1987: Louse in fur
- 1994: Weltings from the main train station - The divorce in Kölsch
- 1999: Yesterday is never over
- 1999: Alpha man: Amok
- 2001: Sacrificial Lamb - Between Love and Hate
- 2002: Rosa Roth - Closed Society
Radio plays
- 2006–2007 (full release 2007): Star Wars : Labyrinth des Evil (based on the novel by James Luceno ) as C-3PO and TC-16 - written and directed by Oliver Döring - ISBN 978-3-8291-2087-6
- 2008: Star Wars : Dark Lord (based on the novel Dunkler Lord - The Rise of Darth Vader by James Luceno) as C-3PO - written and directed by Oliver Döring
Synchronous rollers (selection)
Movies
- 1968: Dudley Moore as Rupert Street in Don't trust anyone over 30
- 1970: Ronnie Corbett as Herbert Russell in One wants it, the other doesn't
- 1972: James Woods as Lieutenant Wyatt in Magnum Heat
- 1973: Jared Martin as a technician in Westworld
- 1975: Terry Jones as Prince Herbert in The Knights of the Coconut
- 1976: James Woods as Crainpool in Love and Other Crimes
- 1977: Naoyuki Sugano as glasses in The Tiger of Osaka
- 1977: Roddy McDowall as Mr. Stallwood in The Cat from Outer Space
- 1979: Roddy McDowall as VINCENT. in the black hole
- 1980: Bob Balaban as Arthur Rosenberg in The Hell Trip
- 1980: Frith Banbury as Babyface Fitzroy in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
- 1981: Paul Grau as karate trainer Linus in Mad Foxes - Fire on Wheels
- 1981: Bob Balaban as Carter Hill in Isn't That My Life?
- 1982: François Cluzet as Jeantet in The Hatter's Fantome
- 1982: Michael Decker as Bob Morrison (young) in When I See You Again
- 1983: Scott Paulin as Deke Slayton in The Stuff Heroes Are Made of
- 1984: Michel Blanc as Denis in Two fish on dry land
- 1985: Eva Almos as the friendship bear in The Care Bear film
- 1985: Louis Hayward as Stephen Byrne in Death House on the River
- 1986–1988: Kenji Utsumi as Shenlong in Dragon Ball films
- 1987: Eva Almos as Bunny Sauseherz in Care Bears Adventures in Wonderland
- 1987: Larry Marshall as Mickey in Panic in Needle Park
- 1989–1991: Kenji Utsumi as Shenlong in Dragon Ball Z films
- 1992: Gilbert Gottfried as Iago, the pagagei in Aladdin
- 1993: Didier Bénureau as Beauvin in The Visitors
- 1988–2015: Jeff Bennett as Petrie in The Land Before Time series
- 1998: Toby Jones as Royal Servant in Forever And Eternal
- 1998: Mark Saban as Augustine Philips in Shakespeare in Love
- 1999: Anthony Daniels as C-3PO in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
- 2004: Ramzy Bedia as Averell Dalton in The Daltons against Lucky Luke
- 2008: Anthony Daniels as C-3PO in Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- 2009: Ari Hoptman as Arlen Finkle in A Serious Man
- 2011: James Saito as a Chinese official in Too Big to Fail - The Great Crisis
- 2016: Des Keogh as Barnaby on Sing Street
- 2020: Joe Pantoliano as Captain C. Howard in Bad Boys for Life
Series
- 1962–1965: Alan Young as Wilbur Post in Mr. Ed
- 1966: David Healy as Hal Ward in Simon Templar
- 1966: Voorheis J. Ardoin as a man in the morgue in Department M
- 1976–1982: Fred Grandy as Burl 'Gopher' Smith in Love Boat
- 1979: Charles Aidman as Ralph M. Meadows in Josh
- 1980–1989: Mel Blanc as Dino in the Feuerstein family
- 1986: Ron Hayes as Orville Kilroy in High Chaparral
- 1989: Armand Alzamora as Eduardo El Montalban in Bonanza
- 1994: Richard Dawson as Corporal Peter Newkirk in A Cage Full of Heroes
- 2012: Tzi Ma as Mr. Chi in Hawaii Five-0
- 2013: Michael Des Barres as Icepick in The Finder
- 2014–2015: Anthony Daniels as C-3PO in Star Wars Rebels
- since 2017: Richard Binsley as Mr. Squiggles in Die ZhuZhus
- 2018-2019: Andrew Sellon as Arthur Penn / Ventriloquist & Scarface in Gotham
Web links
- Wolfgang number in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Wolfgang number in the German dubbing index
Individual evidence
- ↑ Who's Who in the Arts and Literature , Vol. 2: Applied Arts and Music , Karl Strute and Theodor Doelken (eds.), 3rd edition, Zurich: red series 1983, p. 755; Thomas Bräutigam : Stars and their German Voices , Schüren Verlag 2008, p. 272. In contrast to these print sources, some Internet sources such as the Internet Movie Database indicate 1941 as the year of birth.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Paragraph, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor and voice actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 26, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wuppertal , North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |