Claus Wilcke (born 12 August 1939, in

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...

) is a German actor who has played Americans in the German TV shows ''

Percy Stuart Percy Stuart is a German TV series (1969–1972). Synopsis Percy Stuart tried to fulfill his father's last wish by becoming a member of his father's English club and in order to get accepted he has to prove that he is worthy. Since some of the ...

'' and ''

I.O.B. Spezialauftrag I.O.B. Spezialauftrag' (I.O.B. Special Mission) was a German crime television series after ''Percy Stuart'' and ''Sergeant Berry'' that featured an American hero. Premise Mike Jackson is an American of German origin and was an FBI agent. Now h ...

''. He has also dubbed many American actors including

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and

Michael Landon Michael Landon (born Eugene Maurice Orowitz; October 31, 1936 – July 1, 1991) was an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his roles as Little Joe Cartwright in ''Bonanza'' (1959–1973), Charles Ingalls in ''Little House on the Pr ...

for cinema and TV. He has won several German awards.

Career

Wilcke started as a

stage actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lite ...

. He passed a complete classic training and graduated. He was trained for stunts in London and played many sports such as fencing and riding. In 1958, he appeared for the first time on the big screen. After 20 feature films and three guest appearances in '' Jason King'', he was cast for ''Percy Stuart''. Nearly all of his stunts were done by himself because the insurance companies back then didn't hinder him. Later Wilcke played roles in numerous other German TV shows and on very many theatre stages all over Germany. He is also a very sought-after voice-over actor. In 2012, he had a

cameo appearance A cameo role, also called a cameo appearance and often shortened to just cameo (), is a brief appearance of a well-known person in a work of the performing arts. These roles are generally small, many of them non-speaking ones, and are commonly eit ...

in ''

Iron Sky ''Iron Sky'' is a 2012 comic-science-fiction action film directed by Timo Vuorensola and written by Johanna Sinisalo and Michael Kalesniko.

'' where he is the white-bearded politician at the international conference who repeatedly laughs at the fictitious president of the United States until he gets angry and throws a shoe at her.

Personal life

Wilcke is married and has two children, Nicolas and Alexandra.

Selected filmography

* ''

My Ninety Nine Brides ''My Ninety Nine Brides'' (German: ''Meine 99 Bräute'') is a 1958 West German romantic comedy film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Claus Wilcke, Horst Frank and Wera Frydtberg.Bock & Bergfelder p.504 It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in ...

'' (1958) * ''

Love Now, Pay Later ''Love Now, Pay Later'' (german: Die Wahrheit über Rosemarie) is a 1959 West German drama film directed by Rudolf Jugert and starring Belinda Lee, Walter Rilla and Karl Schönböck. It was inspired by the life and death of Rosemarie Nitribitt. I ...

'' (1959) * '' Crime After School'' (1959) * '' The Day the Rains Came'' (1959) * ''

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'' (1960) * ''Mit 17 weint man nicht'' (1960) * ''

Via Mala Viamala or Via Mala ( Romansh: literally, "bad path") is a narrow gorge along the river Hinterrhein between Zillis-Reischen and Thusis in the Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland, as well as the ancient and notorious pathway which traverses ...

'' (1961) * ''

Freddy and the Millionaire ''Freddy and the Millionaire'' (german: Freddy und der Millionär, it, La Signorina Miliardo) is a 1961 Italian-West German musical film directed by Paul May and starring Freddy Quinn, Heinz Erhardt and Grit Boettcher. It was shot at the Baldham ...

'' (1961) * ''

Café Oriental ''Café Oriental'' is a 1962 German musical comedy film directed by Rudolf Schündler and starring Elke Sommer, Jerome Courtland, Trude Herr, and Bill Ramsey. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Paul Markwitz and Wilhelm Vorwe ...

'' (1962) * ''

When Ludwig Goes on Manoeuvres ''When Ludwig Goes on Manoeuvres'' (German: ''Wenn Ludwig ins Manöver zieht'') is a 1967 West German historical comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs, starring Hansi Kraus as Ludwig Thoma, Heidelinde Weis and Rudolf Rhomberg. The script was pro ...

'' (1967) * ''

'' (1969–1972, TV series) * ''

'' (1980–1981, TV series) * '' Sylter Geschichten'' (1993–1995, TV series) * ''

Verbotene Liebe ''Verbotene Liebe'' (, "Forbidden Love") was a German television soap opera created by Reg Watson for Das Erste. The show was set primarily in the German city of Düsseldorf although, at times, the city of Cologne and the Spanish island of ...

'' (2011–2012, TV series) * ''

Iron Sky ''Iron Sky'' is a 2012 comic-science-fiction action film directed by Timo Vuorensola and written by Johanna Sinisalo and Michael Kalesniko.

'' (2012) * ''

Unter uns ''Unter uns'' (''"Between Us"'') is a German television soap opera, based on the Hungarian soap opera Barátok közt, first broadcast on RTL on 28 November 1994. It is centered on the lives of the people in a residential house, which is set i ...

'' (2018–2019, TV series)

References

External links

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Claus Wilcke's filmography as voice-over actorClaus Wilcke's homepage
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