Helmut Krauss (11 June 1941 – 26 August 2019) was a German voiceover artist, actor and

kabarett Kabarett (; from French ''cabaret'' = tavern) is satirical revue, a form of cabaret which developed in France by Rodolphe Salis in 1881 as the ''cabaret artistique''. It was named Le Chat Noir and was centered on political events and satire. It ...

artist.

Work

He provided the German dub voices for

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, and

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. He also collaborated with the German

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-band

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on a number of their albums. He voiced Maurice in the German dub of ''

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'' and Waternoose in the German dub of '' Monsters Inc.'' as well as the Grandfather in the German TV show ''

Heidi ''Heidi'' (; ) is a work of children's fiction published in 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, originally published in two parts as ''Heidi: Her Years of Wandering and Learning'' (german: Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre) and ''Heidi: How She Used ...

.'' His best-known acting role was that of ''Hermann Paschulke'', the

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and clumsy, but good-hearted neighbor in the highly successful and long-running German children's TV program ''

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.'' He played the role for 38 years, from 1981 until shortly before his death in 2019. On 17 May 2020, a special ''Löwenzahn'' episode was broadcast that paid homage and said goodbye to him and his role in the show.

Audiobooks (excerpt)

* 2008:

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: ''Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte'' (

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only, read by Helmut Krauss) * 2010:

Robert Jordan James Oliver Rigney Jr. (October 17, 1948 – September 16, 2007), better known by his pen name Robert Jordan,"Robert Jordan" was the name of the protagonist in the 1940 Hemingway novel ''For Whom the Bell Tolls'', though this is not how the na ...

: ''Drohende Schatten'' (Book 1 of

The Wheel of Time ''The Wheel of Time'' is a series of high fantasy novels by American author Robert Jordan, with Brandon Sanderson as a co-author for the final three novels. Originally planned as a six-book series, ''The Wheel of Time'' spans 14 volumes, in a ...

only, read by Helmut Krauss) * 2013:

Craig Lancaster Craig Lancaster (born February 9, 1970) is an American author, playwright, and journalist, best known for his novels '' 600 Hours of Edward'', its sequel, ''Edward Adrift'', and '' The Summer Son''.Crisp, Davi"Edward Adrift", ''The Billings Outpo ...

: ''600 Stunden aus Edwards Leben'' (''600 Hours of Edward'',

only, read by Helmut Krauss) * 2014:

: ''Edward auf Reisen'' (''Edward Adrift'',

only, read by Helmut Krauss) * 2016:

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: ''Die letzte Schlacht'' (''Der letzte Krieger 4'',

only, read by Helmut Krauss)

References

External links

*
Official website

Helmut Krauss
at the German Dubbing Card Index 1941 births 2019 deaths Actors from Augsburg Male actors from Bavaria German cabaret performers German male actors German male voice actors Kabarettists {{voice-actor-stub