Wolfgang Kieling (16 March 1924 – 7 October 1985) was a

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Biography

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since

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in his native

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, Kieling appeared in a few American films, notably in

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's ''

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'' (1966), where he played Gromek, an

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agent brutally slain by

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's character. He also played Gromek's brother in a scene that was deleted from the final print. Kieling had a small role in '' $'' (aka, ''The Heist'', 1971), starring

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. In a

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film, ''

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'' (1968), he portrayed the fictional

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Van der Valk several years before Barry Foster (another Hitchcock alumnus) was cast in the same role for the British TV series. He did much work on West German TV, including the first episode of ''

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'' ("Waldweg", 1974). The best of his later roles was in the film '' Out of Order'' (1984), originally titled ''Abwärts''. In the German-language version of

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'' he dubbed the Mad Hatter. Early on, Kieling also became a dubbing actor for West German dubs of foreign films, serving as the standard dubbing voice of

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(in his 1950s films), and he also dubbed

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, he would also replace Hoffmann as the dubbing voice of

when Hoffmann was not available. On TV, he was especially known as the German voice of Bert (see

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) from ''

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'' up until his death in 1985. In October 1952 his wife

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(ex-wife of German

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ace

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), whom he had married in 1950, committed suicide. In March 1968 he moved from

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because of West German support for the

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, which he became disillusioned with after witnessing the Watts riots firsthand during the filming of ''Torn Curtain''. After defecting he called the United States "the most dangerous enemy of humanity in the world today" with its "crimes against the Negro and the people of Vietnam." Kieling moved back to West Germany in 1971.georgedupree2102

Selected filmography

Child actor

* ''Die lustigen Weiber'' (1936) - Bit Part (uncredited) * ''

Maria the Maid ''Maria the Maid'' (german: Maria, die Magd) is a 1936 German drama film directed by Veit Harlan and starring Hilde Körber, Hilde Hildebrand, and Alfred Abel. It is based upon ''Die Kindsmagd'', a novella by (the director's father). It was shot ...

'' (1936) - Christoph - Marias little brother * ''Die Kreutzersonate'' (1937) - Wassja * ''Heimweh'' (1937) - Robby, Sohn des Bankpräsidenten * ''

Women for Golden Hill ''Women for Golden Hill'' (German:'' Frauen für Golden Hill'') is a 1938 German drama film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Kirsten Heiberg, Viktor Staal and Elfie Mayerhofer. The fim's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav A. Kn ...

'' (1938) - Pat * ' (1938, released 1947) - Der Solist im Schulchor * ''

The Journey to Tilsit ''The Journey to Tilsit'' (German: ''Die Reise nach Tilsit'') is a 1939 German drama film directed by Veit Harlan and starring Kristina Söderbaum, Philip Dorn and Anna Dammann. Synopsis Elske faithfully loves her husband Endrik as he is seduc ...

'' (1939) - Klein Franz * ''Seitensprünge'' (1940) - Hotelboy * ''

Falstaff in Vienna ''Falstaff in Vienna'' (german: Falstaff in Wien) is a 1940 German musical comedy film directed by Leopold Hainisch and starring Hans Nielsen, Gusti Wolf and Paul Hörbiger.Fawkes p. 110 It portrays the life of the nineteenth century composer Ott ...

'' (1940) - Loisl - Lehrling bei Meister Sturm * ''Herz geht vor Anker'' (1940) - Schiffsjunge * ''

Somewhere in Berlin ''Somewhere in Berlin'' (german: Irgendwo in Berlin) is a film produced in the Soviet occupation zone of Allied-occupied Germany, the area that later became East Germany. It was released in 1946, and was the third DEFA film. It sold 4,179,651 tick ...

'' (1941) - Bürolehrling bei Dr. Horn * ' (1941) - Hotelpage im "Tivoli" (uncredited)

Actor

* ''Genesung'' (1956) - Friedel Walter * ''

Damals in Paris ''Damals in Paris'' is an East German film directed by Carl Balhaus. It was released in 1956. Cast * Gisela Trowe as Geneviève * Richard Lauffen as Padet * Günther Simon as Georges * Hans Stetter as Denis * Susanne Düllmann as Louise * W ...

'' (1956) - René * ''

Duped Till Doomsday ''Duped Till Doomsday'' (german: Betrogen bis zum jüngsten Tag) is a 1957 East German drama film directed by Kurt Jung-Alsen. It was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Soldiers Wagner, Paulun and Lick are three friends and the b ...

'' (1957) - Gefreiter Lick * '' The Man Who Couldn't Say No'' (1958) - Untersuchungsrichter * ' (1959) - Dr. Stein * ''

Agatha, Stop That Murdering! ''Agatha, Stop That Murdering!'' (German: ''Agatha, laß das Morden sein!'') is a 1960 West German comedy crime film directed by Dietrich Haugk and starring Johanna von Koczian, Klausjürgen Wussow and Elisabeth Flickenschildt. It is a parody ...

'' (1960) - Philip * ' (1961) - Dr. Salbach * ''

The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi ''The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi'' (german: Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi) is a 1961 Swiss-West German comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring O.E. Hasse, Johanna von Koczian and Martin Held. It is based on the 1952 play with the ...

'' (1961) - Narrator (voice, uncredited) * '' The Last of Mrs. Cheyney'' (1961) - Dimanche * ' (1961) - Kriminalinspektor Arnold * ' (1963) - Schwarzkopf * ''

Time of the Innocent ''Time of the Innocent'' (german: Die Zeit der Schuldlosen) is a 1964 West German drama film directed by Thomas Fantl. Cast In alphabetical order * Karl-Otto Alberty * Otto Brüggemann * Hans Cossy * Gustl Datz * Hans Drahn * Heinz-Leo Fis ...

'' (1964) * ' (1964) - Hauptwachtmeister Glantz * ' (1964, TV film) - Möbius * ''

The House in Karp Lane ''The House in Karp Lane'' (german: Das Haus in der Karpfengasse) is a 1965 West German drama film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Jana Brejchová, Edith Schultze-Westrum and Wolfgang Kieling. It portrays the Jewish residents of a Prague ...

'' (1965) - Karl Marek * ''

Hotel der toten Gäste ''Hotel der toten Gäste'' is a 1965 German thriller film directed by Eberhard Itzenplitz and starring Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Dor, Frank Latimore, Wolfgang Kieling and Elke Sommer. The police are called to a hotel, filled with visitors in to ...

'' (1965) - Jack Courtney * ''

The Bandits of the Rio Grande ''The Bandits of the Rio Grande'' (German: ''Die Banditen vom Rio Grande'') is a 1965 West German western film directed by Helmuth M. Backhaus and starring Harald Leipnitz, Maria Perschy and Wolfgang Kieling.Crossing Frontiers: Intercultural Pers ...

'' (1965) - Barran * ''

Our Man in Jamaica ''Our Man in Jamaica''/''Operation Jamaica'' ( it, A 001, operazione Giamaica) is a 1965 Italian Spanish German international co-production Eurospy adventure film directed by an uncredited Mel Welles. It was credited to for reasons of European fun ...

'' (1965) - Elmer Hayes / Nick * '' Duel at Sundown'' (1965) - Punch * ' (1966) - Napoleon's double * ''

'' (1966) - Hermann Gromek * ' (1966, TV film) - George Rogers * ''

Hotel Clausewitz ''Hotel Clausewitz'' (German: ''Pension Clausewitz'') is a 1967 West German comedy film directed by Ralph Habib and starring Wolfgang Kieling, Maria Brockerhoff and Friedrich Schoenfelder. Plot The main character of the story, Stemmka, through ...

'' (1967) - Stemmka * ''

The Vengeance of Fu Manchu ''The Vengeance of Fu Manchu'' is a 1967 British crime thriller adventure film directed by Jeremy Summers and starring Christopher Lee, Horst Frank, Douglas Wilmer and Tsai Chin (actress), Tsai Chin. It was the third British/West German Constant ...

'' (1967) - Dr. Lieberson * ''

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'' (1967) - Wolfgang * ''

The House of 1,000 Dolls ''The House of 1,000 Dolls'' is a 1967 Harry Alan Towers German-Spanish international co-production white slavery thriller starring Vincent Price. It has been described as "quite possibly the sleaziest movie AIP ever made". The film is set in T ...

'' (1967) - Inspector Emil * ''

Operazione San Pietro ''Operazione San Pietro'' (internationally released as ''Operation St. Peter's'') is a 1967 Italian comedy film directed by Lucio Fulci. The film is a sort of unofficial sequel to '' Operazione San Gennaro'', a successful heist-comedy film that D ...

'' (1967) - Poulain * ''

Im Banne des Unheimlichen ''Im Banne des Unheimlichen'' (lit. ''Under the Spell of the Unknown''); English title ''The Zombie Walks'', a.k.a. ''The Hand of Power'') is a 1968 West German crime film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Joachim Fuchsberger and . Plot S ...

'' (1968) - Sir Cecil * ''

Tevye and His Seven Daughters ''Tevye and His Seven Daughters'' ( he, טוביה ושבע בנותיו, translit. Tuvia Vesheva Benotav) is a 1968 Israeli drama film directed by Menahem Golan. Based on stories by Sholem Aleichem, which were also the basis for the stag ...

'' (1968) - Poperilli * ''

'' (1968) - Van Der Valk * ''Das siebente Jahr'' (1969) - Günter Heim * ''

Jungfer, Sie gefällt mir ''Jungfer, Sie gefällt mir'' is an East German film, based upon the play ''The Broken Jug'' by Heinrich von Kleist Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (18 October 177721 November 1811) was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer an ...

'' (1969) - Adam * ' (1970) - Böttcher (segment "Das Duell") * ''

Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment ''Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment'' (german: Goya – oder der arge Weg der Erkenntnis) is a 1971 East German drama film directed by Konrad Wolf. It was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Prize. ...

'' (1971) - Godoy * '' $'' (1971) - Granich * ''

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: '' (1972, TV series episode) - Dr. Rudolf Kühne * ''

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: Vier Schüsse auf den Mörder'' (1972, TV series episode) - Siegfried Kalweit * ' (1972) - Ferencz * ' (1972, TV film) - Mr. Timm * ' (1973, TV miniseries) - Gebhardt * ' (1973, TV film) - Alfred Bergmann * '' Vreemde Wêreld'' (1974) - Iwan Elzer * ''

: Waldweg'' (1974, TV series episode) - Rudolf Manger * ' (1974, TV miniseries) - Martin Melchior * ' (1976, TV film) - Anselm Kiwitt * ' (1977, TV film) - Heaton * ''Der Geist der Mirabelle'' (1978, TV film) - Harms * ' (1979) - Edmund Gabriel * ''Die Stühle des Herrn Szmil'' (1979, TV film) - Kasch * ''

: Schweigegeld'' (1979, TV series episode) - Helmuth Klaven * ''

A Guru Comes ''Ein Guru kommt'' is a 1980 German television film and is also Bruce Willis' second film role, as an uncredited extra. The film in English is called ''A Guru Comes''. Plot A failed opera singer rises to the leader of a new religious community. ...

'' (1980, TV film) - Lawyer / Narrator * '' Exil'' (1981, TV miniseries) - Gingold * ' (1981, TV film) - Prof.

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* ' (1981, TV film) - Ingelmann * ' (1983, TV miniseries) - Martin Oppermann * ''

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: Der vierte Mann'' (1983, TV series episode) - Helmut Schäffert * ''Satan ist auf Gottes Seite'' (1983, TV film) - Carow * ''The Heart of the Matter'' (1983, TV film) - Yusef * ''

Man Under Suspicion ''Man Under Suspicion'' () is a 1984 West German film directed by Norbert Kückelmann. Cast * Maximilian Schell as Lawyer Landau * Lena Stolze as Jessica Kranz * Robert Aldini as Werner Kranz * Wolfgang Kieling as Reporter 'Watergate' * Kathrin ...

'' (1984) - Reporter 'Watergate' * '' Out of Order'' (1984) - Gössmann * ''

: Der Klassenkamerad'' (1984, TV series episode) - Walter Nolle * ''

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'' (1984, TV miniseries) - Professor Olaf Gunström * ''Der Schiedsrichter'' (1985, TV film) - Karl Bisst * ' (1985) - Notar Prätorius

References

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