Georg Thomalla

Georg Thomalla (14 February 1915 – 25 August 1999) was a German actor. He appeared in about one hundred fifty film and television productions between 1939 and 2000 and was widely known in Germany for his comedic roles.

Thomalla was well known in Germany as a voiceover artist, dubbing particularly comedians, such as Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau in the ''Pink Panther'' movies, and he was the standard German dubbing voice of Jack Lemmon from 1955 to 1998. Thomalla dubbed Lemmon as the second musician in ''Some Like It Hot'', after having himself played the same role in the German comedy ''Fanfares of Love'' (1951), the direct predecessor to ''Some Like It Hot''. Thomalla met Lemmon at the 1996 Berlin International Film Festival, where he gave a speech in Lemmon's honor.

He was awarded the German Federal Cross of Merit in 1985.

Selected filmography

* ''Her First Experience'' (1939) - Otto
* '' Der Kleinstadtpoet'' (1941) - Siegfried, Angestellter bei Emil
* ''Above All Else in the World'' (1941) - Uffz. Krause
* '' Jungens'' (1941) - Jochen Krafft
* ''Stukas'' (1941) - Unteroffizier Matz
* '' We Make Music'' (1942) - Franz Sperling
* ''The Crew of the Dora'' (1943) - Bordschütze Unteroffizier Fritz Mott
* ''Ein schöner Tag'' (1944)
* ''Nora'' (1944)
* ''Herr Sanders lebt gefährlich'' (1944) - Inspizient (uncredited)
* ''Der große Preis'' (1944) - Borchardt
* ''Ein fröhliches Haus'' (1944)
* '' Tierarzt Dr. Vlimmen'' (1944) - Stallbursche
* ''Anna Alt'' (1945) - Heinz Wichert
* '' Heidesommer'' (1945)
* ''Die tolle Susanne'' (1945)
* '' Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' (1946) - Max Egon Flipp
* '' Tell the Truth'' (1946) - Dr. Klimm - sein Rechtsanwalt
* ''King of Hearts'' (1947) - Leutnant
* ' (1949) - Max, Mixer in der Kolibri-Bar
* '' Don't Play with Love'' (1949) - Peter
* ' (1949) - Knospe
* '' Der große Fall'' (1949) - Fred
* ''Three Girls Spinning'' (1950) - Udo
* ' (1950) - Attentäter
* '' One Night Apart'' (1950) - Bollmann
* ''Fanfares of Love'' (1951) - Peter
* '' Queen of the Night'' (1951) - Peter von Hazi
* '' Dark Eyes'' (1951) - McKing, Impresario
* ''A Very Big Child'' (1952) - Hans Hochberg
* '' My Wife Is Being Stupid'' (1952) - Conny Weber
* ''The Prince of Pappenheim'' (1952) - Charly Rosner
* ''The Chaste Libertine'' (1952) - Max Stieglitz
* '' Mikosch Comes In'' (1952) - Janos Nawratil
* '' Dancing Stars'' (1952) - Bob Gregorian
* '' The Uncle from America'' (1953) - Bodo Schmidt
* ''Lady's Choice'' (1953) - Max
* ''Fanfare of Marriage'' (1953) - Peter Schmidt
* '' The Charming Young Lady'' (1953) - Paul Norman
* ''It Was Always So Nice With You'' (1954) - Texter Karlchen Holler
* '' The Telephone Operator'' (1954) - Peter Lindner
* ''The Seven Dresses of Katrin'' (1954) - Graf Felix 'Lixi' Hohenstein
* '' Victoria and Her Hussar'' (1954)
* ''Secrets of the City'' (1955) - Paul Martinek
* ''As Long as There Are Pretty Girls'' (1955) - Ernst
* ''Request Concert'' (1955) - Willy Vogel
* '' Sky Without Stars'' (1955) - Willi Becker
* '' Mensch ärger' dich nicht!'' (1955)
* '' My Aunt, Your Aunt'' (1956) - Tommy Schneider
* '' Musikparade'' (1956) - Tommy
* '' Ein Mann muß nicht immer schön sein'' (1956) - Paul Späth
* ''A Piece of Heaven'' (1957) - Willi
* ''Victor and Victoria'' (1957) - Viktor Hempel
* ''Aunt Wanda from Uganda'' (1957) - Jonas Edelmuth
* '' Das Glück liegt auf der Straße'' (1957) - Tobby Zimmt
* ' (1957) - Karl Gerdes, Koch
* '' Ein Stück vom Himmel'' (1958) - Willi
* ''Scampolo'' (1958) - Andreas Michaels
* '' Ooh... diese Ferien'' (1958) - Max Petermann
* ''That Won't Keep a Sailor Down'' (1958) - Valdemar V. Olsen
* '' Das verbotene Paradies'' (1958) - Narrator (voice, uncredited)
* ' (1958) - Hadschi Halef Omar
* ''Paprika'' (1959) - Paul
* ' (1959) - Hadschi Halef Omar
* '' Lass mich am Sonntag nicht allein'' (1959) - Edi Gruber
* ''Juanito'' (1960) - Paddy
* '' The Haunted Castle'' (1960) - Onkel Max
* ' (1961) - Vittgers
* '' Adieu, Lebewohl, Goodbye'' (1961) - Luciano Moretti
* ' (1961–1971, TV Series) - Tommi
* ''The Dream of Lieschen Mueller'' (1961) - Reporter
* ''Ramona'' (1961) - Tom Kroll
* ''Nie hab ich nie gesagt'' (1962, TV Movie) - Herman
* '' The Bird Seller'' (1962) - Kurfürst August
* ''Snow White and the Seven Jugglers'' (1962) - Clown Lukas
* ' (1962) - Krummfinger Achilles
* '' The Forester's Daughter'' (1962) - Simmerl, Flickschneider
* '' Mit besten Empfehlungen'' (1963) - Ferdinand Blume, Lohnbuchhalter
* ''Bezauberndes Fräulein'' (1963, TV Movie) - Paul
* ''Tote zahlen keine Steuern'' (1963, TV Movie) - Marco Veccietti
* ''Casanova wider Willen'' (1964, TV Movie) - Max Stieglitz
* ''Gerechtigkeit in Worowogorsk'' (1964, TV Movie) - Defense Lawyer Kaljakin
* ''Der König mit dem Regenschirm'' (1964, TV Movie)
* ' (1964) - Geheimrat
* ''Don't Tell Me Any Stories'' (1964) - Hugo Bach
* '' Weekend in Paradise'' (1965, TV Movie) - Regierungsrat Dittchen
* ''Unser Pauker'' (1965–1966, TV Series, 20 episodes) - Ulrich Schulz
* ''I Am Looking for a Man'' (1966) - Astrologe Neumann
* ''When Ludwig Goes on Manoeuvres'' (1967) - Hauptmann Stumpf
* ''Zur Hölle mit den Paukern'' (1968) - Kurt Nietnagel
* ''Always Trouble with the Teachers'' (1968) - Studienrat Dr. Schwabmann
* '' Our Doctor is the Best'' (1969) - Waldemar Kosel
* ' (1969) - Paul Tillmann
* ''Help, I Love Twins'' (1969) - Uncle Fritz
* ' (1969) - The Lion (voice)
* '' Dornwittchen und Schneeröschen'' (1970) - Erzähler (voice)
* ' (1970) - Alois Wimmer
* ' (1970) - Oskar Weber / Harry Weber
* ' (1970) - Otto Sauser
* ' (1971) - Joachim Brinkmann
* ''Einer spinnt immer'' (1971) - Hugo Haase
* '' Holidays in Tyrol'' (1971) - Christian Meier
* ''The Reverend Turns a Blind Eye'' (1971) - Pfarrer Himmelreich
* ' (1972) - Dr. Guido Zwiesel
*''My Daughter, Your Daughter'' (1972) - Studienrat Dr. Oskar Sommer
* ''Always Trouble with the Reverend'' (1972) - Pfarrer Himmelreich
* '' Don't Get Angry'' (1972) - Ewald Fröhlich
* ''Crazy – Completely Mad'' (1973) - Oskar Müller
* ' (1973) - Dr. Karl Maria Wegner
* ''Auch ich war nur ein mittelmäßiger Schüler'' (1974) - Prof. Dr. Fabian
* ' (1978) - Christian Sturm
* ''Schimpo, was macht ein Aff' in Afrika?'' (1979)
* ''Kolportage'' (1980, TV Movie) - Barrenkrona
* ''Kintopp Kintopp'' (1981, TV Series) - Tommy Schnell
* '' Vater einer Tochter'' (1981, TV Movie) - Robert Stegemann
* ''Georg Thomallas Geschichten'' (1982, TV Series)
* ' (1982–1985, TV Series) - Peter Winter / Fred Paschke / Willi / Alexander Fischer / Manfred Freiwald / Tommy / Klaus Sommer
* '' Durchreise – Die Geschichte einer Firma'' (1985, TV Movie) - Max Salomon
* '' Ein Mann ist soeben erschossen worden'' (1985, TV Movie) - Comisario Ruíz
* ''Willi – Ein Aussteiger steigt ein'' (1990, TV Movie) - Willi Placzek
* ''Das Geld liegt auf der Bank'' (1990, TV Movie) - Gustav Kühne
* ''Kleiner Mann im großen Glück'' (1992, TV Movie) - Willi Platzek
* '' Lilien in der Bank'' (1996) - Wilhelm Willert
Television Series Episodes
* ''Polizeiinspektion 1: Der Schatten'' (1988) - Max Huber
* '' Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl: Eders Weihnachtsgeschenk'' (1988) - Preisslkofer
* ''Ein Schloß am Wörthersee: Ein Dinner für zwei'' (1990) - Harry Weber
* ''The Old Fox: Der amerikanische Onkel'' (1992) - Werner Lorenz
* ''Das Traumschiff: India and Maldives'' (1993) - Ewald Kolbus
* ''Klinik unter Palmen: Die Nächte der Kreolin'' (1998) - Walter Sobotzik
* '': Ladendiebe'' (2000) - Jakob Landau

German-language Dubbing

* Jean Richard (Siméon), in ' (1961)
* Jean Richard (Siméon), in ' (1961)
*Walo Lüönd (Kriminalbeamter Hase), in ' (1962)

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Photographs and literature on Georg Thomalla

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Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
German male film actors
German male voice actors
1915 births
1999 deaths
20th-century German male actors