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Wolfgang Otto Völz (16 August 1930 – 2 May 2018) was a German actor. He is known for his roles in theatre plays, TV shows, feature films (especially German films based on Edgar Wallace works) and taped radio shows. He was also a very prolific voice actor. Völz studied acting and consequently worked as a stage actor. After more than ten years of acting including a great deal of supporting roles in feature films and TV shows he became a popular cast member ("Lt. Mario de Monti") of ''Space Patrol – The Fantastic Adventures of the Spaceship Orion''. He continued being successful on the TV screen by playing Ioan (German: Johann), the driver and bodyguard of ''
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'' (and afterwards many other characters). As a voice actor he dubbed American stars such as
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, Peter Falk and
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and people or animals in
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s like ''
Impy's Island ''Impy's Island'', or ''Urmel from the Ice Age'' (german: Urmel aus dem Eis), is a 2006 German computer-animated feature film based on the children's novel '' Urmel from the Ice Age'' by Max Kruse. Plot summary On a magical tropical island called ...
''.


Selected filmography

* '' Paths in Twilight'' (1948) * '' Fruit in the Neighbour's Garden'' (1956) * '' The Fox of Paris'' (1957) * ''
The Girl Without Pyjamas ''The Girl Without Pyjamas'' (german: Das Mädchen ohne Pyjama) is a 1957 West German comedy film directed by Hans Quest and starring Ingeborg Christiansen, Bert Fortell and Elma Karlowa.Hermanni p.315 Cast * Ingeborg Christiansen as Irma * Bert ...
'' (1957) * ''
Man in the River ''Man in the River'' (german: Der Mann im Strom) is a 1958 West German drama film directed by Eugen York and starring Hans Albers, Gina Albert and Helmut Schmid.Bock & Bergfelder p.7 It was one of the final appearances of the veteran star Albers. ...
'' (1958) * ''
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'' (1960) * '' The Last of Mrs. Cheyney'' (1961) * ''
My Husband, the Economic Miracle ''My Husband, the Economic Miracle'' (german: Mein Mann, das Wirtschaftswunder) is a 1961 West German comedy film directed by Ulrich Erfurth and starring Marika Rökk, Fritz Tillmann and Cornelia Froboess.Wiesen p.272 The film portrays the econo ...
'' (1961) * '' Street of Temptation'' (1962) * ''
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'' (1963) * ''
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'' (1964) * ''
Emil and the Detectives ''Emil and the Detectives'' () is a 1929 novel set mainly in Berlin, by the German writer Erich Kästner and illustrated by Walter Trier. It was Kästner's first major success and the only one of his pre-1945 works to escape Nazi censorship. The ...
'' (1964) * ''
Raumpatrouille – Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion ''Raumpatrouille – Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion'' (), also known as ''Raumpatrouille Orion'', and ''Space Patrol Orion'' in English, was the first German science fiction television series. Its seven episodes were broadcas ...
'' (1966, TV series, 7 episodes) * ''
Graf Yoster ''Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre'' (French title: ''Le comte Yoster a bien l'honneur'') – which translates to English as ''Count Yoster has the Honour'' – was a television series produced between 1967 and 1976. Starring Lukas Ammann and Wolf ...
'' (1967–1976, TV series, 62 episodes) * ' (1968, TV miniseries) * '' Der Kommissar: Das Messer im Geldschrank'' (1969, TV series episode) * '' Der Kommissar: Ende eines Humoristen'' (1972, TV series episode) * '' Der Kommissar: Drei Brüder'' (1974, TV series episode) * ''
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: Hafenhyänen'' (1974, TV series episode) * ''
Auch ich war nur ein mittelmäßiger Schüler ''Auch ich war nur ein mittelmäßiger Schüler'' is a 1974 West German comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Detlev Eckstein, Bernd Herberger and Jutta Speidel. Two men waiting for their wives to give birth, reminisce about their ...
'' (1974) * ''
Tatort ''Tatort'' ("Crime scene") is a German language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with some 30 feature-length episodes per year, which makes it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by ...
: Kassensturz'' (1976, TV series episode) * ''
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: Notwehr'' (1992, TV series episode) * ''
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: Falsches Alibi'' (1995, TV series episode) * '' Der Einstein des Sex'' (1999) * '' Der Wixxer'' (2004) * ''
Impy's Island ''Impy's Island'', or ''Urmel from the Ice Age'' (german: Urmel aus dem Eis), is a 2006 German computer-animated feature film based on the children's novel '' Urmel from the Ice Age'' by Max Kruse. Plot summary On a magical tropical island called ...
'' (2006, voice) * ''Neues vom Wixxer'' (2007) * ''
Mord ist mein Geschäft, Liebling ''Mord ist mein Geschäft, Liebling'' (''Killing is My Business, Honey'') is a German comedy directed by . Plot Enrico Puzzo (Franco Nero) is an eccentric Italian author who claims he knows the Mafia from inside. Based on these allegations he ...
'' (2009)


Further reading

*Ralph Keim: ''Benjamin und Wolfgang Völz – Eine Biografie'', SWB Verlag, Stuttgart, August 2010,


References


External links

*
Wolfgang Völz as voice actor
{{DEFAULTSORT:Volz, Wolfgang 1930 births 2018 deaths Male actors from Gdańsk German male stage actors German male film actors German male television actors German male voice actors 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Recipients of the Order of Merit of Berlin Naturalized citizens of Germany People from the Free City of Danzig