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 audio dramas. 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 (as Lt. Mario de Monti) on '' 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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and

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and characters in

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s like ''

Impy's Island ''Impy's Island'', or ''Urmel from the Ice Age'' (), is a 2006 German animated feature film based on the children's novel '' Urmel from the Ice Age'' by Max Kruse. Plot On a magical tropical island called Tikiwoo in the 1950s, a fun-loving group ...

''.

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'' () 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 Fortell as Eddy Blohm * El ...

'' (1957) * '' Man in the River'' (1958) * '' Carnival Confession'' (1960) * '' The Last of Mrs. Cheyney'' (1961) * '' My Husband, the Economic Miracle'' (1961) * ''

Street of Temptation ''Street of Temptation'' () is a 1962 West German drama film directed by Imo Moszkowicz and starring Mario Adorf, Karin Baal and Johanna von Koczian.Bock & Bergfelder p.20 Cast * Mario Adorf as Joe * Karin Baal as Nina * Johanna von Koczian as ...

'' (1962) * '' The Lightship'' (1963) * '' Murderer in the Fog'' (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'' (1966, TV series, 7 episodes) * ''

'' (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) * '' Sonderdezernat K1: Hafenhyänen'' (1974, TV series episode) * (1974) * (1976, TV series episode) * (1992, TV series episode) * ' (1994) * ''

Tatort ("Crime Scene") is a German-language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with 30 feature-length episodes per year, making it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by the German public-se ...

: Falsches Alibi'' (1995, TV series episode) * '' The Einstein of Sex'' (1999) * ' (2001, TV film) * ''

Der Wixxer Der Wixxer (; a reference to German "Wichser", ''wanker'') is a 2004 German parody of comparable German crime films based on works by Edgar Wallace, especially the film '' Der Hexer'' (1964) – a German adaption of ''The Ringer''. The fil ...

'' (2004) * ''

'' (2006, voice) * ' (2007) * ''

Mord ist mein Geschäft, Liebling ''Mord ist mein Geschäft, Liebling'' (''Killing Is My Business, Honey'') is a German comedy film directed by . Plot Enrico Puzzo (Franco Nero) is an eccentric Italian author who claims he knows Sicilian Mafia, the Mafia from inside. Based on ...

'' (2009)

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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

Selected filmography

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