Harald Wolff

Born: 1909-01-11

Harald Otto Walther Wolff (11 January 1909 – June 1977) was a German stage, film and television actor. Harald Wolff, born in Barmen in 1909, first completed an apprenticeship as a businessman after graduating from high school before switching to acting. Wolff played his first film role in 1939 in Helmut Käutner 's comedy Kitty and the World Conference. After World War II, in addition to appearances in German films, he also took part in various international film productions, including the 1951 American war drama Decision Before Dawn by director Anatole Litvak; 1956 in the French comedy film Two Men, a Pig, and the Night of Paris by Claude Autant-Lara; 1957 in Maurice Labro s literary adaptation Spione alongside Henri Vidal, Barbara Laage or Lino Ventura and in 1964 in Jacques Demy's musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. In 1972, he acted in Costa-Gavras political thriller The Invisible Uprising. In addition, Wolff, as a voice actor, has lent his voice to many internationally known fellow actors over the decades. In the 1960s, he dubbed Desmond Llewelyn as Q in the James Bond films Goldfinger and Thunderball. He also dubbed Charles Boyer in the 1967 Bond parody Casino Royale. Vincent Price in Cry of the Banshee and Claude Rains in The Adventures of Robin Hood were dubbed by Wolff. Source: Article "Harald Wolff" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.


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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

as Monsieur Dubourg
Released: 1964-02-19

This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic,...

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La Traversée de Paris

as German Commander (uncredited)
Released: 1956-10-26

Two unlikely companions must smuggle four suitcases filled with contraband pork across...

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State of Siege

as Minister of Foreign Affairs
Released: 1972-12-30

Using the interrogation of a US counterinsurgency agent as a backdrop, the film explores the...

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Decision Before Dawn

as Hartmann (uncredited)
Released: 1951-12-21

WWII is entering its last phase: Germany is in ruins, but does not yield. The US army lacks...

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The Night Affair

as M. Fridel, le père de Lucky / Lucky's Father
Released: 1958-05-14

Vallois, a vice inspector for the Paris police, takes special interest in the plight of...

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To Catch a Spy

as Lindbaum
Released: 1957-03-15

The blueprints of an aeroplane built from an ultra-secret metal are stolen from national...

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Johnny Colt

as Thomas King
Released: 1966-08-25

Starblack is a hero who dresses in black and his face is covered by a black scarf and he carries...

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The Cat

as uncredited
Released: 1958-04-19

During the Occupation, Cora takes the place of her dead husband at the head of a Resistance...

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Kitty and the World Conference

as Sekretär der englischen Delegation Collins
Released: 1939-08-24

The setting is Lugano (Switzerland), where an apparently very important world conference takes...

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Geheimakten Solvay

as von Kreß
Released: 1953-01-23

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Bells Without Joy

as Commander von Ulbricht
Released: 1962-04-20

In November 1942, American troops landed in Tunisia. German paratroopers were immediately...

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Sahara on Fire

as Peter
Released: 1961-01-18

A young engineer, Lucien Rombeau, is sent to the Sahara by the oil company that employs him,...

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Von Null Uhr Eins bis Mitternacht

as Pierre Dulac
First aired: 1967-01-25

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