Wolf Kahler
Born (1940-04-03) 3 April 1940
OccupationActor
Years active1975–present

Wolf Kahler (born 3 April 1940) is a German stage, film, television, and voice actor.[1][2][3]

Since 1975, he appeared in many English language US and UK television and film productions.[4] One of his early roles was Kaiser Wilhelm II in Michael York's adventure film The Riddle of the Sands.[5] One of his most well-known roles was that of Hermann Dietrich in Raiders of the Lost Ark.[2]

His voice also appeared in video games including as Kaiser Vlad in Battalion Wars.[6] Kahler played the Prince of Tübingen in Stanley Kubrick's 1975 film, Barry Lyndon.[2][7] In 2001, he portrayed a Wehrmacht General in the World War II TV miniseries, Band of Brothers.[8] In the 1982 Clint Eastwood spy thriller Firefox, he played KGB chairman Yuri Andropov. In 2011 Kahler appeared as Dr. Hoffmanstahl in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.[2][9] In 2017, he appeared as a German Commander in the Warner Bros./DCEU film Wonder Woman.[3]

Filmography

Film

Short films

  • 2008 Haber as Erich Ludendorff
  • 2010 Stasi Dog as the narrator
  • 2012 Cold Warrior as Bochinsky
  • 2016 Millefeuille as Hans-Peter (Opa)
  • 2016 Rubicon as Dirk Van de Cleef
  • 2020 Cognition as Dr. Zoger

Television

Video games

Thanks

  • 2012 Raiding the Lost Ark: A Filmumentary (special thanks)

Soundtrack

Radio

The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican was first broadcast in 2006 on BBC Radio4. He played Herbert Kappler. This was a drama by Robin Glendinning: a Nazi war criminal is befriended by a Vatican priest in his cell, based on the real-life adventures of Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty.[11][12]

References

  1. "Wolf Kahler – Theatricalia". theatricalia.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Wolf Kahler". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2014. Archived from the original on 24 January 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Wolf Kahler". BFI. Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  4. "Wolf Kahler – Movies and Filmography". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  5. "The Riddle of the Sands (1978)". BFI. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  6. "Wolf Kahler – Harvey Voices". Archived from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  7. "Barry Lyndon (1975) – Stanley Kubrick – Cast and Crew". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  8. "Wolf Kahler". www.aveleyman.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  9. "Wolf Kahler – TV Guide". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  10. Fraser, C. Gerald (7 March 1982). "Television Week". The New York Times. p. A2. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  11. "The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican". Imperial War Museums. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  12. "Afternoon May: The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican – BBC Radio 4 FM – 30 November 2006 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 30 November 2006. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
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