Biography
Wolfgang Kieling (16 March 1924 – 7 October 1985) was a German actor. In films since childhood in his native Germany, Kieling appeared in a few American films, notably in Alfred Hitchcock's Torn Curtain (1966), where he played Gromek, an East German agent brutally slain by Paul Newman's character. He also played Gromek's brother in a scene that was deleted from the final print.Kieling had a small role in $ (aka, The Heist, 1971), starring Warren Beatty. In a British film, Amsterdam Affair (1968), he portrayed the fictional Dutch detective Van der Valk several years before Barry Foster (another Hitchcock alumnus) was cast in the same role for the British TV series. He did much work on West German TV, including the first episode of Derrick ("Waldweg", 1974).
The best of his later roles was in the film Out of Order (1984), originally titled Abwärts. In the German-language version of Disneys Alice in Wonderland he dubbed the Mad Hatter.
Early on, Kieling also became a dubbing actor for West German dubs of foreign films, serving as the standard dubbing voice of Glenn Ford, Frank Sinatra (in his 1950s films), and he also dubbed Charlton Heston in the first part of the Planet of the Apes franchise. Thanks to his voice's similarity to that of Gert Günther Hoffmann, he would also replace Hoffmann as the dubbing voice of Paul Newman when Hoffmann was not available. On TV, he was especially known as the German voice of Bert (see Bert and Ernie) from Sesame Street up until his death in 1985.
In October 1952 his wife Jola Jobst (ex-wife of German Luftwaffe ace Hermann Graf), whom he had married in 1950, committed suicide.In March 1968 he moved from West Germany to East Germany because of West German support for the United States, which he became disillusioned with after witnessing the Watts riots firsthand during the filming of Torn Curtain. After defecting he called the United States "the most dangerous enemy of humanity in the world today" with its "crimes against the Negro and the people of Vietnam."
Filmography
all 143
Movies 116
TV Shows 27
self 3
Narrator 1
'Torn Curtain' Rising (2001)
Zieh den Stecker raus, das Wasser kocht (1986)
In Amt und Würden (1985)
The Black Forest Clinic (1985)
Stadttheater (1985)
Nonstop Trouble with the Family (1985)
Man Under Suspicion (1985)
Der Schiedsrichter (1985)
Grenzenloses Himmelblau (1985)
Patrik Pacard (1984)
Das Geschenk (1984)
Turf (1984)
Out of Order (1984)
Millowitsch-Theater - Das Glücksmädel (1984)
Strafanzeige gegen Unbeteiligt (1983)
Satan ist auf Gottes Seite (1983)
The Oppermanns (1983)
Der Trauschein (1983)
Mein Bruder und ich (1982)
Krimistunde (1982)
Kreisbrandmeister Felix Martin (1982)
O du fröhliche - Besinnliche Weihnachtsgeschichten (1981)
Der Spot oder Fast eine Karriere (1981)
Das Traumschiff (1981)
Der König und sein Narr (1981)
Exil (1981)
Ein Guru kommt (1980)
Pension Schöller (1980)
Sonne, Wein und harte Nüsse (1979)
Die Magermilchbande (1979)
..es ist die Liebe (1979)
Die Stühle des Herrn Szmil (1979)
Wo die Liebe hinfällt (1979)
The Fall (1979)
Der Geist der Mirabelle (1978)
Friedrich Schachmann wird verwaltet (1978)
Geschichten aus der Zukunft (1978)
Die Kette (1977)
The Old Fox (1977)
Bei Westwind hört man keinen Schuß (1976)
Ketten (1976)
Margarete in Aix (1976)
Von Emma, Türkenpaul und Edwin mit der Geige (1976)
Der Anwalt (1976)
Baby Hamilton oder Das kommt in den besten Familien vor (1975)
Es fängt ganz harmlos an (1975)
See-Leben 1 (1975)
Hardness 10 (1974)
Derrick (1974)
...und die Nacht kennt kein Erbarmen (1974)
Der Macher oder Warten auf Godeau (1974)
Die Villa der Madame Vidac (1974)
Aus der Chronik der Familie Sawatzki (1974)
Zwischen den Flügen (1973)
Invitation to a Beheading (1973)
Im Reservat (1973)
Millowitsch - Theater: Week-End im Paradies (1973)
Immobilien (1973)
Das letzte Paradies (1973)
Ein Fall für Männdli (1973)
The Refusal (1973)
Bremen Freedom (1972)
Eine Frau bleibt eine Frau (1972)
Sonderdezernat K1 (1972)
The Corpse Packs His Bags (1972)
Der Eisberg der Vorsehung (1972)
Der Angestellte (1972)
Rechtsprechung (1972)
Das Jahrhundert der Chirurgen (1972)
The Ancestress (1971)
$ (1971)
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment (1971)
Das Loch zur Welt (1970)
Scene of the Crime (1970)
Kannibalen (1970)
Jeder stirbt für sich allein (1970)
Gestern gelesen (1969)
Maiden, You please Me (1969)
The Seventh Year (1969)
Amsterdam Affair (1968)
Tevye and His Seven Daughters (1968)
The Zombie Walks (1968)
Operation San Pietro (1967)
Fliegender Sand (1967)
House of 1,000 Dolls (1967)
Dead Run (1967)
Dem Täter auf der Spur (1967)
Ein Toter braucht kein Alibi (1967)
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967)
Pension Clausewitz (1967)
S.O.S. - Morro Castle (1966)
Standgericht (1966)
Das Abgründige in Herrn Gerstenberg (1966)
Torn Curtain (1966)
Geschlossene Gesellschaft (1966)
Congress of Love (1966)
Goldene Kamera Verleihung (1966)
Das Mädchen aus Mira (1966)
Exil (1965)
Duel at Sundown (1965)
Our Man in Jamaica (1965)
The Bandits of the Rio Grande (1965)
Der Sündenbock (1965)
Hotel der toten Gäste (1965)
The House in Karp Lane (1965)
Die Physiker (1964)
Polizeirevier Davidswache (1964)
Die Zeit der Schuldlosen (1964)
Bericht von den Inseln (1964)
König Richard III. (1964)
Der Traum des Eroberers (1964)
Die Teufelsspur (1964)
Hedda Gabler (1963)
Das Kriminalmuseum (1963)
Dantons Tod (1963)
Der Belagerungszustand (1963)
Mirandolina (1963)
Heute kündigt mir mein Mann (1963)
Montserrat (1962)
Frau Cheneys Ende (1962)
Mord im Dom (1962)
Wallenstein (1962)
Der rote Hahn (1962)
Murder Party (1961)
Zahlungsaufschub (1961)
Die Sendung der Lysistrata (1961)
Agatha, let the murdering be! (1960)
Doctor Without Scruples (1959)
Der Mann, der nicht nein sagen konnte (1958)
Der Parasit (1957)
Duped Till Doomsday (1957)
Damals in Paris (1956)
Genesung (1956)
Deutscher Filmpreis (1951)
Jenny und der Herr im Frack (1941)
Falstaff in Wien (1940)
Seitensprünge (1940)
The Journey to Tilsit (1939)
Frauen für Golden Hill (1938)
Altes Herz geht auf die Reise (1938)
Heimweh (1937)
The Kreutzer Sonata (1937)
Maria, die Magd (1936)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1924-03-16
Deathday1985-10-07 (61 years old)
Birth PlaceNeukölln, Germany
RelationshipsJola Jobst (1950-01-01 - 1952-01-01)
ChildrenFlorian Martens, Susanne Uhlen
CitizenshipsGermany
AwardsGerman Film Award
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