Harald Wolff

from Barmen [now Wuppertal], Germany

Artwork for State of SiegeImage of Harald Wolff

Biography

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.

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Timeline

1972Aged 63

  • Poster for State of Siege

    Minister of Foreign Affairs

1966Aged 57

  • Poster for Johnny Colt

    Thomas King

1964Aged 55

  • Poster for The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

    Monsieur Dubourg

1962Aged 53

  • Poster for Bells Without Joy

    Commander von Ulbricht

1961Aged 52

  • Poster for Sahara on Fire

    Peter

1958Aged 49

  • Poster for The Cat

    Colonel Richting

  • Poster for The Night Affair

    Lucky's Father

1957Aged 48

  • Poster for To Catch a Spy

    Lindbaum

1956Aged 47

  • Poster for La Traversée de Paris

    German Commander (uncredited)

1953Aged 44

  • Poster for Geheimakten Solvay

    von Kreß

1951Aged 42

  • Poster for Decision Before Dawn

    Hartmann (uncredited)

1939Aged 30

  • Poster for Kitty and the World Conference

    Sekretär der englischen Delegation Collins