Georg Thomalla

Georg Thomalla (14 February 1915 – 25 August 1999) was a German actor. He appeared in about one hundred fifty film and television productions between 1939 and 2000 and was widely known in Germany for his comedic roles.
Thomalla was well known in Germany as a voiceover artist, dubbing particularly comedians, such as Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther movies, and he was the standard German dubbing voice of Jack Lemmon from 1955 to 1998. Thomalla dubbed Lemmon as the second musician in Some Like It Hot, after having himself played the same role in the German comedy Fanfares of Love (1951), the direct predecessor to Some Like It Hot. Thomalla met Lemmon at the 1996 Berlin International Film Festival, where he gave a speech in Lemmon's honor.
He was awarded the German Federal Cross of Merit in 1985.
Selected filmography
Her First Experience (1939) - Otto
Der Kleinstadtpoet (1941) - Siegfried, Angestellter bei Emil
Above All Else in the World (1941) - Uffz. Krause
Jungens (1941) - Jochen Krafft
Stukas (1941) - Unteroffizier Matz
We Make Music (1942) - Franz Sperling
The Crew of the Dora (1943) - Bordschütze Unteroffizier Fritz Mott
Ein schöner Tag (1944)
Nora (1944)
Herr Sanders lebt gefährlich (1944) - Inspizient (uncredited)
Der große Preis (1944) - Borchardt
Ein fröhliches Haus (1944)
Tierarzt Dr. Vlimmen (1944) - Stallbursche
Anna Alt (1945) - Heinz Wichert
Heidesommer (1945)
Die tolle Susanne (1945)
Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1946) - Max Egon Flipp
Tell the Truth (1946) - Dr. Klimm - sein Rechtsanwalt
King of Hearts (1947) - Leutnant
(1949) - Max, Mixer in der Kolibri-Bar
Don't Play with Love (1949) - Peter
(1949) - Knospe
Der große Fall (1949) - Fred
Three Girls Spinning (1950) - Udo
(1950) - Attentäter
One Night Apart (1950) - Bollmann
Fanfares of Love (1951) - Peter
Queen of the Night (1951) - Peter von Hazi
Dark Eyes (1951) - McKing, Impresario
A Very Big Child (1952) - Hans Hochberg
My Wife Is Being Stupid (1952) - Conny Weber
The Prince of Pappenheim (1952) - Charly Rosner
The Chaste Libertine (1952) - Max Stieglitz
Mikosch Comes In (1952) - Janos Nawratil
Dancing Stars (1952) - Bob Gregorian
The Uncle from America (1953) - Bodo Schmidt
Lady's Choice (1953) - Max
Fanfare of Marriage (1953) - Peter Schmidt
The Charming Young Lady (1953) - Paul Norman
It Was Always So Nice With You (1954) - Texter Karlchen Holler
The Telephone Operator (1954) - Peter Lindner
The Seven Dresses of Katrin (1954) - Graf Felix 'Lixi' Hohenstein
Victoria and Her Hussar (1954)
Secrets of the City (1955) - Paul Martinek
As Long as There Are Pretty Girls (1955) - Ernst
Request Concert (1955) - Willy Vogel
Sky Without Stars (1955) - Willi Becker
Mensch ärger' dich nicht! (1955)
My Aunt, Your Aunt (1956) - Tommy Schneider
Musikparade (1956) - Tommy
Ein Mann muß nicht immer schön sein (1956) - Paul Späth
A Piece of Heaven (1957) - Willi
Victor and Victoria (1957) - Viktor Hempel
Aunt Wanda from Uganda (1957) - Jonas Edelmuth
Das Glück liegt auf der Straße (1957) - Tobby Zimmt
(1957) - Karl Gerdes, Koch
Ein Stück vom Himmel (1958) - Willi
Scampolo (1958) - Andreas Michaels
Ooh... diese Ferien (1958) - Max Petermann
That Won't Keep a Sailor Down (1958) - Valdemar V. Olsen
Das verbotene Paradies (1958) - Narrator (voice, uncredited)
(1958) - Hadschi Halef Omar
Paprika (1959) - Paul
(1959) - Hadschi Halef Omar
Lass mich am Sonntag nicht allein (1959) - Edi Gruber
Juanito (1960) - Paddy
The Haunted Castle (1960) - Onkel Max
(1961) - Vittgers
Adieu, Lebewohl, Goodbye (1961) - Luciano Moretti
(1961–1971, TV Series) - Tommi
The Dream of Lieschen Mueller (1961) - Reporter
Ramona (1961) - Tom Kroll
Nie hab ich nie gesagt (1962, TV Movie) - Herman
The Bird Seller (1962) - Kurfürst August
Snow White and the Seven Jugglers (1962) - Clown Lukas
(1962) - Krummfinger Achilles
The Forester's Daughter (1962) - Simmerl, Flickschneider
Mit besten Empfehlungen (1963) - Ferdinand Blume, Lohnbuchhalter
Bezauberndes Fräulein (1963, TV Movie) - Paul
Tote zahlen keine Steuern (1963, TV Movie) - Marco Veccietti
Casanova wider Willen (1964, TV Movie) - Max Stieglitz
Gerechtigkeit in Worowogorsk (1964, TV Movie) - Defense Lawyer Kaljakin
Der König mit dem Regenschirm (1964, TV Movie)
(1964) - Geheimrat
Don't Tell Me Any Stories (1964) - Hugo Bach
Weekend in Paradise (1965, TV Movie) - Regierungsrat Dittchen
Unser Pauker (1965–1966, TV Series, 20 episodes) - Ulrich Schulz
I Am Looking for a Man (1966) - Astrologe Neumann
When Ludwig Goes on Manoeuvres (1967) - Hauptmann Stumpf
Zur Hölle mit den Paukern (1968) - Kurt Nietnagel
Always Trouble with the Teachers (1968) - Studienrat Dr. Schwabmann
Our Doctor is the Best (1969) - Waldemar Kosel
(1969) - Paul Tillmann
Help, I Love Twins (1969) - Uncle Fritz
(1969) - The Lion (voice)
Dornwittchen und Schneeröschen (1970) - Erzähler (voice)
(1970) - Alois Wimmer
(1970) - Oskar Weber / Harry Weber
(1970) - Otto Sauser
(1971) - Joachim Brinkmann
Einer spinnt immer (1971) - Hugo Haase
Holidays in Tyrol (1971) - Christian Meier
The Reverend Turns a Blind Eye (1971) - Pfarrer Himmelreich
(1972) - Dr. Guido Zwiesel
My Daughter, Your Daughter (1972) - Studienrat Dr. Oskar Sommer
Always Trouble with the Reverend (1972) - Pfarrer Himmelreich
Don't Get Angry (1972) - Ewald Fröhlich
Crazy – Completely Mad (1973) - Oskar Müller
(1973) - Dr. Karl Maria Wegner
Auch ich war nur ein mittelmäßiger Schüler (1974) - Prof. Dr. Fabian
(1978) - Christian Sturm
Schimpo, was macht ein Aff' in Afrika? (1979)
Kolportage (1980, TV Movie) - Barrenkrona
Kintopp Kintopp (1981, TV Series) - Tommy Schnell
Vater einer Tochter (1981, TV Movie) - Robert Stegemann
Georg Thomallas Geschichten (1982, TV Series)
(1982–1985, TV Series) - Peter Winter / Fred Paschke / Willi / Alexander Fischer / Manfred Freiwald / Tommy / Klaus Sommer
Durchreise – Die Geschichte einer Firma (1985, TV Movie) - Max Salomon
Ein Mann ist soeben erschossen worden (1985, TV Movie) - Comisario Ruíz
Willi – Ein Aussteiger steigt ein (1990, TV Movie) - Willi Placzek
Das Geld liegt auf der Bank (1990, TV Movie) - Gustav Kühne
Kleiner Mann im großen Glück (1992, TV Movie) - Willi Platzek
Lilien in der Bank (1996) - Wilhelm Willert
Television Series Episodes
Polizeiinspektion 1: Der Schatten (1988) - Max Huber
Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl: Eders Weihnachtsgeschenk (1988) - Preisslkofer
Ein Schloß am Wörthersee: Ein Dinner für zwei (1990) - Harry Weber
The Old Fox: Der amerikanische Onkel (1992) - Werner Lorenz
Das Traumschiff: India and Maldives (1993) - Ewald Kolbus
Klinik unter Palmen: Die Nächte der Kreolin (1998) - Walter Sobotzik
: Ladendiebe (2000) - Jakob Landau
German-language Dubbing
Jean Richard (Siméon), in (1961)
Jean Richard (Siméon), in (1961)
Walo Lüönd (Kriminalbeamter Hase), in (1962)
External links
Photographs and literature on Georg Thomalla
Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
German male film actors
German male voice actors
1915 births
1999 deaths
20th-century German male actors