Wolfgang Völz Wolfgang Völz ( b . 1930 ) is a German actor and voice actor who dubbed Forgetful Jones and others on " Sesamstrasse " , the German co - production of " Sesame Street " . In 1980 , he was an on - camera guest star on the series , playing a hiker who , with his wife , stumbles on Samson ' s cave . Völz ' s best known voice role is Kapt ' n Blaubär , a character he played ( usually as a puppet , sometimes in animation ) on several series , including " Kapt ' n Blaubär Club " in the 1990s . " Die Dinos " , the German dub of " Dinosaurs " , was regularly featured for a time , and coincidentally , Völz occasionally dubbed guest characters on that series . He later dubbed Santa Claus in " Elmo rettet Weihnachten " ( " Elmo Saves Christmas " ) and Joe Snow in " Das Grösste Muppet - Weihnachtsspektakel aller Zeiten " ( " It ' s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie " ) . Völz was a frequent supporting player in German films , including a small part as a bartender in Fritz Lang ' s " 1000 Eyes of Dr . Mabuse " ( 1960 ) and several krimi films , such as the 1966 version of Edgar Wallace ' s " The Green Archer " ( " Der grüne Bogenschütze " ) as a police sergeant . International co - productions included Disney ' s " Emil and the Detectives " ( as constable Stucke ) , " Funeral in Berlin " ( with Michael Caine ) , " The 25th Day " ( with Anthony Quinn ) , and the Swedish film " Pippi in the South Seas " ( as bungling pirate Oscar , tormented by Pippi Longstocking , with Tor Isedal ) . More recently , he appeared in the Edgar Wallace spoofs " Der Wixxer " and " Neues vom Wixxer " as Sir John of Scotland Yard ( a recurring figure in the old Edgar Wallace series ) . On TV , Völz was a regular co - star as Lt . Mario de Monti on the science - fiction series " Raumpatrouille - Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion " ( 1966 ) and chauffeur / sidekick Johann to the titular detective on " Graf Yoster gibt sic die Ehre " ( which ran on and off between 1967 and 1977 ) . He made episodic appearances , often as police , on " Das Kriminalmuseum " , " Pfarrer Braun " , " Tatort " , and the English - language " Paul Temple " series . Völz was the German voice of Walter Matthau from 1980 onward , Mel Brooks in most projects ( including " Spaceballs " ) , Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot in three TV movies , and Rodney Dangerfield in " Caddyshack " and others . He dubbed Wilford Brimley in " In & Out " , Jack Warden in " Shampoo " and " Bullets Over Broadway " , Peter Falk in " Tune in Tomorrow " , Pat Hingle in " Batman " , Richard Griffiths in " Pirates of the Caribbean : On Stranger Tides " , Philip Baker Hall in " Amityville Horror " , Geoffrey Palmer in " Tomorrow Never Dies " , and Danny DeVito in " Johnny Dangerously " . Cartoon roles include village chief Vitalstatistix in the " Asterix " films and audio books , Kehaar in " Watership Down " , Joe Dalton in two " Lucky Luke " movies , Chief in " The Fox and the Hound " , King Eidilleg in " The Black Cauldron " , Danny in " 101 Dalmatians " , and Bigweld in " Robots " . In radio dramas and audio albums / cassettes , he voiced Käpt ' n Roger in the " LEGO Pirates " series , Zeus in " The Odyssey " , and played several roles in " The Three Investigators " series .