Manfred Steffen

Manfred Steffen (1916-2009) was a German voice actor who dubbed Mr. Hooper (renamed "Herr Huber") on the first three seasons of Sesamstrasse, as well as Weihnachten in der Sesamstraße (Christmas Eve on Sesame Street). He later voiced Sam Spayed in the German dub of Dog City.
Steffen established himself as a radio newscaster in the 1940s and worked frequently on stage as a character actor. He continued in radio as late as 2005, in roles ranging from Dr. Watson in early Sherlock Holmes broadcasts and Mr. Pritchard in the German version of Under Milkwood to Gandalf in a 1992 Lord of the Rings serial. Film credits include the Edgar Wallace "krimi" The Dead Eyes of London, Geliebte Hochstaplerin (with Elke Sommers), and Dr. Crippen lebt (with Inge Meysel). TV includes Tatort, Derrick, and Grossstadtrevier. 
As a dubbing actor, he was the German voice of Henry Travers in It's a Wonderful Life, Peter Cushing in From Beyond the Grave, Burgess Meredith in True Confessions, Richard Vernon in the 1982 Witness for the Prosecution, Fulton MacKay in Nothing But the Night, Noah Beery, Jr. on The Rockford Files, Charles Nelson Reilly on The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, Sid Caesar on Amazing Stories, and bit parts on Columbo. He had a principal role in the German animated feature Felidae and other cartoon assignments included Professor Calculus on Tintin and Pompadour on Babar. In audio books, he was the standard German narrator for Astrid Lingren books. He narrated several Brothers Grimm tales, was heard as Alfred Hitchcock stand-in Albert Hitfeld in two Three Investigators audio dramas, and played Jud Crandall in a 1999 audio version of Pet Semetary. 
==External links==
*IMDb
*Film Museum Hamburg profile
*German dubbing credits
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Category:International Voice Actors