caption death_date death_place birth_place name birth_date image article_title birth_name occupation
1946 25 august 1999 starnberg , bavaria , germany katowice , upper silesia georg thomalla 14 february 1915 fotothek df pk 0000057 004 szenenbilder.jpg georg thomalla
 georg valentin thomalla actor
georg thomalla

georg thomalla -lrb- 14 february 1915 -- 25 august 1999 -rrb- was a german actor .
he appeared in a number of german films from 1939 to 1992 .
however , thomalla was mostly known in germany as a voice-over artist , dubbing particularly comedians , such as peter sellers as inspector closeau in the pink panther movies , and he also was the standard german dubbing voice of jack lemmon from 1955 up until 1998 .
after thomalla had dubbed lemmon for more than 40 years , the two met at the 1996 berlin international film festival where thomalla held an honorific speech for lemmon .
he was awarded the german federal cross of merit in 1985 .
