RIP Fred Maire

 

German actor and voice dubber Fred Maire died on December 19^th, 2020 he was 88. Maire was believed to have been born in Munich, Germany on May 20, 1932. He began his career in the theater as an actor on stage in Berlin, Munich Basel, Bremen and Cologne. In the 1970s Fred travelled to Indonesia where he worked for a time at a Balinese-Javanese theater. Returning to Munich he took over a private theater for a year, but it failed financially despite great public success. He then worked until 2000 as a voice actor, author and director. In 2000 he returned to the theater where he made his second debut in Carl Orff’s “Die Bernauerin”.

He was the German voice of Klaus Kinski, Dennis Hopper, David Bradley, Spencer, Tracy, Tomas Milian and Lee Van Cleef.

In the Harry Potter films, he voiced the caretaker Argus Fitch and in “The Lord of the Rings” film trilogy he was the voice of the gatekeeper.

Fred’s daughter Laura Maire is also an actress.

MAIRE, Fred

Born: 5/20/1932, Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Died: 12/19/2020, Germany

 

Fred Maire’s westerns – voice actor:

Dynamite Jack – 1961 [German voice of Piggot]

The Virginian (TV) 1962-1971 [German voice of Clu Gullagher]

Adios, Gringo – 1965 [German voice of Massimo Righi]

The Big Valley (TV) – 1965-1970 [German voice of Robert Yuro, Robert Porter, Dennis

     Hopper, Charles Grodin, Bradford Dillman, Royal Dano, Dennis Cross, Lew Ayres, John

     Anderson,

The Texican – 1966 [German voice of George Rigaud]

Hallelujah for Django – 1967 [German voice of Jeff Cameron]

Dead Men Don’t Count – 1968 [German voice of Mark Damon]

The Big Gundown – 1968 [German voice of Tomas Milian]

Blood and Guns – 1968 [German voice of Tomas Milian]

Run Man Run – 1968 [German voice of Tomas Milian]

If You Meet Sartana… Pray for Your Death – 1968 [German voice of Klaus Kinski]

$10,000 for a Massacre – 1968 [German voice of Claudio Camaso]

Vengeance – 1968 [German voice of Claudio Camaso]

White Comanche – 1968 [German voice of William Shatner]

Charro -1969 [German voice of Tony Young]

Guns of the Magnificent Seven – 1969 [German voice of Reni Santoni]

True Grit – 1969 [German voice of Dennis Hopper]

The Wild Bunch – 1969 [German voice of Jorge Russek]

Light the Fuse… Sartana is Coming – 1970 [German voice of Sal Borgese]

Cade’s County (TV) – 1971-1972 [German voice of Ed Flanders]

Jeremiah Johnson – 1972 [German voice of Matt Clark]

Ulzana’s Raid – 1972 [German voice of Dean Smith]

The White, the Yellow, the Black – 1975 [German voice of Manuel De Blas]

God’s Gun – 1976 [German voice Lee Van Cleef]

Kid Vengeance – 1977 [German voice of Lee Van Cleef]

Arizona – 1980 [German voice of George Chandler (1940)]

The Mountain Men – 1980 [German voice of David Ackroyd]

Lone Wolf McQuade – 1983 [German voice of Daniel Frishman]

Pale Rider – 1985 [German voice of Doug McGrath]

Todlicher Irrtum – 1985 [German voice of Michael Elphick]

Red Rock West – 1992 [German voice of Dennis Hopper]

The Adventures of Huck Finn – 1993 [German voice of Jason Robards]

Geronimo: An American Legend – 1993 [German voice of Lee de Broux]

Kung Fu (TV) – 1993-1997 [German voice of David Carradine]

The Mask of Zorro – 1998 [German voice of Pedro Armendariz Jr.]

The Legend of Zorro – 2005 [German voice of Tony Amendola]