RIP Wolfgang Ziffer

 

Deutsche Synchronkartei

12/13/2022

 

Deutsche Synchronkartei reports that German voice actor Wolfgang Ziffer died on December 12, 2022.

Ziffer was born on October 26, 1941, Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany and was a voice actor. Like a number of people in the voice acting industry, Ziffer was rarely seen live on film or television.

He was known for his work on In der “Arche ist der Wurm drin” (1988), ‘Benjamin Blümchen’ (1988) and “Werwölfe” (1973). His role as Iago in “Aladdin” was replaced with Michael Pan in subsequent sequels and television shows. He dubbed 1980s Robot in ‘The Muppets’. He previously dubbed Tar in the Farscape - Verschollen im All episode "Dream a Little Dream."

With a distinctive high-pitched voice, Ziffer often voiced robots, aliens, squawking birds, cartoon characters, or other off-beat creatures. His mechanical resume began with V.I.N.C.E.N.T. in Disney's “The Black Hole”, followed by Johnny 5 in “Short Circuit” and its sequel. For the Star Wars prequels and tie-ins, he assumed the role of C-3PO from fellow voice actor Joachim Tennstedt (who returned to the part for The Force Awakens).

Ziffer dubbed Jack Pumpkinhead in “Return to Oz”, Warwick Davis as Wicket in “The Ewok Adventure”, and the lead roach in “Joe's Apartment”, as well as Terry Jones as Prince Herbert in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”, Joel Grey in “The Seven-Percent Solution”, and Richard Dawson on TV’s ‘Hogan's Heroes’.

Cartoon roles, often as excitable types or squeaking critters, include Roger Rabbit in “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”, Gurgi in “The Black Cauldron”, Dale on “Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers” and other series, Dino on ‘The Flintstones’, Shaggy on ‘Scooby-Doo’, Willi the worm in the German animated feature ‘Stoawaways on the Ark’, and Digit the roach in “An American Tail”. Bird roles include the raven Gulliver on the German series ‘Benjamin Blümchen’, a different raven Rocco on the children's audio series ‘Xanti, and Petri in the Land Before Time’ franchise.

ZIFFER, Wolfgang

Born: 10/26/1941, Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Died: 12/12/2022, Germany

 

Wolfgang Zifer’s western – voice actor, dubber:

Gunsmoke (TV) – 1955-1975 [German voice of Victor French]

Bonanza (TV) 1959-1973 [German voice of David Pritchard, Andre Philippe, Ray Daley,

     Leonard Nimoy, Keith Carradine, Randy Boone, Armand Alzamora

High Chaparral (TV)- 1967-1971 [German voice of Sandy Rosenthal, Ron Hayes]

My Name is Nobody – 1973 [German voice of telegrapher]

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid – 1973 [German voice of Bob Dylan]

Westworld – 1973 [German voice of Jared Martin]

Daniel Boone (TV) – 1981 [German voice of Mike Bell]

Lucky Luke – 1984 [German voice of William Dalton]

Cherry 2000 – 1987 [German voice of Howard Swain]

The New Zorro (TV) – 1990-1993 [German voice of Maurice O’Connell]

Lucky Luke (TV) – 2001-2003 [German voice of Bernard Alane]

Fernand Cowboy -1996 [German voice of FernandRaynaud]

For a Few Dollars More – 1996 [German voice of Kurt Zips, Roman Ariznavarreta]

Rango – 2011 [German voice of Lew Temple]