RIP Lothar Blumhagen

 

Voice of the stars: Lothar Blumhagen died

 

Die Presse

January 10, 2023

 

The actor lent his voice to Christopher Plummer - most recently in "Knives Out" - and Roger Moore in "Die 2".

The actor and voice actor Lothar Blumhagen died on Tuesday in Berlin at the age of 95. Blumhagen was the German voice of many international stars. His dark, rough timbre was unmistakable and perfectly underlined the appearance of a British gentleman.

For example, he was very often the voice of Christopher Plummer, most recently in the Netflix comedy "Knives Out – Murder is a Family Affair" (2020). Several times Blumhagen voiced the German dubbing for Roger Moore, for example in the 70s action series "Die 2" as Lord Brett Sinclair. In the Oscar-winning media thriller "Die Unbestechlichen" (1976), Blumhagen was heard in German as "Deep Throat": an informant who provided US investigative reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward with information in a dark underground car park without ever being seen. Blumhagen also provided dubbing work for Christopher Lee, Alan Rickman ("Actually... Love") and the Swede Erland Josephson ("Scenes of a Marriage"). Radio play fans know him as a frequent guest of the RIAS series "Professor van Dusen".

Blumhagen also stood in front of the camera again and again for television films and was also seen on theater stages. He lived in Berlin. He had fallen asleep there in a hospital "in the presence of his family," his son told dpa. "His family mourns the loss of a humorous, warm-hearted and generous father, father-in-law and grandfather. We will remember him as an open-minded, art and literature enthusiast."

BLUMHAGEN, Lothar

Born: 7/16/1927, Leipzig, Danzig, Germany

Died: 1/10/2023, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

 

Lothar Blumhagen’s western voice actor, dubber:

Sergeant Preston - 1955-1957 [German voice of Lane Bradford, Francis De Sales, John Irving]

Zorro (TV) - 1957-1959 [German voice of Cesar Romero]

Yancy Derringer – 1958-1959 [German voice of Dennis Patrick]

Bonanza (TV) – 1959-1973 [German voice of Chris Alcaide, Richard Anderson, Edward Ashley,

   Walter Brooke, Peter Coe, Dabney Coleman, Jon Cypher, Eric Fleming, Bruce Gordon, James
   Gregory, John Hubbard, Ron Randall, Ron Randell, Bing Russell, Liam Sullivan, Harlan

   Warde,

Savage Gun – 1962 [German voice of Richard Basehart]

Cattle Kin – 1963 [German voice of Robert Loggia]

Frontier Hellcat – 1964 [German voice of Louis Velle]

A Man Called Gringo – 1965 [German voice of Sieghardt Rupp]

Pyramid of the Sun God – 1965 [German voice of Gerard Barray]

The Return of Ringo – 1965 [German voice of George Matin]

Treasure of the Aztecs – 1965 [German voice of Gerard Barray]

Behind the Mask of Zorro – 1965 [German voice of Sancho Gracia]

Django Shoots First – 1966 [German voice of Nando Gazzolo]

El Dorado – 1966 [German voice of Anthony Rogers

For a Few Dollars More – 1966 [German voice of Carlo Simi]

My Name is Pecos – 1966 [German voice of Luigi Casellato]

Bullwhip Griffin – 1967 [German voice of Jody Baker]

Django the Last Killer – 1967 [German voice of George Eastman]

$10,000 for a Massacre – 1967 [German voice of Ferdinado Poggi]

Colonel Custer (TV) – 1967 [German voice of James Daly, Edward Mulhare]

The High Chaparral (TV) – 1967-1971 [German voice of Don Eitner, Patrick Hogan]

Guns for San Sebastian – 1968 [German voice of Julio Aldama]

Full House for the Devil – 1969 [German voice of Paul Muller]

Sundance Cassidy and Butch the Kid – 1969 [German voice of sheriff]

Companeros – 1970 [German voice of Gino Pernice]

El Condor – 1970 [German voice of Gustavo Rojo]

Have a Good Funeral – 1970 [German voice of Robert Dell’Acqua]

Hands Up Dead Man! You're Under Arrest – 1971 [German voice of Rafael Corés]

Vengeance Trail - 1971 [German voice of Sullivan]

Long Live Your Death - 1971 [German voice of Enrique Espinosa]

Ben and Charlie – 1972 [German voice of Giacomo Rossi Stuart]

Chato’s Land – 1972 [German voice of Paul Young]

It Can be Done Amigo – 1972 [German voice of Francisco Rabal]

The Long Ride of Revenge – 1972 [German voice of George Wang]

Trinity is STILL My Name – 1972 [German voice of man in carriage]

White Fang – 1973 [German voice of John Steiner]

Blazing Saddles – 1974 [German voice of Dom DeLuise, George Furth]

Dodge City – 1975 [German voice of John Litel (1939)]

The Lone Ranger (TV) – 1980-1981 [German voice of Borga]

Bret Maverick (TV) – 1981-1982 [German voice of Ed Bakey, Anthony Eisley, Sandy McPeak]

The Yellow Rose (TV) – 1983-1984 [German voice of John Colicos, William Smith]

Lucky Luke (TV) – 1984 [German voice of Colonel Prendergast]

Silverado – 1985 [German voice of John Cleese]

Thunder 3 – 1988 [German voice of John Phillip Law]

The Lone Ranger (TV) – 1991-1993 [German voice of Denver Pyle (1947-1951)]

Young Riders (TV) – 1991-1993 [German voice of Gerrit Graham]

Jonathan of the Bears – 1993 [German voice of John Saxon]

Tombstone – 1993 [German voice of Terry O’Quinn]

Rough Riders (TV) – 1997 [German voice of Brian Keith]

Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World – 1998 [German voice of James I. Konig]

The Amazing Zorro – 2002 [German voice of Don Alejandro Vega]

Gods and Generals – 2003 [German voice of Robert Duval]

Yellowstone (TV) – 2018 [German voice of Dabney Coleman]