RIP Ulrich Voß

 

Glorious Generation: Voice Actor Ulrich Voß Has Died

He experienced the brutal upheaval at the Volksbühne and the brilliant Frank Castorf flow. The actor Ulrich Voß has now died at the age of 86.

Berliner Zeitung

By Ulrich Seidler

1/17/2024

Changes of artistic directors' cause stress in the theatres. If, at the same time, a social system change takes place, in the shadow of which the house is going through an existential artistic crisis, the profession of ensemble actor becomes a mental ordeal. Ulrich Voß, born in Rostock in 1938, experienced such a change at the Volksbühne. He had been involved there since 1986 and was first used in the spectacle "Prussia Games", in which Heiner Müller scenes were played throughout the house.

At the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Berlin's theatres were given another boost in importance, but then people stayed away. In 1992, the young Frank Castorf took over the house and turned it upside down. One can guess how this was discussed in the canteen by those who were already there and could not be dismissed thanks to their GDR contracts. One of Castorf's great artistic achievements, which are generally regarded as destructive, is the treatment of these very old people (not so old at the time). In addition to Ulrich Voß, these were Joachim Tomaschewsky (1919–2019), Susanne Düllmann (1928–2013), Jürgen Rothert (1936–2007), Heide Kipp (1938–2022) and many more who encountered the new generation. A clash of traditions that sparked the most beautiful sparks.

VOß, Ulrich

Born: 6/8/1938, Rostock, Mecklenburg, Vorpommern, Germany

Died: 1/17/2024, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

 

Ulrich Voß’ westerns – voice dubber:

The Lone Ranger (TV) 1949-1956 [German voice of Frank Fenton, Clancy Sooper, Robert Carson, Paul Birch, Stanley Andrews, Hugh Prosser, Herbert Lytton, Terry Frost]

Daniel Boone – 1966, 1968 (Robert Middleton, Charles Drake)

Boot Hill – 1969 [German voice of Bud Spencer]

Alaska Kid (TV) – 1993 [German voice of Baadur Tsuladze]

Dead Man – 1995 [German voice of Robert Mitchum]