Ralf Wolter
| Ralf Wolter | |
|---|---|
| Born |
26 November 1926 Berlin, Germany |
| Nationality |
 Germany |
| Years active | Late 1940s-today |
Ralf Wolter (born November 26, 1926 in Berlin) is a German stage and screen actor. Wolter appeared in nearly 220 films and television series in his over 60 years as a character actor.
Life and Career
began his long career at the Berlin stage and cabaret during the late 1940s. He made his first film appearance in Die Frauen des Herrn S. and quickly achieved prominence as an actor for comedic supporting roles. In 1961, he appeared as the baldheaded Sowjet agent Borodenko in Billy Wilder's comedy One, Two, Three (1962) with James Cagney. Another Hollywood film with Wolter in a supporting role was Cabaret (1972), where he played Liza Minnelli's neighbour Herr Ludwig, an erotic book publisher who later turns out to be a Nazi. However, in Germany he achieved his greatest fame as the eccentric but friendly trapper Sam Hawkens in a number of highly successful Karl May film adaptions during the 1960s. He reprised his role as Sam Hawkens in a television series from 1980. He also appeared with Heinz Erhardt in the 1970 comedy What Is the Matter with Willi? and in a few musical films with singing child star Heintje Simons.
As his film roles got more obscure during his later years, he turned more and more towards television since the 1970s. He appeared in some of the most successful German television series. As of 2014, Wolter still appears as a stage actor, his latest film is Bis zum Horizont, dann links! (2012), co-starring Otto Sander.[1]
Selected filmography
- The Model Husband (1956)
- A Thousand Melodies (1956)
- The Legs of Dolores (1957)
- Victor and Victoria (1957)
- The Muzzle (1958)
- A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
- Triplets on Board (1959)
- Of Course, the Motorists (1959)
- Freddy, the Guitar and the Sea (1959)
- Peter Voss, Hero of the Day (1959)
- The Goose of Sedan (1959)
- Conny und Peter machen Musik (1960)
- The High Life (1960)
- One, Two, Three (1961)
- Ramona (1961)
- Robert and Bertram (1961)
- Freddy und das Lied der Südsee (1962)
- Treasure of the Silver Lake (1962)
- Apache Gold (1963)
- Old Shatterhand (1964)
- Ein Sarg aus Hongkong (1964)
- Die Goldsucher von Arkansas (1964)
- Der Schut (1964)
- Der Schatz der Azteken (1965)
- Die Pyramide des Sonnengottes (1965)
- The Desperado Trail (1965)
- Treasure of San Gennaro (1966)
- The Heathens of Kummerow (1967)
- Spy Today, Die Tomorrow (1967)
- Sexy Susan Sins Again (1968)
- Hannibal Brooks (1969)
- Die tolldreisten Geschichten – nach Honoré de Balzac (1969)
- Charleys Onkel (1969)
- Heintje: A Heart Goes on a Journey (1969)
- Alle Kätzchen naschen gern (1969)
- What Is the Matter with Willi? (1970)
- Love, Vampire Style (1970)
- Tante Trude aus Buxtehude (1971)
- Meine Tochter - Deine Tochter (1972)
- Cabaret (1972)
- The 500 Pound Jerk (1973) (TV film)
- Alter Kahn und junge Liebe (1973)
- Waldrausch (1977)
- Graf Dracula beißt jetzt in Oberbayern (1979)
- Piratensender Powerplay (1982)
- A Love in Germany (1983)
- Drei gegen Drei (1985)
- High Score (1990)
- Vendetta (1995)
- Killer Condom (1996)
- Dinosaurier – Gegen uns seht ihr alt aus! (2009)
- Bis zum Horizont, dann links! (2012)
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