Wolf Kahler

Wolf Kahler (born 3 April 1940) is a German stage, film, television, and voice actor.[1][2][3]

Wolf Kahler
Born (1940-04-03) 3 April 1940
Kiel, German Reich
OccupationActor
Years active1975–present

From 1975–2012, he appeared in many English language US and UK television and film productions.[4] One of his early roles was Kaiser Wilhelm II in Michael York's adventure film The Riddle of the Sands.[5] One of his most well-known roles was that of Herman Dietrich in Raiders of the Lost Ark.[2]

His voice also appeared in video games including as Kaiser Vlad in Battalion Wars.[6] Kahler played the Prince of Tübingen in Stanley Kubrick's 1975 film, Barry Lyndon.[2][7] In 2001 he portrayed a Wehrmacht General in the World War II TV miniseries, Band of Brothers.[8] In the 1982 Clint Eastwood spy thriller Firefox, he played KGB chairman Yuri Andropov. In 2011 Kahler appeared as Dr. Hoffmanstahl in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.[2][9] In 2017 he appeared as a German Commander in the Warner Bros./DCEU film Wonder Woman.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Radio

The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican was first broadcast in 2006 on BBC Radio4. He played Herbert Kappler. This was a drama by Robin Glendinning: a Nazi war criminal is befriended by a Vatican priest in his cell, based on the real-life adventures of Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty.[11][12]

References
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  2. "Wolf Kahler". The New York Times.
  3. "Wolf Kahler".
  4. "Wolf Kahler – Movies and Filmography – AllMovie". AllMovie.
  5. "The Riddle of the Sands (1978)".
  6. "Wolf Kahler – Harvey Voices".
  7. "Barry Lyndon (1975) – Stanley Kubrick – Cast and Crew – AllMovie". AllMovie.
  8. "Wolf Kahler". www.aveleyman.com.
  9. "Wolf Kahler – TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
  10. https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/07/arts/television-week-233951.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. "The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican". Imperial War Museums.
  12. "Afternoon May: The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican – BBC Radio 4 FM – 30 November 2006 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
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