Ralf Wolter
Ralf Wolter (* November 26, 1926 in Berlin ) is a German actor.
Life and work
After the completion of the drama school " The Circle " (Fritz -Kirchhoff school) played Ralf Wolter, who comes from a family of artistes, at various theaters in Berlin and Potsdam. His passion for humorous lyrics and music brought him to the cabaret.
In 1951 he made his first film appearance in The Women of Mr S.. Soon Wolter was as ideal candidate for lovable idiot and Dubs, serious role offers were made , however. In the following years he was also in the comedies and comedies The legs of Dolores, When Conny with the Peter and Freddy, the guitar and to see the sea. What was in it, he was in a sarcastic cameo appearance as a man in toilet We Prodigies (1958 ) show: " Jepinkelt is always ".
1961 Wolter played alongside James Cagney and Horst Buchholz in Billy Wilder's comedy One, two, three ( One, Two, Three) a Soviet agent with bald head. In 1962 he succeeded to the Karl May Western Treasure of Silver breakthrough. In the first Winnetou film Wolter played the sympathetic Trapper Sam Hawkens ( constant phrase: " ... if I am not mistaken, hihihi " ), the faithful companion of the two heroes Winnetou (Pierre Brice ) and Old Shatterhand ( Lex Barker ). This signature role he took over in five other movies that are now all classics, and in the 14- part television series, My Friend Winnetou (1980).
In Schut, which is also based on a novel by Karl May, presented Wolter 1964 for the first time Hajji Halef Omar is that he also starred in Through the wilde Kurdistan (1965) and In the Realm of the Silver Lion (1965). In the Karl May movies, Treasure of the Aztecs (1965) and the sequel he was The Pyramid of the Sun God (1965 ), the Swabian Cuckoo representative Andreas Hasenpfeffer. After The pagans of Kummerow and their funny pranks (1967 ) and the last Winnetou Winnetou and Shatterhand adventure in the Valley of the Dead (1968 ) were his roles in various softcore clothes with time becoming smaller and more banal. To 1967, he played the Titus Bunge, a private investigator in Hamburg, in the same series.
From 1975 he was mostly seen in television productions such as the scene, the old man, A castle at Lake Wörth, or Coast Guard. In 1991, he worked as Sam Hawkens in the Karl May Festival in Bad Segeberg one last time with Pierre Brice.
He made headlines in May 2002 when he caused an accident on the A24 with three deaths from a risky maneuvers and left the scene of an accident. The then 75 -year-old claimed to have seen nothing of the accident. Because of involuntary manslaughter and dangerous driving, he was sentenced to ten months ' imprisonment.
2007 and 2008 played Wolter in the piece now or never - The Comedian Harmonists the Freilichtspiele Schwäbisch Hall, the role of the old Harry Frommer man (founder of the Comedian Harmonists ), who looks back on his life in the " first boy band in the world".
Filmography (selection)
Synchronization
As a voice actor lent Wolter et al William Hickey ( Toxic snow), Sidney James ( A Simple Story ) and Getafix in Asterix in America his voice.