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Walter Altenkirch(1896-1955)

  • Voice Actor - Dubbing
  • Actor
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Walter Altenkirch was born on 5 March 1896 in Rathenow, Germany. He was an actor, known for Wuthering Heights (1939), Anna Karenina (1935) and Theodora, Slave Empress (1954). He died on 18 November 1955 in Berlin, Germany.
BornMarch 5, 1896
DiedNovember 18, 1955(59)
BornMarch 5, 1896
DiedNovember 18, 1955(59)
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Known for

Wuthering Heights (1939)
Wuthering Heights
7.5
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing(German)
  • 1939
Freddie Bartholomew, Greta Garbo, Maureen O'Sullivan, Clarence Brown, and Fredric March in Anna Karenina (1935)
Anna Karenina
7.0
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing(German, 1953 version)
  • 1935
Theodora, Slave Empress (1954)
Theodora, Slave Empress
5.8
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing(German)
  • 1954
Greta Garbo and Ramon Novarro in Mata Hari (1931)
Mata Hari
6.5
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing(German, 1952 version)
  • 1931

Credits

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Voice Actor - Dubbing

  • Theodora, Slave Empress (1954)
    Theodora, Slave Empress
    5.8
    • Scarpios' Anwalt (German)
    • 1954
  • Cairo Road (1950)
    Cairo Road
    5.5
    • Prison Governor (German)
    • 1950
  • Vsevolod Aksyonov, Mikhail Astangov, and Mikhail Nazvanov in Russkiy vopros (1948)
    Russkiy vopros
    6.0
    • Preston (German)
    • 1948
  • John Wayne, Albert Dekker, and Martha Scott in In Old Oklahoma (1943)
    In Old Oklahoma
    6.4
    • Teddy Roosevelt (German)
    • 1943
  • Randolph Scott, Robert Young, Virginia Gilmore, and Dean Jagger in Western Union (1941)
    Western Union
    6.7
    • Charlie (German, 1949 Synchro)
    • 1941
  • Wuthering Heights (1939)
    Wuthering Heights
    7.5
    • Earnshaw (German)
    • 1939
  • Freddie Bartholomew, Greta Garbo, Maureen O'Sullivan, Clarence Brown, and Fredric March in Anna Karenina (1935)
    Anna Karenina
    7.0
    • Offizier beim Bankett (German, 1953 version)
    • 1935
  • Greta Garbo in Queen Christina (1933)
    Queen Christina
    7.5
    • Koch (German, 1951 version)
    • 1933
  • Greta Garbo and Ramon Novarro in Mata Hari (1931)
    Mata Hari
    6.5
    • Jacques: der Killer (German, 1952 version)
    • 1931

Actor

  • Roman einer Siebzehnjährigen (1955)
    Roman einer Siebzehnjährigen
    7.7
    • 1955
  • Der Froschkönig (1954)
    Der Froschkönig
    7.4
    • Hofarzt
    • 1954

Personal details

  • Born
    • March 5, 1896
    • Rathenow, Germany
  • Died
    • November 18, 1955
    • Berlin, Germany
  • Other works
    1949: Dubbing voice of Alan Hale in the German post-synchronized version of Michael Curtiz's 1940 "The Sea Hawk" (Herr der sieben Meere).

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