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Wilhelm Borchert(1907-1990)

  • Voice Actor - Dubbing
  • Actor
  • Additional Crew
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Wilhelm Borchert was born on 13 March 1907 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Double Indemnity (1944) and Logan (2017). He died on 1 June 1990 in Berlin, Germany.
BornMarch 13, 1907
DiedJune 1, 1990(83)
BornMarch 13, 1907
DiedJune 1, 1990(83)
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Known for

Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, and Kenny Baker in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
8.6
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing(German)
  • 1977
Edward G. Robinson, Barbara Stanwyck, and Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity (1944)
Double Indemnity
8.3
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing(German)
  • 1944
Hugh Jackman in Logan (2017)
Logan
8.1
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing(German)
  • 2017
Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, Warwick Davis, David Prowse, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Carter, and Larry Ward in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
8.3
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing(German)
  • 1983

Credits

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Voice Actor - Dubbing

  • Hugh Jackman in Logan (2017)
    Logan
    8.1
    • Shane [TV-Ausschnitt aus 'Mein großer Freund Shane'] (German)
    • 2017
  • Jack Nicholson and Kathleen Turner in Prizzi's Honor (1985)
    Prizzi's Honor
    6.7
    • Don Corrado Prizzi (German)
    • 1985
  • John Hurt, Bob Flag, and Suzanna Hamilton in 1984 (1984)
    1984
    7.0
    • Goldstein (German)
    • 1984
  • A Caribbean Mystery (1983)
    A Caribbean Mystery
    6.3
    • Major Geoffrey Palgrave (German)
    • 1983
  • Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, Warwick Davis, David Prowse, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Carter, and Larry Ward in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
    Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
    8.3
    • 'Ben' Obi-Wan Kenobi (German)
    • 1983
  • Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, and Peter Mayhew in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
    8.7
    • Obi-Wan Kenobi (German)
    • 1980
  • Mariangela Melato and Ugo Tognazzi in The Cat (1977)
    The Cat
    6.8
    • Legrand / Tonbandstimme #1 (German)
    • 1977
  • Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, and Kenny Baker in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
    Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
    8.6
    • Obi-Wan Kenobi (German)
    • 1977
  • Jenny Agutter, Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, and Donald Sutherland in The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
    The Eagle Has Landed
    6.9
    • Narrator (German)
    • 1976
  • Dustin Hoffman in Marathon Man (1976)
    Marathon Man
    7.4
    • Dr. Christian Szell (German)
    • 1976
  • Illustrious Corpses (1976)
    Illustrious Corpses
    7.2
    • Security Minister (German)
    • 1976
  • Al Pacino in The Godfather Part II (1974)
    The Godfather Part II
    9.0
    • Hyman Roth (German, 1974 Kino version)
    • 1974
  • Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway in Chinatown (1974)
    Chinatown
    8.1
    • Hollis Mulwray (German)
    • 1974
  • Sean Connery in Zardoz (1974)
    Zardoz
    5.8
    • alter Wissenschaftler (German)
    • 1974
  • The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)
    The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
    7.4
    • Le général (German)
    • 1973

Actor

  • Lutz Mackensy and Vladimír Matejcek in Vom Webstuhl zur Weltmacht (1983)
    Vom Webstuhl zur Weltmacht
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Papst Julius II. (voice)
    • 1983
  • Everyone Dies Alone (1976)
    Everyone Dies Alone
    6.8
    • Pastor Lorenz
    • 1976
  • Gina Arnold in Gina Wildkatze (1975)
    Gina Wildkatze
    6.2
    • Charlie (voice, uncredited)
    • 1975
  • Der Stechlin
    8.7
    TV Mini Series
    • 1975
  • Heiratskandidaten
    TV Movie
    • Fechtheim (as Ernst Wilhelm Borchert)
    • 1975
  • Die Schatzgräbergeschichte
    TV Movie
    • Der Erzähler
    • 1970
  • Eli
    TV Movie
    • 1970
  • Michael Kohlhaas (1969)
    Michael Kohlhaas
    7.3
    • 1969
  • Orson Welles, Honor Blackman, Laurence Harvey, Harriet Andersson, Robert Hoffmann, and Sylva Koscina in The Last Roman (1968)
    The Last Roman
    6.0
    • Narrator (uncredited)
    • 1968
  • Romeo und Julia auf dem Lande
    TV Movie
    • Narrator (as Ernst Wilhelm Borchert)
    • 1968
  • Phädra
    9.0
    TV Movie
    • Theseus
    • 1967
  • Auf der Lesebühne der Literarischen Illustrierten
    TV Series
    • 1967
  • Wilfried Gössler in Der Fall Kaspar Hauser (1966)
    Der Fall Kaspar Hauser
    7.2
    TV Mini Series
    • Präsident Anselm von Feuerbach
    • 1966
  • Willkommen in Altamont
    TV Movie
    • William Rutledge
    • 1965
  • Karin Hübner in Nun singen sie wieder (1965)
    Nun singen sie wieder
    9.1
    TV Movie
    • Oberlehrer
    • 1965

Additional Crew

  • Radost Bokel in Momo (1986)
    Momo
    6.5
    • voice dubbing: John Huston (uncredited)
    • 1986
  • Die Standarte (1977)
    Die Standarte
    6.0
    • voice dubbing: Peter Cushing (uncredited)
    • 1977
  • Assignment Terror (1970)
    Assignment Terror
    4.2
    • voice dubbing: Michael Rennie (german version, uncredited)
    • 1970
  • Kommissar X - Jagd auf Unbekannt (1966)
    Kommissar X - Jagd auf Unbekannt
    5.8
    • voice dubbing: Admiral Hudson (uncredited)
    • 1966
  • Kingdom of the Silver Lion (1965)
    Kingdom of the Silver Lion
    5.4
    • voice dubbing: Charles Fawcett (uncredited)
    • 1965
  • Lex Barker, Dieter Borsche, Artur Brauner, Franz Josef Gottlieb, Chris Howland, Karl May, Marie Versini, Ralf Wolter, and Lutz Peltzer in Wild Kurdistan (1965)
    Wild Kurdistan
    5.6
    • voice dubbing: Charles Fawcett as Kadir Bei (uncredited)
    • 1965
  • Lex Barker in Treasure of the Aztecs (1965)
    Treasure of the Aztecs
    5.3
    • voice dubbing: Jeff Corey (uncredited)
    • 1965
  • Martin Luther (1953)
    Martin Luther
    6.8
    • voice dubbing: Jaspar von Oertzen (german version, uncredited)
    • 1953

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • E.W. Borchert
  • Born
    • March 13, 1907
    • Berlin, Germany
  • Died
    • June 1, 1990
    • Berlin, Germany
  • Other works
    German dubbing voice of Henry Fonda, Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, James Mason and Alec Guinness.

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    German voice of Charlton Heston.

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