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Horst Gentzen(1930-1985)

  • Actor
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing
  • Additional Crew
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Horst Gentzen was born on 14 March 1930 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Singin' in the Rain (1952), Casablanca (1942) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962). He died on 9 August 1985 in West Berlin, West Germany.
BornMarch 14, 1930
DiedAugust 9, 1985(55)
BornMarch 14, 1930
DiedAugust 9, 1985(55)
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Known for

Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O'Connor in Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Singin' in the Rain
8.3
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing(German)
  • 1952
Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Paul Henreid, and Conrad Veidt in Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca
8.5
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing(German)
  • 1942
Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Peter O'Toole, José Ferrer, and Jack Hawkins in Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Lawrence of Arabia
8.3
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing(German)
  • 1962
Prometheus (2012)
Prometheus
7.0
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing(German)
  • 2012

Credits

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Actor

  • David Bennent in The Tin Drum (1979)
    The Tin Drum
    7.4
    • Felix (voice, uncredited)
    • 1979
  • Bannertail: The Story of Gray Squirrel (1979)
    Bannertail: The Story of Gray Squirrel
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Clay (voice: German version)
    • 1979
  • Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten (1969)
    Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Kermit (voice, uncredited)
    • 1977
  • Robin Hood, the Noble Robber (1966)
    Robin Hood, the Noble Robber
    8.3
    TV Movie
    • Hamlet II (voice, uncredited)
    • 1966
  • Im Schlaraffenland
    TV Movie
    • Kaflisch
    • 1965
  • Kapitäne der Landstraße (1963)
    Kapitäne der Landstraße
    TV Mini Series
    • Vater von sechs Kindern
    • Pierre (voice)
    • 1963
  • Mein Vater hatte recht
    TV Movie
    • Emile
    • 1963
  • Die Lästerschule
    TV Movie
    • Sir Benjamin Dogberry
    • 1961
  • Moonwolf (1959)
    Moonwolf
    4.5
    • Prof. Robert's assistant (as Horst Jentzen)
    • 1959
  • Das verbotene Paradies (1958)
    Das verbotene Paradies
    4.4
    • Dettmanns Gast
    • 2. Mann im Park (voice, uncredited)
    • 1958
  • Imperfect Angel (1958)
    Imperfect Angel
    6.7
    • Pumpi Haberland
    • 1958
  • Horst Buchholz, Barbara Frey, and Georg Tressler in Two Worlds (1958)
    Two Worlds
    6.4
    • 1958
  • Gertrud Kückelmann in Spielbank-Affäre (1957)
    Spielbank-Affäre
    6.4
    • Hans
    • 1957
  • Bestseller
    TV Movie
    • Nicholas Barnes-Bradley
    • 1956
  • Tausend Melodien (1956)
    Tausend Melodien
    3.4
    • Albert Förster
    • 1956

Voice Actor - Dubbing

  • Prometheus (2012)
    Prometheus
    7.0
    • William Potter [TV-Ausschnitt aus 'Lawrence von Arabien'] (German)
    • 2012
  • L'affaire Dominici (1973)
    L'affaire Dominici
    6.6
    • Zeze Perrin (German)
    • 1973
  • Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970)
    Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
    6.4
    • Quackser Fortune (German, 1973 Rondo Film Werner Peters)
    • 1970
  • 12 + 1 (1969)
    12 + 1
    5.8
    • Jackie [1. Synchro BRD] (German)
    • 1969
  • Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Ricardo Montalban, George Takei, John Colicos, Maurishka, Nichelle Nichols, Ned Romero, Charles Stewart, Vic Tayback, and George Allen in Star Trek (1966)
    Star Trek
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Trelane (German)
    • 1967
  • Jean-Paul Belmondo and Lino Ventura in Greed in the Sun (1964)
    Greed in the Sun
    7.0
    • Robert (German)
    • 1964
  • Maureen O'Hara, John Wayne, Stefanie Powers, and Patrick Wayne in McLintock! (1963)
    McLintock!
    7.1
    • Rufus (German)
    • 1963
  • Charlton Heston, David Niven, and Ava Gardner in 55 Days at Peking (1963)
    55 Days at Peking
    6.7
    • Col. Shiba / Administrator (German)
    • 1963
  • Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Peter O'Toole, José Ferrer, and Jack Hawkins in Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
    Lawrence of Arabia
    8.3
    • Barkeeper / William Potter (German)
    • 1962
  • Richard Burton, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, John Wayne, Sean Connery, Sal Mineo, Eddie Albert, Richard Beymer, Red Buttons, Jeffrey Hunter, Roddy McDowall, Rod Steiger, Robert Wagner, Paul Anka, Arletty, Mel Ferrer, Steve Forrest, Gert Fröbe, Fabian, Jean-Louis Barrault, Bourvil, Ray Danton, Irina Demick, Leo Genn, Henry Grace, John Gregson, Paul Hartmann, Werner Hinz, Curd Jürgens, Alexander Knox, Peter Lawford, Christian Marquand, Kenneth More, Edmond O'Brien, Ron Randell, Madeleine Renaud, Robert Ryan, Tommy Sands, Richard Todd, Tom Tryon, Peter van Eyck, and Stuart Whitman in The Longest Day (1962)
    The Longest Day
    7.7
    • Paul Anka (German, uncredited)
    • 1962
  • Giulietta Masina in Nights of Cabiria (1957)
    Nights of Cabiria
    8.1
    • Bandleader im Nachtclub (German)
    • 1957
  • Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O'Connor in Singin' in the Rain (1952)
    Singin' in the Rain
    8.3
    • Junge (German)
    • 1952
  • Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Paul Henreid, and Conrad Veidt in Casablanca (1942)
    Casablanca
    8.5
    • Signor Ugarte (German)
    • 1942
  • Bette Davis, Richard Carlson, and Teresa Wright in The Little Foxes (1941)
    The Little Foxes
    7.9
    • Leo Hubbard (German, 1974 dub)
    • 1941
  • Charles Boyer and Irene Dunne in Love Affair (1939)
    Love Affair
    7.3
    • Kenneth Bradley (German, 1962 dub)
    • 1939

Additional Crew

  • David Bennent in The Tin Drum (1979)
    The Tin Drum
    7.4
    • voice dubbing: Karl Heinz Tittelbach (uncredited)
    • 1979
  • Lachen Sie mit Stan & Ollie (1975)
    Lachen Sie mit Stan & Ollie
    6.6
    TV Series
    • voice dubbing
    • 1975
  • Buster Keaton, Charles Chaplin, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Oliver Hardy, Harry Langdon, Jimmie Adams, Billy Bevan, Charley Chase, Billy Dooley, Jack Duffy, Muriel Evans, Billy Gilbert, Edgar Kennedy, Florence Lake, Stan Laurel, Ben Turpin, and Bobby Vernon in Väter der Klamotte (1973)
    Väter der Klamotte
    TV Series
    • voice dubbing: Charley Chase
    • 1973–1986
  • V.I.P.-Schaukel (1971)
    V.I.P.-Schaukel
    7.2
    TV Series
    • voice dubbing: Jerry Lewis (uncredited)
    • 1972
  • Das große Liebesspiel (1963)
    Das große Liebesspiel
    5.7
    • voice dubbing: Ulli Lommel (uncredited)
    • 1963

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Horst Jentzen
  • Born
    • March 14, 1930
    • Berlin, Germany
  • Died
    • August 9, 1985
    • West Berlin, West Germany(cirrhosis of the liver)
  • Other works
    famous German dubbing voice for Jerry Lewis, Kenneth Williams, Roman Polanski and Gene Wilder

Did you know

  • Trivia
    He also dubbed Kermit the Frog in "The Muppet Show".

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