Wolfgang Völz is a German actor. He is known for his roles in theatre plays, feature films (especially German Films based on Edgar Wallace works

Films based on Edgar Wallace works

The Edgar Wallace movies are motion pictures based on the works of British novelist and playwright Edgar Wallace.Even though there are countless film adaptations of Edgar Wallace novels worldwide, the crime films produced by the German company Rialto Film between 1959 and 1972 are the best-known of...

, TV shows and taped radio shows. He is also a very prolific voice actor.

Völz studied acting and consequently worked as a stage actor. After more than ten years of acting including a great deal of supporting roles in feature films and TV shows he became a popular cast member ("Lt. Mario de Monti") of Space Patrol – The Fantastic Adventures of the Spaceship Orion. He continued being successful on the TV screen by playing Ioan (German: Johann), the driver and bodyguard of Graf Yoster

Graf Yoster

Graf YosterGraf Yoster was a TV series which succeeded in particular in Germany and in France.- Main character :Graf Yoster was a very nice and elegant gentleman of impeccable behaviour...

(and afterwards many other characters).

As a voice actor he has dubbed American stars such as Walter Matthau

Walter Matthau

Walter Matthau was an American actor best known for his role as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple and his frequent collaborations with Odd Couple star Jack Lemmon, as well as his role as Coach Buttermaker in the 1976 comedy The Bad News Bears...

 and Peter Falk

Peter Falk

Peter Michael Falk was an American actor, best known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo in the television series Columbo...

.

Further reading

• Ralph Keim: Benjamin und Wolfgang Völz – Eine Biografie, SWB Verlag, Stuttgart, August 2010, ISBN 3938719427

External links

• Wolfgang Völz as voice actor