Georg Thomalla

Georg Thomalla (14 February 1915 – 25 August 1999) was a German actor. He appeared in about one hundred fifty film and television productions between 1939 and 2000 and was widely known in Germany for his comedic roles.

Georg Thomalla
1946
Born	Georg Valentin Thomalla (1915-02-14)14 February 1915 Kattowitz, Upper Silesia, German Empire
Died	August 25, 1999(1999-08-25) (aged 84) Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany
Occupation	Actor

Thomalla was well known in Germany as a voiceover artist, dubbing particularly comedians, such as Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther movies, and he was the standard German dubbing voice of Jack Lemmon from 1955 to 1998. Thomalla dubbed Lemmon as the second musician in Some Like It Hot, after having himself played the same role in the German comedy Fanfares of Love (1951), the direct predecessor to Some Like It Hot. Thomalla met Lemmon at the 1996 Berlin International Film Festival, where he gave a speech in Lemmon's honor.

He was awarded the German Federal Cross of Merit in 1985.

Filmography

• Her First Experience (1939)
• Der Kleinstadtpoet (1941)
• Above All Else in the World (1941)
• Stukas (1941)
• Jungens (1941)
• We Make Music (1942)
• The Crew of the Dora (1943)
• Ein schöner Tag (1944)
• Nora (1944)
• Tierarzt Dr. Vlimmen (1944)
• Ein fröhliches Haus (1944)
• Der große Preis (1944)
• Herr Sanders lebt gefährlich (1944)
• Anna Alt (1945)
• Heidesommer (1945)
• Die tolle Susanne (1945)
• Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1946)
• Tell the Truth (1946)
• King of Hearts (1947)
• Don't Play with Love (1949)
• Das Tor zum Paradies (1949)
• Um eine Nasenlänge (1949)
• Der große Fall (1949)
• Three Girls Spinning (1950)
• Maharadscha wider Willen (1950)
• One Night Apart (1950)
• Fanfares of Love (1951)
• Queen of the Night (1951)
• Dark Eyes (1951)
• A Very Big Child (1952)
• The Prince of Pappenheim (1952)
• Mikosch Comes In (1952)
• My Wife Is Being Stupid (1952)
• Dancing Stars (1952)
• The Chaste Libertine (1952)
• Lady's Choice (1953)
• The Uncle from America (1953)
• Fanfare of Marriage (1953)
• The Charming Young Lady (1953)
• It Was Always So Nice With You (1954)
• The Seven Dresses of Katrin (1954)
• Victoria and Her Hussar (1954)
• Bezauberndes Fräulein (1954)
• The Telephone Operator (1954)
• Mensch ärger' dich nicht! (1955)
• Sky Without Stars (1955)
• Secrets of the City (1955)
• Solang' es hübsche Mädchen gibt (1955)
• Request Concert (1955)
• Musikparade (1956)
• My Aunt, Your Aunt (1956)
• Ein Mann muß nicht immer schön sein (1956)
• Aunt Wanda from Uganda (1957)
• Victor and Victoria (1957)
• Junger Mann, der alles kann (1957)
• Das Glück liegt auf der Straße (1957)
• That Won't Keep a Sailor Down (1958)
• Scampolo (1958)
• Ein Stück vom Himmel (1958)
• Ooh... diese Ferien (1958)
• Das verbotene Paradies (1958)
• Die Sklavenkarawane (1958)
• Der Löwe von Babylon (1959)
• Paprika (1959)
• Lass mich am Sonntag nicht allein (1959)
• Juanito (1960)
• The Haunted Castle (1960)
• Ramona (1961)
• The Dream of Lieschen Mueller (1961)
• Diesmal muß es Kaviar sein (1961)
• Pichler's Books Are Not in Order (1961)
• Es muß nicht immer Kaviar sein (1961)
• Adieu, Lebewohl, Goodbye (1961)
• Komische Geschichten mit Georg Thomalla (1961–1971, TV series, 12 episodes), as Tommi
• The Bird Seller (1962)
• The Invisible Dr. Mabuse (1962)
• The Forester's Daughter (1962)
• …und ewig knallen die Räuber (1962)
• Snow White and the Seven Jugglers (1962)
• Mit besten Empfehlungen (1963)
• Don't Tell Me Any Stories (1964)
• Lausbubengeschichten (1964)
• Unser Pauker (1965–1966, TV series, 20 episodes), as Ulrich Schulz
• I Am Looking for a Man (1966), as Neumann
• When Ludwig Goes on Manoeuvres (1967), as Hauptmann Stumpf
• Zur Hölle mit den Paukern (1968), as Kurt Nietnagel
• Always Trouble with the Teachers (1968), as Studienrat Dr. Schwabmann
• Our Doctor is the Best (1969), as Waldemar Kosel
• Herzblatt oder Wie sag ich’s meiner Tochter? (1969), as Paul Tillmann
• Help, I Love Twins (1969), as Uncle Fritz
• Die Konferenz der Tiere (1969, voice), as The Lion
• Dornwittchen und Schneeröschen (1970, voice), as Narrator
• Hurra, unsere Eltern sind nicht da (1970), as Alois Wimmer
• Unsere Pauker gehen in die Luft (1970), as Oskar Weber / Harry Weber
• Nachbarn sind zum Ärgern da (1970), as Otto Sauser
• Hurray We Are Bachelors Again (1971), as Joachim Brinkmann
• Einer spinnt immer (1971), as Hugo Haase
• Holidays in Tyrol (1971), as Christian Meier
• The Reverend Turns a Blind Eye (1971), as Pfarrer Himmelreich
• Kinderarzt Dr. Fröhlich (1972), as Dr. Hannes Fröhlich
• Meine Tochter – Deine Tochter (1972), as Studienrat Dr. Oskar Sommer
• Always Trouble with the Reverend (1972), as Pfarrer Himmelreich
• Don't Get Angry (1972), as Ewald Fröhlich
• Crazy – Completely Mad (1973), as Oskar Müller
• Wenn jeder Tag ein Sonntag wär (1973), as Dr. Karl Maria Wegner
• Auch ich war nur ein mittelmäßiger Schüler (1974), as Prof. Dr. Fabian
• Der Tiefstapler (1978), as Christian Sturm
• Kolportage (1980, TV film), as Barrenkrona
• Kintopp Kintopp (1981, TV series, 13 episodes), as Tommy Schnell
• Vater einer Tochter (1981, TV film), as Robert Stegemann
• Ein Abend mit Georg Thomalla (1982–1985, TV series, 7 episodes), as Peter Winter, Fred Paschke, Willi, Alexander Fischer, Manfred Freiwald, Tommy, Klaus Sommer
• Ein Mann ist soeben erschossen worden (1985, TV film), as Comisario Ruíz
• Durchreise – Die Geschichte einer Firma (1985, TV film), as Max Salomon
• Willi – Ein Aussteiger steigt ein (1990, TV film), as Willi Placzek
• Das Geld liegt auf der Bank (1990, TV film), as Gustav Kühne
• Kleiner Mann im großen Glück (1992, TV film), as Willi Platzek
• The Old Fox: Der amerikanische Onkel (1992, TV series episode), as Werner Lorenz
• Lilien in der Bank (1996), as Wilhelm Willert

External links

• Georg Thomalla at Find a Grave
• Georg Thomalla on IMDb
• Photographs and literature on Georg Thomalla