Claus Wilcke (born 12 August 1939, in

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (, ), is the capital of the States of Germany, German state of the Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (), a two-city-state consisting of the c ...

) is a German actor who has played Americans in the German TV shows ''

Percy Stuart Percy Stuart is a German TV series (1969–1972). Synopsis Percy Stuart tried to fulfill his father's last wish by becoming a member of his father's English club and in order to get accepted he has to prove that he is worthy. Since some of the ...

'' and '' I.O.B. Spezialauftrag''. He has also dubbed many American actors including

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and

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for cinema and TV. He has won several German awards.

Career

Wilcke started as a

stage actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

. He passed a complete classic training and graduated. He was trained for stunts in London and played many sports such as fencing and riding. In 1958, he appeared for the first time on the big screen. After 20 feature films, he was cast as the title role on ''Percy Stuart''. Nearly all of his stunts were done by himself because the insurance companies back then didn't hinder him. Later Wilcke played roles in numerous other German TV shows and on very many theatre stages all over Germany. He is also a very sought-after voice-over actor. In 2012, he had a

cameo appearance A cameo appearance, also called a cameo role and often shortened to just cameo (), is a brief guest appearance of a well-known person or character in a work of the performing arts. These roles are generally small, many of them non-speaking on ...

in ''

Iron Sky ''Iron Sky'' is a 2012 comic-science-fiction action film directed by Timo Vuorensola and written by Johanna Sinisalo and Michael Kalesniko.

'' where he is the white-bearded politician at the international conference who repeatedly laughs at the fictitious president of the United States until he gets angry and throws a shoe at her.

Personal life

Wilcke is married and has two children, Nicolas and Alexandra.

Selected filmography

* ''

My Ninety Nine Brides ''My Ninety Nine Brides'' (German: ''Meine 99 Bräute'') is a 1958 West German romantic comedy film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Claus Wilcke, Horst Frank and Wera Frydtberg.Bock & Bergfelder p.504 It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in ...

'' (1958) * '' Love Now, Pay Later'' (1959) * '' Crime After School'' (1959) * '' The Day the Rains Came'' (1959) * ''

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'' (1960) * ''Mit 17 weint man nicht'' (1960) * ' (1961) * ''

Via Mala Viamala or Via Mala ( Romansh: literally, "bad path") is a narrow gorge along the river Hinterrhein between Zillis-Reischen and Thusis in the Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland, as well as the ancient and notorious pathway which traverses ...

'' (1961) * '' Freddy and the Millionaire'' (1961) * ''

Café Oriental ''Café Oriental'' is a 1962 German musical comedy film directed by Rudolf Schündler and starring Elke Sommer, Jerome Courtland, Trude Herr, and Bill Ramsey. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Paul Markwitz and Wilhelm Vorwerg. ...

'' (1962) * ''

When Ludwig Goes on Manoeuvres ''When Ludwig Goes on Manoeuvres'' (German: ''Wenn Ludwig ins Manöver zieht'') is a 1967 West German historical comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs, starring Hansi Kraus as Ludwig Thoma, Heidelinde Weis and Rudolf Rhomberg. The script was pro ...

'' (1967) * ''

'' (1969–1972, TV series) * '' I.O.B. Spezialauftrag'' (1980–1981, TV series) * '' Sylter Geschichten'' (1993–1995, TV series) * ''

Verbotene Liebe ''Verbotene Liebe'' (, "Forbidden Love") is a German television soap opera created by Reg Watson for Das Erste. The show was set primarily in the German city of Düsseldorf although, at times, the city of Cologne and the Spanish island of Mall ...

'' (2011–2012, TV series) * ''

Iron Sky ''Iron Sky'' is a 2012 comic-science-fiction action film directed by Timo Vuorensola and written by Johanna Sinisalo and Michael Kalesniko.

'' (2012) * '' Unter uns'' (2018–2019, TV series)

References

External links

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Claus Wilcke's filmography as voice-over actorClaus Wilcke's homepage
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