Gert Günther Hoffmann

'Gert Günther Hoffmann' (qv) was born in Berlin-Lankwitz on February 21, 1929. After completing a commercial apprenticeship, he became interested in acting. He appeared in several stage plays before he started working as radio announcer for Berliner Rundfunk and as voice actor. One of his first voice works was dubbing 'Ben Johnson' (qv) in _Rio Grande (1950)_ (qv). Afterwards he spoke 'Rock Hudson' (qv), 'Paul Newman' (qv), 'Lex Barker' (qv), 'Michel Piccoli' (qv) and 'Sean Connery' (qv) in most of their movies. In some movies he was also the German voice of 'Clint Eastwood' (qv), 'Richard Harris' (qv), 'Kirk Douglas' (qv) and 'Cary Grant' (qv). In addition to that he dubbed leading actors in many successful TV-Series, like 'William Shatner' (qv) in _Star Trek: The Original Series (1966)_ (qv), 'Patrick Macnee' (qv) in _The Avengers (1961)_ (qv) and 'Robert Culp' (qv) in _I Spy (1965)_ (qv).Hoffmann also worked as dialogue writer, dubbing director and talent scout (he discovered 'Thomas Danneberg' (qv) in 1965). On screen he played minor as well as major roles and performed on stage in Berlin, Hamburg and Munich. In the 1970s he starred as Arnold Matofski in _Sonderdezernat K1 (1972)_ (qv).One of the most well-known German dubbing voices, the "King of Dubbing", as he was often called, died of cancer on November 17, 1997 in Feldafing near Lake Starnberg, Bavaria.::C.S.