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.

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.

Selected filmography

Her First Experience (1939) - Otto Small Town Poet (1940) - Siegfried, Angestellter bei Emil Above All Else in the World (1941) - Uffz. Krause Jungens (1941) - Jochen Krafft Stukas (1941) - Unteroffizier Matz We Make Music (1942) - Franz Sperling The Crew of the Dora (1943) - Bordschütze Unteroffizier Fritz Mott Ein schöner Tag (1944) Nora (1944) Herr Sanders lebt gefährlich (1944) - Inspizient (uncredited) Der große Preis (1944) - Borchardt A Cheerful House (1944) - Mann mit Platz in der Schlange Tierarzt Dr. Vlimmen (1944) - Stallbursche Anna Alt (1945) - Heinz Wichert Heidesommer (1945) Die tolle Susanne (1945) Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1946) - Max Egon Flipp Tell the Truth (1946) - Dr. Klimm - sein Rechtsanwalt King of Hearts (1947) - Leutnant By a Nose (1949) - Max, Mixer in der Kolibri-Bar Don't Play with Love (1949) - Peter (1949) - Knospe Der große Fall (1949) - Fred Three Girls Spinning (1950) - Udo The Reluctant Maharaja (1950) - Attentäter One Night Apart (1950) - Bollmann Fanfares of Love (1951) - Peter Queen of the Night (1951) - Peter von Hazi Dark Eyes (1951) - McKing, Impresario A Very Big Child (1952) - Hans Hochberg My Wife Is Being Stupid (1952) - Conny Weber The Prince of Pappenheim (1952) - Charly Rosner The Chaste Libertine (1952) - Max Stieglitz Mikosch Comes In (1952) - Janos Nawratil Dancing Stars (1952) - Bob Gregorian The Uncle from America (1953) - Bodo Schmidt Lady's Choice (1953) - Max Fanfare of Marriage (1953) - Peter Schmidt The Charming Young Lady (1953) - Paul Norman It Was Always So Nice With You (1954) - Texter Karlchen Holler The Telephone Operator (1954) - Peter Lindner The Seven Dresses of Katrin (1954) - Graf Felix 'Lixi' Hohenstein Victoria and Her Hussar (1954) Secrets of the City (1955) - Paul Martinek As Long as There Are Pretty Girls (1955) - Ernst Request Concert (1955) - Willy Vogel Sky Without Stars (1955) - Willi Becker Mensch ärger' dich nicht! (1955) My Aunt, Your Aunt (1956) - Tommy Schneider Musikparade (1956) - Tommy Ein Mann muß nicht immer schön sein (1956) - Paul Späth A Piece of Heaven (1957) - Willi Victor and Victoria (1957) - Viktor Hempel Aunt Wanda from Uganda (1957) - Jonas Edelmuth Das Glück liegt auf der Straße (1957) - Tobby Zimmt (1957) - Karl Gerdes, Koch Ein Stück vom Himmel (1958) - Willi Scampolo (1958) - Andreas Michaels Ooh... diese Ferien (1958) - Max Petermann That Won't Keep a Sailor Down (1958) - Valdemar V. Olsen Das verbotene Paradies (1958) - Narrator (voice, uncredited) (1958) - Hadschi Halef Omar Paprika (1959) - Paul (1959) - Hadschi Halef Omar Lass mich am Sonntag nicht allein (1959) - Edi Gruber Juanito (1960) - Paddy The Haunted Castle (1960) - Onkel Max Pichler's Books Are Not in Order (1961) - Vittgers Adieu, Lebewohl, Goodbye (1961) - Luciano Moretti (1961–1971, TV Series) - Tommi The Dream of Lieschen Mueller (1961) - Reporter Ramona (1961) - Tom Kroll (1962, TV Movie) - Herman The Bird Seller (1962) - Kurfürst August Snow White and the Seven Jugglers (1962) - Clown Lukas (1962) - Krummfinger Achilles The Forester's Daughter (1962) - Simmerl, Flickschneider With Best Regards (1963) - Ferdinand Blume, Lohnbuchhalter Bezauberndes Fräulein (1963, TV Movie) - Paul Tote zahlen keine Steuern (1963, TV Movie) - Marco Veccietti Casanova wider Willen (1964, TV Movie) - Max Stieglitz Gerechtigkeit in Worowogorsk (1964, TV Movie) - Defense Lawyer Kaljakin Der König mit dem Regenschirm (1964, TV Movie) Tales of a Young Scamp (1964) - Geheimrat Don't Tell Me Any Stories (1964) - Hugo Bach Weekend in Paradise (1965, TV Movie) - Regierungsrat Dittchen Unser Pauker (1965–1966, TV Series, 20 episodes) - Ulrich Schulz I Am Looking for a Man (1966) - Astrologe Neumann When Ludwig Goes on Manoeuvres (1967) - Hauptmann Stumpf Zur Hölle mit den Paukern (1968) - Kurt Nietnagel Always Trouble with the Teachers (1968) - Studienrat Dr. Schwabmann Our Doctor is the Best (1969) - Waldemar Kosel (1969) - Paul Tillmann Help, I Love Twins (1969) - Uncle Fritz (1969) - The Lion (voice) Dornwittchen und Schneeröschen (1970) - Erzähler (voice) (1970) - Alois Wimmer (1970) - Oskar Weber / Harry Weber (1970) - Otto Sauser (1971) - Joachim Brinkmann Einer spinnt immer (1971) - Hugo Haase Holidays in Tyrol (1971) - Christian Meier The Reverend Turns a Blind Eye (1971) - Pfarrer Himmelreich (1972) - Dr. Guido Zwiesel My Daughter, Your Daughter (1972) - Studienrat Dr. Oskar Sommer Always Trouble with the Reverend (1972) - Pfarrer Himmelreich Don't Get Angry (1972) - Ewald Fröhlich Crazy – Completely Mad (1973) - Oskar Müller (1973) - Dr. Karl Maria Wegner Auch ich war nur ein mittelmäßiger Schüler (1974) - Prof. Dr. Fabian (1978) - Christian Sturm Schimpo, was macht ein Aff' in Afrika? (1979) Kolportage (1980, TV Movie) - Barrenkrona Kintopp Kintopp (1981, TV Series) - Tommy Schnell Vater einer Tochter (1981, TV Movie) - Robert Stegemann Georg Thomallas Geschichten (1982, TV Series) (1982–1985, TV Series) - Peter Winter / Fred Paschke / Willi / Alexander Fischer / Manfred Freiwald / Tommy / Klaus Sommer Durchreise – Die Geschichte einer Firma (1985, TV Movie) - Max Salomon Ein Mann ist soeben erschossen worden (1985, TV Movie) - Comisario Ruíz Willi – Ein Aussteiger steigt ein (1990, TV Movie) - Willi Placzek Das Geld liegt auf der Bank (1990, TV Movie) - Gustav Kühne Kleiner Mann im großen Glück (1992, TV Movie) - Willi Platzek Lilien in der Bank (1996) - Wilhelm Willert Television Series Episodes Polizeiinspektion 1: Der Schatten (1988) - Max Huber Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl: Eders Weihnachtsgeschenk (1988) - Preisslkofer Ein Schloß am Wörthersee: Ein Dinner für zwei (1990) - Harry Weber The Old Fox: Der amerikanische Onkel (1992) - Werner Lorenz Das Traumschiff: India and Maldives (1993) - Ewald Kolbus Klinik unter Palmen: Die Nächte der Kreolin (1998) - Walter Sobotzik Ladendiebe (2000) - Jakob Landau

German-language Dubbing Jean Richard (Siméon), in It Can't Always Be Caviar (1961) Jean Richard (Siméon), in This Time It Must Be Caviar (1961) Walo Lüönd (Kriminalbeamter Hase), in The Invisible Dr. Mabuse (1962) Cliff Edwards in Pinocchio (1940 film) (1951 and 1971 dubs)