Reinhard Kolldehoff

Reinhard Kolldehoff (29 April 1914 – 18 November 1995), sometimes credited as René Kolldehoff, was a German actor and voice artist. A prolific character player, he played over 200 film, television, stage, and radio roles in a career which spanned over 50 years. He was one of the busiest actors of the German-language post-war cinema, who also thrived in international film. he financed his Abitur and later his private acting lessons by taking on extra roles at the Großes Schauspielhaus and the State Opera.

He made his professional stage debut in 1936 at the Landestheater Altenburg, and his film debut in the 1941 Heinz Rühmann film The Gasman. The same year, he was called up to military service. After World War II, he joined the ensemble company of the Hebbel-Theater, and also performed at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus under Gustaf Gründgens. He appeared in 140 films between 1941 and 1988.

Throughout his career, Kolldehoff worked with many significant directors, including Fritz Lang, Helmut Käutner, Falk Harnack, Henri Verneuil, Claude Chabrol, Jacques Tati, Gérard Oury, Marcel Camus, Glauber Rocha, Édouard Molinaro, Jacques Deray, Joseph Losey, Paul Verhoeven, Serge Gainsbourg, Philippe de Broca and Luchino Visconti.

Selected filmography

The Gasman (1941) - Polizeibeamter (uncredited) Blum Affair (1949) - Max Tischbein - Lehrer Das Mädchen Christine (1949) - 1.Leutnant Quartet of Five (1949) - Patient Martina (1949) Rotation (1949) - Rudi Wille Unser täglich Brot (1949) Hoegler's Mission (1950) - Fichte Bürgermeister Anna (1950) - Jupp Ucker The Orplid Mystery (1950) - Funker Melody of Fate (1950) A Tale of Five Cities (1951) - Nazi (uncredited) The Last Year (1951) - Kommissar Turtledove General Delivery (1952) Full House (1952) - Hartner (segment "Je suis un tendre") I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg (1952) - Kapitän Reimann The Merry Vineyard (1952) - Küfer When the Heath Dreams at Night (1952) We'll Talk About Love Later (1953) Knall and Fall as Detectives (1953) The Man Between (1953) - Eastern German Police Officer commanding the hunt for Ivo Kern and Susanne Mallison (uncredited) Christina (1953) - Kavalier Weg ohne Umkehr (1953) Father Is Being Stupid (1953) Gitarren der Liebe (1954) Unternehmen Edelweiß (1954) - Erich Stopover in Orly (1955) - Joseph The Star of Rio (1955) - Torres Sergeant Borck (1955) - Spediteur Süßkind Hanussen (1955) - Biberger Urlaub auf Ehrenwort (1955) - Otto Sasse The Missing Scientists (1955) - Kolchak The Girl from Flanders (1956) - 1. Revolutionär / Simon's Henchmen The Captain from Köpenick (1956) - Drunken soldier The Story of Anastasia (1956) - Fichte Liane, Jungle Goddess (1956) - Keller Kalle wird Bürgermeister (1957) Tired Theodore (1957) - Hotelgast Das haut hin (1957) - Kuhlmann, Zirkusangestellter Das Glück liegt auf der Straße (1957) The Fox of Paris (1957) - Werner Biener, SD-Beamter The Copper (1958) - Willy Les aventuriers du Mékong (1958) - Gunther Confess, Doctor Corda (, 1958) - Kriminalbeamter Hoppla, jetzt kommt Eddie (1958) - Assistant of the Hotelier Liebe kann wie Gift sein (1958) - Achill Romarei, das Mädchen mit den grünen Augen (1958) - Funker Blessing Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild Women (1959) Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? (1959) Court Martial (Kriegsgericht, 1959) - Feldwebel (1959) And That on Monday Morning (Und das am Montagmorgen, 1959) - Herr Müller Bobby Dodd greift ein (1959) Der Frosch mit der Maske (1959) - Lew Brady La verte moisson (1959) Orientalische Nächte (1960) - Jemzeff Le 7eme jour de Saint-Malo (1960) - Von Sullock - le commandant allemand du camp The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (, 1960) - Roberto Menil alias 'Klumpfuß' The Secret Ways (1961) - The Count's man Vacances en enfer (1961) The Strange Countess (Die seltsame Gräfin, 1961) - Kriminalassistent Oliver Frank aka Butler John Addams This Time It Must Be Caviar (1961) Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt (1962) The Counterfeit Traitor (1962) - Col. Erdmann (uncredited) Murder in Rio (1963) - Harry Bergwind (1963) - Mr. Wright Bob Morane (1964, TV Series) - Ricardo Ruiz Le Chant du monde (1965) - Mandru Man on the Spying Trapeze (1966) - Nick Collins Line of Demarcation (La Ligne de démarcation, 1966) - Major von Pritsch To Skin a Spy (1966) - Hoffman (uncredited) Martin Soldat (1966) - Le chef de la Gestapo The Saint Lies in Wait (1966) - Schmutz (uncredited) La Grande Vadrouille (1966) - Un caporal allemand Play Time (1967) - German Businessman Street Acquaintances of St. Pauli (1968) - Radebach Le franciscain de Bourges (1968) - Basedow (Die Ratten, 1969, TV film) - Herr John The Damned (La caduta degli dei, 1969) - Baron Konstantin von Essenbeck La Horse (1970) - Hans Heintje - Mein bester Freund (1970) - Herr Kleinschmidt Atlantic Wall (1970) - Heinrich (1970, TV Movie) - Klauss The Seven Headed Lion (1970) - Governor Havoc (Das Unheil, 1972) - Pfarrer Shadows Unseen (Abuso di potere, 1972) - Chief of Police A Time for Loving (1972) - Oberleutnant The Revengers (1972) - Zweig The Master Touch (Un uomo da rispettare, 1972) - Detective Hoffman ... All the Way, Boys! (, 1972) - Mr. Ears A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (Una ragione per vivere e una per morire, 1972) - Sergente Brent Galaxie (1972) - Winkler Revolver (1973) - French Lawyer The Irony of Chance (1974) - Helmut Borsalino & Co. (1974) - Sam The Romantic Englishwoman (1975) - Herman Operation Daybreak (1975) - Fleischer, Gestapo (1976) - Boris Shout at the Devil (1976) - Herman Fleischer, German Commissioner / Military Commander of Southern Province Boomerang (1976) - Le banquier Feldman Derrick: Der Mann aus Portofino (1976, TV series episode) - Herr Kremp Shir Khofteh (1976) (1977) - Flugkapitän (1977) Julie pot-de-colle (1977) - Heinzel Es muss nicht immer Kaviar sein (1977, TV Series) - Schallenberg Soldier of Orange (Soldaat van Oranje, 1977) - Geisman The Rider on the White Horse (1978) - Jess Harders They Called Him Bulldozer (1978) - Colonel Martin Just a Gigolo (1978) - Max, Cillys Agent Primel macht ihr Haus verrückt (1980) - Herr Kulicke The Rebel (Poliziotto solitudine e rabbia, 1980) - Stoll The Formula (1980) - Reimeck Kenn' ich, weiß ich, war ich schon! (1981) (1981, TV Movie) - von Hermsdorf The Winds of War (1983, TV Mini-Series) - Hermann Göring Julie Darling (1983) - Lt. Rossmore Équateur (1983) - Eugene Schneider Man Under Suspicion (Morgen in Alabama, 1984) - Politician The Little Drummer Girl (1984) - Inspector (1985) - Ferenczy High Speed (1986) - Le trafiquant Werther (1986) Moon over Parador (1988) - Gunther