Gottfried Kramer



Gottfried Kramer (1925-1994) was a German voice actor who dubbed Oscar the Grouch on Sesamstrasse and Bruno on the German dub of Dog City.

A frequent player in German film and television, Kramer also had a bit part in George Seaton's The Counterfeit Traitor (1962), with William Holden. As a dubbing actor, Kramer was heard as Marlon Brando in The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, F. Murray Abraham in Amadeus and The Name of the Rose. Christopher Lee in The Four Musketeers and others, and Charlton Heston in Almost an Angel. TV roles included K.I.T.T. on Knight Rider., [Dabney Coleman]] on Columbo, and Ming the Merciless in the animated series Defenders of the Earth