Lothar Köster

Lothar Köster (b. 1924) is a German voice actor who dubbed the Historian in Der Dunkle Kristall (The Dark Crystal).

Köster was a busy dubber from the sixties through the eighties, although he was usually heard in minor roles, such as both "Man with Dog" and "Embarrassed Man" (cameo by Dirty Harry director Don Siegel) in Into the Night. He dubbed Richard Farnsworth in Misery, Leslie Nielsen in archive clips in Airplane II: The Sequel, Del Close in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, John Astin in Gremlins 2, and three bits in The Terminator. For TV, he dubbed Emilio Delgado for one episode of Lou Grant, Marc London on Get Smart, and many one-shot roles on Dallas and Beauty and the Beast, and The Odd Couple.

In animation, Köster voiced a lion in the German animated feature Stowaways on the Ark and dubbed various roles on The Flintstones, Admiral Grimitz in two episodes of DuckTales, and the harpy in The Last Unicorn. On radio, he played assistant inspector Lucas in several 1960s Maigret adaptations. On-camera credits include episodes of Tatort and the TV movie Teegebäck und Platzpatronen (with Gisela Trowe).