Hartmut Neugebauer (1941-2017) was a German voice actor heard in several Muppet/Creature Shop dubs, notably as the German voice of Animal and The Swedish Chef in nearly every project since 1992. He also served as voice director and/or script adapter on several Muppet dubs. Neugebauer's daughters, Veronika and Miryam, were heard in the German dub of Bear in the Big Blue House.
Neugebauer was the German voice of John Goodman in many projects, including Roseanne and most other TV roles, and in more than a dozen films (alternating with Klaus Sonnenschein). Neugebauer's other dub credits, usually as supporting character actors, include Robbie Coltrane in the Harry Potter films, William Shatner in Boston Legal, Christopher Lloyd in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Paul Dooley in Runaway Bride, Charles Durning in Sisters, Leslie Nielsen in Scary Movie 4, Elliott Gould in Harry and Walter Go to New York, Jon Polito in Miller's Crossing, and Burt Lancaster in Little Odessa.
His animation dub roles included Nanny on Count Duckula, Baron Greenback on Danger Mouse, Scuttle in Disney's The Little Mermaid, Alameda Slim in Home on the Range, and the Roman centurion in the Asterix films. For Pixar, Neugebauer voiced Mr. Potato Head in Toy Story and Toy Story 2, and John Ratzenberger's roles in The Incredibles (Underminer), Cars (Mack and others), and Ratatouille (Mustafa). As an on-camera actor, he appeared in the English-language film Code Name: Wild Geese and episodes of the German TV series Derrick.
Muppet/Henson dub credits[]
- Die Muppets feiern Jim Henson (The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson): Waldorf, Dr. Teeth, Uncle Traveling Matt
- Die Muppets Weihnachtsgeschichte (The Muppet Christmas Carol): Ghost of Christmas Present, Old Joe, Animal, The Swedish Chef
- Voice director, script editor
- Jim Hensons Animal Show mit Stinky und Jake (The Animal Show): Various animal guests
- Voice director
- Muppets Die Schatzinsel (Muppet Treasure Island): Blind Pew, Floyd Pepper, Animal
- Voice director, script editor
- Muppets Tonight: Animal, Beaker, John Goodman
- Buddy: Dr. Bill Lintz
- Muppets aus dem All (Muppets from Space): Animal, The Swedish Chef
- Muppets Der Zauberer von Oz (The Muppets' Wizard of Oz): Animal, Beaker
- Voice director, script translator/editor
- Studio DC: Almost Live - Extended Edition: Animal, Beaker, Bobo the Bear, The Swedish Chef, Waldorf
- Voice director, script translator, editor
- Die Muppets: Briefe an den Weihnachtsmann (A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa): Beaker, Animal, Waldorf
- Voice director, script translator/editor, lyricist
- Die Muppets (The Muppets): Waldorf, Beaker, Swedish Chef, Animal
- Muppets Most Wanted (Muppets Most Wanted): Waldorf, Beaker, Swedish Chef, Animal
- The Muppets (The Muppets 2015): Waldorf, Beaker, Animal, Swedish Chef