Klaus Sonnenschein (1936-2019) was a German voice actor who dubbed Bobo in Die Muppets (The Muppets) and the German dub of Muppets Most Wanted. He dubbed various guest characters (including Howlin' Jay) on Die Dinos (Dinosaurs), Farmer Grultrud in the Creature Shop-effects film Gulliver's Travels, and Shep in Good Boy!
A deep-voiced actor, Sonnenschein was the primary German voice of Morgan Freeman (including Batman Begins) and frequently dubbed John Goodman (usually alternating with Hartmut Neugebauer). He also regularly dubbed Danny DeVito (including Batman Returns), Bob Hoskins (Who Framed Roger Rabbit and others), Ned Beatty, Judd Hirsch, Kenny Rogers (in the four Gambler TV movies), and Jon Polito, as well as Charles Durning in Mr. St. Nick, Kris Kristofferson in Stakeout, Alun Armstrong in Oliver Twist, and Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors. In film franchises, he dubbed Christopher Lee as Count Dooku in the Star Wars prequels, William Shatner in the first three Star Trek movies, and Burt Young in the first two Rocky movies.
Animation roles include Lotso in Toy Story 3, Mr. Tweedy in Chicken Run, Mr. Prendergast in Paranorman, Cortes in Road to El Dorado, Galger in the German feature Boo, Zino and the Snurks, and Roadkill in Rango. On-camera, he was a regular on Direktion City and appeared in episodes of Tatort, Hotel Paradies, and Sperling.
Sonnenschein was married to fellow dubbing artist Edith Hancke (voice of Baby Sinclair on Die Dinos).