Walter Reichelt in a 1973 episode of Tatort
Walter Reichelt (1923-2002) was a German voice actor who dubbed Waldorf in Die Muppet Show and in all other productions through the German dub of Muppets Tonight. He also dubbed Daddy Dodo in Bibos abenteuerliche Flucht (Follow That Bird).
In cartoons, the gruff sounding Reichelt was the German voice of Yosemite Sam, the Commissioner in the Inspector segments of The Pink Panther Show, Halvar on Vicky the Viking, Grampa Simpson on The Simpsons for the first eight seasons, Colonel K. on Danger Mouse, and Sir Tuxford on Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears, while feature animation credits included Valhalla (the father), Heavy Metal (Rudnick and senator), and Asterix in Britain (Seebigbos).
Reichelt's live action dub credits include Walter Gotell as General Gogol in two James Bond films, Slim Pickens in three films including The Howling, Orson Welles in Napoleon, Edward Asner in Hard Rain, Brian Doyle-Murray in Groundhog Day, Gerard Parkes in It Takes Two, Guy Kibbee in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and I. M. Hobson in The Hudsucker Proxy. For TV, he dubbed Leo McKern as Number 2 on The Prisoner, Ned Beatty on Roseanne, and various guests on Law & Order (including Louis Zorich, Allen Swift, and multiple judges). Periodic on-camera work included appearances on Tatort and Das Kriminalmuseum.
His daughter, Sonja Reichelt, also became a voice actor.
Muppet dub credits[]
- as Waldorf unless otherwise noted
- Die Muppet Show (The Muppet Show)
- Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten #11
- The Muppet Movie
- Die Muppets in Hollywood (The Muppets Go Hollywood)
- Der Grosse Muppet Krimi (The Great Muppet Caper)
- Die Muppets gehen ins Kino (The Muppets Go to the Movies)
- Die Muppets erobern Manhattan (The Muppets Take Manhattan)
- Die Muppets feiern Weihnacht (A Muppet Family Christmas)
- Die Muppets Weihnachtsgeschichte (The Muppet Christmas Carol): Waldorf as Robert Marley
- Muppets Die Schatzinsel (Muppet Treasure Island)
- Muppets Tonight
- Die Muppets in Walt Disney World (The Muppets at Walt Disney World)
- Bibos abenteuerliche Flucht (Follow That Bird): Daddy Dodo
External links[]
- Deutsche Synchronkartei - German dubbing database