Wolf Kahler
Acting • Born 1940-04-03
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wolf Kahler (3 April 1940) is a German actor born in Kiel. Since 1975, he has appeared in many English language US and UK television and film productions. An early role for him was Kaiser Wilhelm II in Michael York's adventure film The Riddle of the Sands. One of his most well-known roles was that of Dietrich in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Kahler's voice also appears in video games including as Kaiser Vlad in Battalion Wars. Kahler played the Prince of Tübingen in Stanley Kubrick's 1975 film, Barry Lyndon In 2001 he portrayed aWehrmacht General in the World War II TV miniseries, Band of Brothers. Kahler played the German Ambassador in the long-running "Ambassador's Reception" TV advertisement for Ferrero Rocher chocolate, uttering the line "Excellente!". He also appears as a famous Germanic architect in US television advertisements for the Kohler Company. In 2011 Kahler appeared as Dr. Hoffmanstahl in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
Filmography
63 credits
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Movie • 1981
Colonel Dietrich
Unfair Exchanges
Movie • 1985
German Interviewer
The Countess Alice
Movie • 1993
Werner
At the Fountainhead (Of German Strength)
Movie • 1980
Wolfgang Leonhard
The Lady Vanishes
Movie • 1979
Helmut
The Riddle of the Sands
Movie • 1979
Kaiser Wilhelm II
March or Die
Movie • 1977
First German
The Girl in the Café
Movie • 2005
Herr Gerhardt
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
Movie • 1985
Gen. Sepp Dietrich
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
Movie • 1987
Col. Krieger
The Sea Wolves
Movie • 1980
Trompeta
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Movie • 2011
Doctor Hoffmanstahl
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Movie • 2000
German 2nd
Make and Break
Movie • 1987
Doctor
The Great Escaper
Movie • 2023
Heinrich
Damascus Cover
Movie • 2017
Colonel Ludwig Streicher
Britannic
Movie • 2000
Submarine Captain
Haber
Movie • 2008
Ludendorff
Rough Cut
Movie • 1980
De Gooyer
Whispers of Freedom
Movie • 2024
Bruno Kabát
The Eagle Has Landed
Movie • 1976
Hauptsturmführer Fleischer (uncredited)
The Remains of the Day
Movie • 1993
German ambassador
The Lost Battalion
Movie • 2001
Major General (Generalmajor) Freidrich Wilhelm Von Sybel
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
Movie • 1988
Kropp
Einstein's Big Idea
Movie • 2005
Horlein
Shanghai
Movie • 2010
German Consul
The Somme: From Defeat to Victory
Movie • 2006
General von Plessen
A Zed & Two Noughts
Movie • 1985
Felipe Arc-en-Ciel
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Movie • 2004
Commentator
The House on Garibaldi Street
Movie • 1979
Real Estate Agent
Backbeat
Movie • 1994
Bert Kaempfert
Priest of Love
Movie • 1981
German Officer
Cognition
Movie • 2020
Doctor Zoger
Loch Ness
Movie • 1996
Dr Muller
Wonder Woman
Movie • 2017
German Commander
Firefox
Movie • 1982
KGB Chairman Andropov
Shining Through
Movie • 1992
Border Commandant
The Boys from Brazil
Movie • 1978
Arno Schwimmer
Remembrance
Movie • 1982
Dutch Matelot
Barry Lyndon
Movie • 1975
Prince of Tübingen
The Keep
Movie • 1983
S.S. Adjutant
Ascendancy
Movie • 1983
Muller
Firelight
Movie • 1998
Sussman
Arnhem: The Story of an Escape
Movie • 1976
Ss Sergeant Major
Force 10 from Navarone
Movie • 1978
German Soldier
The Secret Adversary
Movie • 1983
The German
Cockneys vs Zombies
Movie • 2012
Nazi Officer
Doomwatch: Winter Angel
Movie • 1999
Director of Ortogene
Hess
Movie • 1978
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
TV • 1992
German 2nd
Mistral's Daughter
TV • 1984
Major Schmidt
Kavanagh Q.C.
TV • 1995
Dieter Klausen
Sherlock Holmes
TV • 1984
King of Bohemia
Casualty
TV • 1986
Alexander Chernov
Soldier Soldier
TV • 1991
Doctor Heller
The Mallorca Files
TV • 2019
Hans Weber
Inspector George Gently
TV • 2008
Gunter Schmeikel
The Bourne Identity
TV • 1988
Gold Glasses
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV • 1977
SS Sgt. Major
Mussolini: The Untold Story
TV • 1985
Skorzeny
Band of Brothers
TV • 2001
German General
The Sandbaggers
TV • 1978
Lincke
Perfect World
TV • 2000
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