Karl Michael Vogler
Karl Michael Vogler was a German actor, probably best known for his appearances in several big-budget English language films. In The Blue Max, he co-starred with George Peppard and Ursula Andress as the squadron commander, and in Patton, he portrayed General Erwin Rommel. In between, he was in Robert Redford's Downhill Racer as a ski company owner.
Career
Born in Remscheid, Germany and raised in Bregenz, Austria, Vogler was the son of a blacksmith. After graduation, he started his career as a theatre actor and made his debut in Innsbruck in 1950. Between the 1970s and 2005 he made appearances on German TV and European films.
Vogler primarily worked in German film and television, often typecast as authority figures. He was also an acclaimed stage actor, perhaps best remembered for playing Horatio to Maximilian Schell's Hamlet in 1960's Munich August Festival and a subsequent television adaptation.
Vogler died at age 80 in Seehausen am Staffelsee, Germany.
Selected filmography
The Man Who Walked Through the Wall - Junger eleganter Herr Hamlet - Horatio' - Lukas
- Klaus HartmannA Man in His Prime - Richard MertensKarl Sand - FollenDon't Tell Me Any Stories - Dr. Nikolaus FeylThose Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines - Captain RumpelstossDer Fall Rouger - AuthierThe Blue Max - HeidemannThe Lark - Earl of WarwickDie Geschichte des Rittmeisters Schach von Wuthenow - Schach von WuthenowGraf Kozsibrovszky macht ein Geschäft - Graf KozsibrovszkyDie Zimmerwirtin - Monsieur TienneSpiel mit dem Tode - GlybowitschEin Toter braucht kein Alibi - Steve CraigIn Lemgo 89 - Dietrich KleinsorgeHow I Won the War - OdlebogThe Dance of Death - KurtVerräter - Larry EdwardsFliegender Sand - Hans Joachim GräfFeldwebel Schmid - Anton SchmidZeit der halben Herzen - Wilhelm Forster' - Paul WunderlandDer Fall Wera Sassulitsch - AlexandrowOthello - Cassio ' - Walter RiemeckAffaire Dreyfus - Captain Alfred DreyfusHouse of Pleasure - Prince BorgheseCharley's Uncle - Boy Deisen' - Christoph KolumbusSir Basil Zaharoff – Makler des Todes - JeromeDownhill Racer - Machet ' - Ansas BalczusDer irische Freiheitskampf - Éamon de ValeraPatton - Field Marshal Erwin Rommel' - FatherDeep End - Swimming instructorMourning Becomes Electra - Adam BrantDie Heirat - KochkaryovFröhliche Weihnachten - Peter EckertDer Kommissar: Ende eines Tanzvergnügens - BarbosseDie Eroberung - DupetitMaestro der Revolution? - VerdiAlpha Alpha - AlphaSonderdezernat K1: Vier Schüsse auf den Mörder - Dieter DelfsMonsieur Chasse – Wie man Hasen jagt - MoricetKara Ben Nemsi Effendi - Kara Ben NemsiTatort: Kneipenbekanntschaft - HöferLe vieux fusil - Docteur MüllerShout at the Devil - Von Kleine ' - PolizeioffizierDerrick: Kalkutta - Keppler' - Colonel AlexandreThe Doctor's Dilemma - Sir Colenso Ridgeon ' - Bodo von Senden' - Pater Magni Mihail, câine de circ - Dag Daughtry ' - John' - GrandfatherDie Rosen von Dublin - Fritz HutzingerIn the Land of Cockaigne - Georg RatibohrThe Ring - Crainicul arenei de box ' - Dr. Castellotti - VanLück