German film, radio, actor, voice dubber Christian Rode died
in Berlin on February 20th, He was 81 years-old. Born in Hamburg, Germany on July
20, 1936 he first appeared on stage and then worked his way to film and
television. Beginning in the 1960s he reinforced his career by becoming a voice
dubber. He can be heard giving his German voice ot such actors as Michael
Caine, David Carradine, Craig T. Nelson, Robert Culp, Christopher Plummer,
Barry Bostwick and Dennis Farina. He was also the successor in 1985 of Wolfgang
Kieling as spokesman for Bert on the "Sesame Street". Rode appeared
in two Euro-westerns: “Thunder at the Border” (1966) and was also the voice of
Boris Dvornikand in the 1968 TV western “Wind in den Zweigen des Sassafras” as
Carlos. Rode's voice can also be heard in
Ringo, the Face of Revenge – 1967 [German voice of
Anthony Steffen], A Coffin Full of Dollars – 1971 [German voice of Jeff
Cameron], The Hills Run Red – 1966 [German voice of Thomas Hunter], Return of
the Seven – 1966 [German voice of Fernando Rey], The White, the Yellow, the
Black – 1975 [German voice of Jacques Berthier] and also the voice of Adam
West in the New Zorro TV series 1990-1992.
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