RIP Klaus Sonneschein

German film, theater and voice actor Klaus Sonnenschein died April 19, 2019 in Berlin, Germany, he was 83. Born in Berlin on June 13, 1935, Klaus was the German voice of Hollywood stars like Morgan Freeman, John Goodman, Captain Kirk - William Shatner, Bob Hoskins, Gene Hackman, Danny Glover and Denny DeVito . In his long career as a voice actor, he came up with over 1,294 speaking roles. The Harry Potter fans also know his voice as the voice of Ciarán Hinds playing the role of Aberforth Dumbledore in the movie Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (movie 2).Of course, Klaus Sonnenschein was also a welcome actor in front of the camera. For example, he starred in films and TV series such as Tatort, Ich heirate eine Familie, Hotel Paradies, Direktion City oder Der Trotzkopf mit. From 1972 to 1997 he appeared on stage at the Theater Berliner Tribune. He was happily married to actress Edith Hancke for over 40 years until her death in 2015. Sonnenschein was the German voice of Victor Bayo in 1965’s “Return of Ringo”; Claudio Ruffini in 1966’s “Thompson 1880”; the barkeeper in “Gentleman Killer and Aldo Cecconi in “$10,000 for a Massacre” both 1967; Federico Chentren’s in “Black Jack”; Voyo Goric in “The Man With the Long Gun”; Benito Stefanelli in “Once Upon a Time in the West” and Aldo Sambrell in “Réquiem for a Gringo” all 1968; John Scanlon in “Doc”, Bruno Corazzari in “Light the Fuse... Sartana Is Coming”; Gilberto Galimberti in “A Man Called Apocalypse Joe”; Marco Zuanelli in “Sartana's Here… Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin” all 1970; John Alderson in “The Deserter”; Cris Huerta in “His Name was Holy Ghost”; William Watson in “The Hunting Party”; John Frederick in “Yankee” all 1971; Osiride Pevarello in “Jesse and Lester, Two Brothers in a Place Called Trinity” 1972; Nicolae Iordache in the TV film “Lockruf des Goldes” 1975; Dave Thomas in 1990’s “Lucky Luke”; Richard Jordan in 1993’s “Posse”; Paul Sorvino in 2008’ “Doc West” and “Trigger Fast”.