Karl Michael Vogler

Karl Michael Vogler
File:Karl-Michael Vogler.jpg
Born	(1928-08-28)28 August 1928 Remscheid, Germany
Died	Seehausen am Staffelsee, Bavaria, Germany
Occupation	actor
Years active	1958–2006
Spouse(s)	Maria Vogler (m. 1953–2009) (his death) 3 children

Karl Michael Vogler (28 August 1928 – 9 June 2009) was a German actor probably best known for his appearances in several big-budget English language films of the 1960s and 1970s, including The Blue Max where he co-starred with George Peppard and Ursula Andress followed a few years later by Patton, in which he portrayed Erwin Rommel. He 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.

He was born in Remscheid, Germany and brought up in Bregenz, Austria, the son of a blacksmith. After graduation he started his career as theatre actor and made his debut in Innsbruck in 1950. Between the 1970s and 2005 he made appearances on German TV and European films.

He died in Seehausen am Staffelsee, Germany, 9 June 2009 aged 80.

Selected filmography

• de (1963)
• de (1964)
• Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (1965)
• The Blue Max (1966)
• How I Won the War (1967)
• de (1967)
• Heimlichkeiten (1968)
• Charleys Onkel (1969)
• Downhill Racer (1969)
• Patton (1970)
• Deep End (1970)
• Alpha Alpha (1972) (TV series)
• Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi (1973-1975) (TV series)
• Shout at the Devil (1976)
• Le vieux fusil (1976)
• Derrick – Season 3, Episode 06: "Kalkutta" (1976)
• de (1978) (TV miniseries)
• Mihail, câine de circ (1979)
• The Ring (1985)
• de (1995) (TV miniseries)

External links

• Karl Michael Vogler at the Internet Movie Database
• Biografie von Karl-Michael Vogler (German)