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Werner Abrolat (15 August 1924 – 24 August 1997) was a German actor who was active in both Germany and in several international co-productions.
Werner Abrolat | |
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 Werner Abrolat as Slim, Member of Indio's Gang in For a Few Dollars More (1965) | |
| Born | Werner Abrolat 15 August 1924 |
| Died | 24 August 1997 (aged 73) |
| Other names | Werner Aprelat |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1949–1997 |
After a long career at provincial theatres in West-Germany, Abrolat appeared in a number of Spaghetti Westerns in the mid-1960s (notably the 1965 Sergio Leone film For a Few Dollars More where he played a member of Indio's gang). Work on German TV included guest roles on the West German crime drama series Tatort.
In the early 1970s he contributed to a number of films as a voice actor, e.g providing the voice for the character of Tjure in Vicky the Viking. He played the police commissioner in 00 Schneider – Jagd auf Nihil Baxter (1994).[1] From the mid-1970s, he mostly appeared in German films and on German television until his death in 1997.
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Love '47 | ||
| 1965 | For a Few Dollars More | Slim (Indio's Gang) | Uncredited |
| 1966 | Die Liebesquelle | John | |
| The Trap Snaps Shut at Midnight | Krot | ||
| 1968 | Engelchen | TV-Announcer and Creditor | Voice |
| Otto ist auf Frauen scharf | Major Kroll | ||
| Rinaldo Rinaldini | Cintio | TV series, 13 episodes | |
| 1969 | Up the Establishment | Aufdringlicher Herr auf Orgie | |
| The Castle of Fu Manchu | Melnik | ||
| 1970 | Student of the Bedroom | Aggressiver Mann im Zoo | Uncredited |
| The Bloody Judge | Inquisitor Matt | Uncredited | |
| We'll Take Care of the Teachers | Polizist – Alkoholkontrolle | ||
| Seventeen and Anxious | Uncredited | ||
| Sensational Janine | Horak | ||
| De 5 i fedtefadet | Johnny | ||
| 1971 | Hurray We Are Bachelors Again | Hotel Manager | Uncredited |
| Josefine Mutzenbacher II – Meine 365 Liebhaber | Kammerdiener / Lechner | ||
| Erotik im Beruf – Was jeder Personalchef gern verschweigt | Photograph | ||
| Aunt Trude from Buxtehude | Mr. Preissen | ||
| Holiday Report | Wieland | ||
| 1972 | Schulmädchen-Report. 3. Teil: Was Eltern nicht mal ahnen | Kemper | Uncredited |
| The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of | Kriminalrat Hering | Voice, Uncredited | |
| 1973 | Was Schulmädchen verschweigen | Arzt in schönheitsfarm | Uncredited |
| 1975 | The Maddest Car in the World | Preisüberreicher | Voice, Uncredited |
| 1976 | Derrick | Herr Vogt | TV series, 2 episodes |
| Rosemary's Daughter | Polizist mit Megaphon | ||
| 1977 | The Expulsion from Paradise | Regisseur im Aufzug | |
| 1990 | Herzlich willkommen | Pförtner | |
| 1991 | Keep on Running | Direktor | |
| 1993 | Texas – Doc Snyder hält die Welt in Atem | Sheriff | |
| 1994 | 00 Schneider – Jagd auf Nihil Baxter | Polizeipräsident | |
| 1995 | After Five in the Forest Primeval | Tanzlehrer | |
| 1996 | Das Zauberbuch | Spucki | |
| 1997 | Praxis Dr. Hasenbein | Käsemann |
References
edit- ^ Rodek, Hanns-Georg (11 October 2013). "Eine Figur spielen, wie früher im Kindergarten". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 19 November 2019.