Happy Birthday: Horst Buchholz (1933–2003)

Horst Buchholz (1933–2003)

Born: December 4, 1933 in Berlin, Germany
Died: March 3, 2003 (age 69) in Berlin, Germany

Married to: Myriam Bru (7 December 1958 – 3 March 2003) (his death) (2 children)

Amongst many others, he turned down the lead role in A Fistful of Dollars (1964). The role went on to make Clint Eastwood a movie star.

Having established himself in theatre and radio work and able to speak several languages he got into film work by dubbing voices on foreign films. One of these was Walt Disney’s Pinocchio which, due to the war, wasn’t released in Germany until 1951 and he dubbed the voice of Lampwick.

 

 

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