Karl Michael Vogler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German actor
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Place of Birth: Remscheid, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
About Karl Michael Vogler
- 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.
- In The Blue Max (1966), he co-starred with George Peppard and Ursula Andress as the squadron commander, and in Patton (1970), he portrayed General Erwin Rommel.
- In between, he was in Robert Redford's Downhill Racer (1969) as a ski company owner. Vogler 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. Born in Remscheid, Germany and brought up in Bregenz, Austria, Vogler was 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. Vogler died at age 80 in Seehausen am Staffelsee, Germany.
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