Wolfgang Kieling

Wolfgang Kieling was a German actor who began in childhood, making his stage debut at a theater club where his parents acted as amateurs. At six he recorded a record as a child soprano, then moved to children's radio as Wölfchen in Kunterbunt, and had his first feature role in Maria, die Magd (1936). After the war he worked in the theaters and studios of both German states, and Alfred Hitchcock cast him in Torn Curtain (1966) as Gromek, an East German agent. The part brought no further Hollywood roles, though he had a small one in $ (1971), and he took a role in the British film The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967) and in Amsterdam Affair (1968). He worked often in West German television, including the first Derrick episode, and the best of his later roles came in Out of Order (1984). He also dubbed foreign films, voicing Glenn Ford, Frank Sinatra and Bert on Sesame Street.