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.
Selected filmography
The Man Who Walked Through the Wall (1959) - Junger eleganter Herr
Hamlet (1961, TV film) - Horatio
(1963) - Lukas
(1963) - Klaus Hartmann
A Man in His Prime (1964) - Richard Mertens
Karl Sand (1964, TV film) - Follen
Don't Tell Me Any Stories (1964) - Dr. Nikolaus Feyl
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965) - Captain Rumpelstoss
Der Fall Rouger (1966, TV film) - Authier
The Blue Max (1966) - Heidemann
The Lark (1966, TV film) - Earl of Warwick
Die Geschichte des Rittmeisters Schach von Wuthenow (1966, TV film) - Schach von Wuthenow Graf Kozsibrovszky macht ein Geschäft (1966, TV film) - Graf Kozsibrovszky Die Zimmerwirtin (1967, TV film) - Monsieur Tienne Spiel mit dem Tode (1967, TV film) - Glybowitsch Ein Toter braucht kein Alibi (1967, TV film) - Steve Craig In Lemgo 89 (1967, TV film) - Dietrich Kleinsorge How I Won the War (1967) - Odlebog The Dance of Death (1967) - Kurt Verräter (1967, TV miniseries) - Larry Edwards Fliegender Sand (1967, TV film) - Hans Joachim Gräf Feldwebel Schmid (1968, TV film) - Anton Schmid Zeit der halben Herzen (1968, TV film) - Wilhelm Forster (1968, TV miniseries) - Paul Wunderland Der Fall Wera Sassulitsch (1968, TV film) - Alexandrow Othello (1968, TV film) - Cassio (1968) - Walter Riemeck Affaire Dreyfus (1968, TV miniseries) - Captain Alfred Dreyfus House of Pleasure (1969) - Prince Borghese Charley's Uncle (1969) - Boy Deisen (1969, TV film) - Christoph Kolumbus Sir Basil Zaharoff – Makler des Todes (1969, TV film) - Jerome Downhill Racer (1969) - Machet Die Reise nach Tilsit (1969, TV film) - Ansas Balczus Der irische Freiheitskampf (1969, TV film) - Éamon de Valera Patton (1970) - Field Marshal Erwin Rommel (1970) - Father Deep End (1970) - Swimming instructor Mourning Becomes Electra (1970, TV film) - Adam Brant Die Heirat (1970, TV film) - Kochkaryov Fröhliche Weihnachten (1970, TV film) - Peter Eckert Der Kommissar: Ende eines Tanzvergnügens (1971, TV series episode) - Barbosse Die Eroberung (1971, TV film) - Dupetit Maestro der Revolution? (1971, TV film) - Verdi Alpha Alpha (1972, TV series) - Alpha Sonderdezernat K1: Vier Schüsse auf den Mörder (1972, TV series episode) - Dieter Delfs Monsieur Chasse – Wie man Hasen jagt (1972, TV film) - Moricet Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi (1973-1975, TV series) - Kara Ben Nemsi Tatort: Kneipenbekanntschaft (1974, TV series episode) - Höfer Le vieux fusil (1976) - Docteur Müller Shout at the Devil (1976) - Von Kleine (1976) - Polizeioffizier Derrick: Kalkutta (1976, TV series episode) - Keppler (1977, TV film) - Colonel Alexandre The Doctor's Dilemma (1977, TV film) - Sir Colenso Ridgeon (1978, TV series, 13 episodes) - Bodo von Senden (1978, TV miniseries) - Pater Magni Mihail, câine de circ (Freundschaft wider Willen; 1979) - Dag Daughtry (1981, TV film) - John (1981, TV film) - Grandfather Die Rosen von Dublin (1981, TV miniseries) - Fritz Hutzinger In the Land of Cockaigne (1981, TV film) - Georg Ratibohr The Ring (1984) - Crainicul arenei de box (1992, TV film) - Dr. Castellotti (1995, TV miniseries) - VanLück
External links
Biografie von Karl-Michael Vogler (German)
1928 births
2009 deaths
People from Remscheid
German male film actors
German male stage actors
German male television actors
20th-century German male actors
People from Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district)