Gottfried Kramer

 Gottfried Kramer  ( 1925 - 1994 ) was a German voice actor who dubbed Oscar the Grouch  on Sesamstrasse & Bruno on the German dub of Dog City.

A frequent player in German film & television, Kramer also had a bit part in George Seaton 's  The Counterfeit Traitor  ( 1962 ) , with William Holden. As a dubbing actor, Kramer was heard as Marlon Brando in The Godfather &  Apocalypse Now  , F. Murray Abraham in  Amadeus  &  The Name of the Rose  , & Charlton Heston in  Almost an Angel . TV roles included [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/K.I.T.T. K. I. T. T. ] on  Knight Rider , Dabney Coleman on Columbo , & Ming the Merciless in the animated series Defenders of the Earth.