Gottfried Kramer

Gottfried Kramer (1925-1994) was a German voice actor who dubbed Oscar the Grouch on Sesamstrasse & City) 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 F. Murray Abraham] in Amadeus & The Name of the Rose, & Charlton Heston in Almost an Angel. TV roles included K.I.T.T. on Knight Rider, Coleman Dabney Coleman on Columbo, & Ming the Merciless in the animated series Defenders of the Earth.