He was often the German voice of British gentleman characters, such as Roger Moore's, beginning in 1971 with Brett Sinclair in the television series The Persuaders!.
[3][1] He rarely played in film and television after his DEFA work, but participated in the documentary Zeugin der Zeit – Käthe Kollwitz in 1985 and in the West–East co-production Boundaries of Time: Caspar David Friedrich in 1986.
[2] His voice was described as dark, raspy and unmistakable ("dunkles, raues Timbre war unverkennbar") and was often chosen to represent British gentleman.
[5] He was the German voice for Christopher Plummer, in roles from Reverend Jonathan Whirley in Dragnet in 1987, Arthur Case in Inside Man in 2006,[2] to Harlan Thrombey in the comedy Knives Out in 2020.
[1][2] He became the voice of Christopher Lee (The Skull), Alan Rickman , Erland Josephson,[5] and of Andreas Katsulas as Ambassador G'Kar in Babylon 5.