Wilhelm von Homburg

Wilhelm von Homburg

Born: August 25, 1940
Died: March 10, 2004
in Berlin, Germany
Norbert Grupe (born August 25, 1940 – March 10, 2004), better known outside Germany by his stage name Wilhelm von Homburg, was a German boxer, actor, and professional wrestler known for his villainous supporting roles in various high-profile films of the 1980s and 1990s, including Vigo the Carpathian in Ghostbusters II, the henchman James in Die Hard, and Souteneur in Werner Herzog's Stroszek.

Movies for Wilhelm von Homburg...

The Boxing Prince
Title: The Boxing Prince
Character: Self
Released: January 24, 2002
Type: Movie
The documentary tells the life story of the boxer Norbert Grupe, who was known by his fighting name Prince of Homburg.
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In the Mouth of Madness
Title: In the Mouth of Madness
Character: Simon
Released: February 3, 1995
Type: Movie
An insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror writer's books have on his fans is more than inspirational.
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Diggstown
Title: Diggstown
Character: Charles Macum Diggs
Released: August 14, 1992
Type: Movie
Gabriel Caine has just been released from prison when he sets up a bet with a business man. The business man owns most of a boxing-mad town called Diggstown. The bet is that Gabe can find a boxer that will knock out 10 Diggstown men, in a boxing ring, within 24 hours. "Honey" Roy Palmer is that man - although at 48, many say he is too old.
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Night of the Warrior
Title: Night of the Warrior
Character: Bike
Released: June 1, 1991
Type: Movie
A kickboxer has an accounting problem with the mobster (Anthony Geary) who lent him money for a nightclub.
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Midnight Cabaret
Title: Midnight Cabaret
Character: Juan Carlos
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
A Broadway producer puts on a play with a Devil character in it. Soon the actors begin having nightmares, and events that are mentioned in the play really start happening.
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Ghostbusters II
Title: Ghostbusters II
Character: Vigo
Released: June 16, 1989
Type: Movie
Five years after they defeated Gozer, the Ghostbusters are out of business. When Dana begins to have ghost problems again, the boys come out of retirement to aid her and hopefully save New York City from a new paranormal threat.
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The Package
Title: The Package
Character: West Berlin Police Lieutenant
Released: January 25, 1989
Type: Movie
Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him.
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Die Hard
Title: Die Hard
Character: James
Released: July 15, 1988
Type: Movie
NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.
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I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog
Title: I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog
Character: Self
Released: April 18, 1979
Type: Movie
Interview film with German director Werner Herzog revisiting the films he made up to ca. 1977.
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Stroszek
Title: Stroszek
Character: Souteneur
Released: January 12, 1977
Type: Movie
Bruno Stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. He has few skills and fewer expectations: with a glockenspiel and an accordion, he ekes out a living as a street musician. He befriends Eva, a prostitute down on her luck and they join his neighbor, Scheitz, an elderly eccentric, when he leaves Germany to live in Wisconsin.
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The Swiss Conspiracy
Title: The Swiss Conspiracy
Character: Hit Man in cook suit (uncredited)
Released: March 1, 1976
Type: Movie
A Swiss bank discovers some of its clients are becoming the victim of a brilliant blackmailer. The bank's president contacts David Christopher, a former agent with the U.S. Treasury, to help discover who the blackmailer is and to foil his plot. As Christopher delves into the mystery, he uncovers a complicated web of intrigue, car chases, and shoot-outs that takes all of his wits to unravel.
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Gentlemen in White Vests
Title: Gentlemen in White Vests
Character: Max Graf
Released: March 12, 1970
Type: Movie
Bruno Stiegler, a boxing promoter with a disreputable past, returns from America to Berlin to make some big things again with his friends. Fatally, he is always preceded by some gentlemen from better circles who are developing amazing criminal activity in their old days. They are led by Oberlandesgerichtsrat a. D. Herbert Zänker, whom it still hisses, that he could bring in his term Bruno never behind bars.
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The Wrecking Crew
Title: The Wrecking Crew
Character: Gregor
Released: December 30, 1968
Type: Movie
When Count Contini attempts to destroy the world's economy by masterminding the theft of $1 billion in U.S. gold, ICE chief MacDonald summons secret agent Matt Helm to stop him.
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The Hell with Heroes
Title: The Hell with Heroes
Character: Hans
Released: August 28, 1968
Type: Movie
In 1946 North Africa, two former US Air Force pilots are forced to work for an international smuggler to get money needed for their return to civilian life after fighting in World War II.
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The Devil's Brigade
Title: The Devil's Brigade
Character: Fritz
Released: May 15, 1968
Type: Movie
At the onset of World War II, American Lt. Col. Robert Frederick is put in charge of a unit called the 1st Special Service Force, composed of elite Canadian commandos and undisciplined American soldiers. With Maj. Alan Crown leading the Canadians and Maj. Cliff Bricker the acting head of the American contingent, there is initial tension -- but the team comes together when given a daunting mission that few would dare to attempt.
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Title: The Invaders
Character: Alien Patient
Released: January 10, 1967
Type: TV
The Invaders, alien beings from a dying planet. Their destination: the Earth. Their purpose: to make it their world. David Vincent has seen them, for him it began one lost night on a lonely country road, looking for a shortcut that he never found. It began with a closed deserted diner, and a man too long without sleep to continue his journey. It began with the landing of a craft from another galaxy. Now, David Vincent knows that the Invaders are here, that they have taken human form. Somehow he must convince a disbelieving world that the nightmare has already begun.
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Torn Curtain
Title: Torn Curtain
Character: Blonde Twin in Bus (uncredited)
Released: July 15, 1966
Type: Movie
During the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the formula for a resin solution, but the plan goes awry when his fiancee, unaware of his motivation, follows him across the border.
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The Last of the Secret Agents?
Title: The Last of the Secret Agents?
Character: GGI Man
Released: May 25, 1966
Type: Movie
Marty and Steve, American tourists in France, are given a multipurpose umbrella and pitted against an international band of art thieves. Among the stolen treasures is the Statue Of Liberty.
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Title: The Wild Wild West
Released: September 17, 1965
Type: TV
The Wild Wild West is an American television series Developed at a time when the television western was losing ground to the spy genre, this show was conceived by its creator, Michael Garrison, as "James Bond on horseback." Set during the administration of President Ulysses Grant, the series followed Secret Service agents James West and Artemus Gordon as they solved crimes, protected the President, and foiled the plans of megalomaniacal villains to take over all or part of the United States. The show also featured a number of fantasy elements, such as the technologically advanced devices used by the agents and their adversaries. The combination of the Victorian era time-frame and the use of Verne-esque style technology have inspired some to give the show credit for the origins of the steam punk subculture.
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Title: Das aktuelle Sportstudio
Character: self
Released: August 24, 1963
Type: TV
Das aktuelle sportstudio is a German sport magazine on German broadcaster ZDF.
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Title: Der Sport-Spiegel
Character: self
Released: April 2, 1963
Type: TV
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Title: Gunsmoke
Character: Otto
Released: September 10, 1955
Type: TV
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.