Hubertus Bengsch

{{short description|German actor}}Hubertus Bengsch (born 10 July 1952 in Berlin) is a German actor, best known for his role as the German First Officer (1WO) in Das Boot. His role in the 1981 film and 1985 serialized long version and director’s cut,{{Cite web |last=richi |date=2023-11-29 |title=Das Boot - Director's Cut |url=https://heidelberg-aktuell.de/events/das-boot-directors-cut/ |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=Heidelberg aktuell |language=de-DE}} is noted for being the only character clearly devoted to Nazism.{{Cite book |last=Baer |first=Hester |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1eYZEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Hubertus+Bengsch%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA94 |title=German Cinema in the Age of Neoliberalism |date=2021-02-05 |publisher=Amsterdam University Press |isbn=978-90-485-5195-8 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last1=Haines |first1=Brigid |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GLo0EG6yuAAC&dq=%22Hubertus+Bengsch%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA86 |title=Aesthetics and Politics in Modern German Culture: Festschrift in Honour of Rhys W. Williams |last2=Parker |first2=Stephen R. |last3=Riordan |first3=Colin |date=2010 |publisher=Peter Lang |isbn=978-3-03911-355-2 |language=en}}

Bengsch also played in the series The Country Doctor.

He has been the German voice of American actor Richard Gere since the 1989 film Pretty Woman.{{cite book | last1=Heptner | first1=T. | last2=Reichmann | first2=H.P. | title=Das Boot: auf der Suche nach der Crew der U 96 | publisher=Deutsches Filmmuseum | series=Schriftenreihe des Deutschen Filmmuseums Frankfurt | year=2006 | isbn=978-3-89487-550-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ndQbAQAAIAAJ | language=de | access-date=28 Dec 2023 | quote=Hubertus Bengsch zu einem gefragten Synchronsprecher und ist seit PRETTY WOMAN (1989) die deutsche Stimme von Richard Gere}}{{cite book | title=Theater heute | publisher=Friedrich Berlin Verlagsgesellschaft. | issue=v. 47 | year=2006 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0YdMAAAAYAAJ | access-date=28 Dec 2023 | quote=Hubertus Bengsch, ansonsten oft als Richard Gere zu hören, vollbringt hier das rare Kunststück, fast besser zu sein als das Original}} In 2017 he received the Synchronsprecherpreis der Stadt Lippstadt for his work as voice actor.{{Cite web |date=2017-08-30 |title=Synchronsprecherpreis geht an die deutsche Stimme von Richard Gere - Stadt Lippstadt |url=http://www.lippstadt.de/pressemitteilungen/2011/117260100000040839.php |access-date=2023-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830155405/http://www.lippstadt.de/pressemitteilungen/2011/117260100000040839.php |archive-date=2017-08-30 }}