Wilhelm von Homburg
Date of birth: 1940-08-25
Place of birth: Berlin, Germany
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Norbert Grupe, Wilhelm von Homburg
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
The Last of the Secret Agents?
1966-05-25
Marty and Steve, American tourists in France, are given a multipurpose umbrella and pitted against a
The Hell with Heroes
1968-08-28
In 1946 North Africa, two former US Air Force pilots are forced to work for an international smuggle
In the Mouth of Madness
1995-02-03
An insurance investigator visits a small town while looking into the strange disappearance of a popu
Ghostbusters II
1989-06-16
The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff
Stroszek
1977-05-20
Bruno Stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. He has few skills and fewer expe
Midnight Cabaret
1990-01-01
A Broadway producer puts on a play with a Devil character in it. Soon the actors begin having nightm
Torn Curtain
1966-07-14
During the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a cloak and
Night of the Warrior
1991-06-01
A kickboxer has an accounting problem with the mobster (Anthony Geary) who lent him money for a nigh
Diggstown
1992-08-14
Gabriel Caine has just been released from prison when he sets up a bet with a business man who owns
The Boxing Prince
2002-01-24
The documentary tells the life story of the boxer Norbert Grupe, who was known by his fighting name
Die Hard
1988-07-15
NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when,
I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog
1979-04-18
Interview film with German director Werner Herzog revisiting the films he made up to ca. 1977.
The Package
1989-08-25
Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Bo
The Wrecking Crew
1968-12-30
When Count Contini attempts to destroy the world's economy by masterminding the theft of $1 billion
The Swiss Conspiracy
1976-03-01
A Swiss bank discovers some of its clients are becoming the victim of a brilliant blackmailer. The b
The Devil's Brigade
1968-05-15
At the onset of World War II, American Lt. Col. Robert Frederick is put in charge of a unit called
Gentlemen in White Vests
1970-03-12
Bruno Stiegler, a boxing promoter with a disreputable past, returns from America to Berlin to make s
The Silence of the Hams
1994-03-11
Rookie FBI agent Jo Dee Foster has been assigned to work on the case of the Psycho Killer, a psycho
Eye of the Storm
1991-10-03
At a highway gas station/motel/diner where they live, two young brothers witness their parents murde