Ernst Wilhelm Borchert, or just Wilhelm Borchert, (13 March 1907 in Rixdorf â 1 June 1990 in West Berlin) was a German actor. He was also a voice actor for audio books and films.
Borchert was a member of the Nazi Party beginning in 1933, and joined the Nazi SA stormtroopers in 1933-1934. In 1946, Borchert was arrested and shown to have hidden his Nazi Party membership during American denazification. Albert Johannes, who acted alongside Borchert in Die Mörder sind unter uns, testified that Borchert was "strictly opposed to the Nazis" and had protected Johannes's Jewish wife. Borchert was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment by the American military court, but immediately released from prison due to time served since Borchert's arrest.
In 1947, he was exonerated from the accusation of being an active member of the Nazi Party by the Denazification Commission for Artists in the Soviet sector.
After graduating, Borchert pursued a degree in acting at the Reicherschen Hochschule für dramatische Kunst (Reicherschen School for dramatic arts) from 1926 to 1927.
For his talent in acting, Borchert became a Staatsschauspieler (Actor of the state) and an Honorary member of the State Theater of Berlin in 1973. He was also a member of the Akademie der Künste Berlin until 1976. Borchert equally impressed the public and critics in classic hero roles. He was the first to play Woyzeck after the war.
Next to theater Borchert worked between 1945 and 1989 as a dubbing actor. He replaced many actors voices, including:
He also voiced many audiobooks.