Errol Van Volkheim is a villain in the TV Series Courage the Cowardly Dog and the undead partner of the Revenant serial killer Benton Tarantella who serves alongside him as the one of the two main antagonists of the episode "Everyone Wants to Direct".
He was voiced by Paul Schoeffler.
Personality[]
Avid in creation of sensational horror as with Tarantella, Von Volkheim is a sadistic illegitimate snuff-filmer who used his deceitful moniker to lure 12 victims to their demise thinking they were just actors for their movies.
Van Volkheim is also revealed to be quite manipulative, as he managed to put on an effective facade and be released from his life-sentence in prison due to good behavior. In his undead resurrection, however, he still carries his own specific taste for bloodshed. He speaks with a thick German (possibly Austrian) accent.
History[]
Van Volkheim and his partner, Benton Tarantella, were both arrested for murdering twelve unknowing innocents believing them to be directors. Overtime, he grew better at controlling his bad habits and was released from jail for good behavior, although it likely wasn’t sincere given he never sheds his willingness to kill others for his own purpose. His partner stayed in prison to die, but the two were—at some point—able to plan out their supernatural return. Eventually, Errol died and was buried in a cemetery that the Bagge Farmhouse was built on top of. Later, Tarantella tricked Eustace into digging up his accomplice. He was resurrected by Benton by fixing the moonlight to shine on his grave. Benton's plan was to bring Errol back to life to continue their killing spree that was started while they were still alive, but Courage ends up saving the day. Although Benton shows up again in "Angry Nasty People", this is the only episode that Errol was featured in.
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Trivia[]
- Given that his partner's name, "Benton Tarantella", is seen as a parody of Quentin Tarantino, it's likely that "Errol Von Volkheim" is a parody of the real-life Austrian filmmaker Erich Von Stroheim, especially since the two syllables in both names have the same pronunciation.
