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Volker Prechtel
Actor

Volker Prechtel

9 Aug 1941Born
7 Aug 1997Died
55Age at death
55Credits

Biography

Volker Prechtel (born August 9, 1941, in Hopfen am See; died August 7, 1997, in Gröbenzell) was a German theater, film, and television actor.

Prechtel initially studied pedagogy and worked as a schoolteacher for several years before finding his way to professional acting through amateur theater stages. With his striking face and distinctive nose, he became a sought-after character actor in film and television, appearing in more than one hundred productions.

Prechtel was also a regular presence on the theater stage.

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He performed at venues including the Münchner Kammerspiele, the Münchner Volkstheater, the Freie Volksbühne Berlin, and the Münchner Theater für Kinder.

He achieved international recognition in 1986 for his role as the monk Malachias in *The Name of the Rose*, based on the novel by Umberto Eco. In that film, he acted alongside Sean Connery and Helmut Qualtinger. Additionally, he appeared as a public bus driver in the crime series *Der König*.

Volker Prechtel died in 1997—two days before his 56th birthday—from complications related to cancer.

Known for

Filmography

  1. 1997Lorenz im Land der LügnerFilm: Spitzel
  2. 1996Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische FernsehgeschichteSeries: Fösi (2 episodes)
  3. 1996Alles nur TarnungFilm: Pfarrer
  4. 1996Willkommen in KronstadtFilm
  5. 1995Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische FernsehgeschichteFilm: Fösi
  6. 1994Der KönigSeries: Pichler (2 episodes)
  7. 1994Air AlbatrosSeries (1 episode)
  8. 1994Pumuckl und der Blaue KlabauterFilm: Stammtischbruder
  9. 1994Das GeheimnisFilm: Staudammwärter
  10. 1993Tödliche LügeFilm: Georg
  11. 1992MoritzFilm: Wagner
  12. 1992Four Junior DetectivesFilm: Pingling / Ritter von Zährenstein
  13. 1991Das größte Fest des JahresFilm: Toni Lederer
  14. 1991Scream of StoneFilm: Himalaja-Bezwinger
  15. 1991Sisi/Last MinuteFilm: Hias von Konnersreuth
  16. 1991The Serbian GirlFilm
  17. 1989LöwengrubeSeries: Waldhauser (1 episode)
  18. 1989Der PampelmusenmondFilm: Herzblau
  19. 1989Waller's Last TripFilm: Karg
  20. 1989Forsthaus FalkenauSeries: Toni Lederer (321 episodes)
  21. 1988Zimmer 36Film
  22. 1988Starke ZeitenFilm: Hospital Employee
  23. 1986The Name of the RoseFilm: Malachia
  24. 1986TannerFilm: Fuhrhalter Suter
  25. 1985Big MäcFilm: Zollbeamter
  26. 1984Weißblaue GeschichtenSeries (2 episodes)
  27. 1984Der FahnderSeries: Wirt (1 episode)
  28. 1983TraumlageFilm
  29. 1982Der Andro-JägerSeries: Polizist Heinmann (26 episodes)
  30. 1982TarabasSeries (2 episodes)
  31. 1982Drei gegen HollywoodFilm
  32. 1982Piratensender PowerplayFilm: Bailiff
  33. 1982KampftagFilm
  34. 1981Der SchluckaufFilm
  35. 1981Der GerichtsvollzieherSeries: Eisverkäufer Hans (1 episode)
  36. 1981Oh Dear Harry!Film: Etagenkellner
  37. 1980AnderlandSeries: Postkutscher (1 episode)
  38. 1979Die Farbe des HimmelsFilm: Milchfahrer Elfengruber
  39. 1979WoyzeckFilm: Handwerksbursche
  40. 1979Es begann bei TiffanyFilm
  41. 1979Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahneFilm: Girgl
  42. 1979The Frozen HeartFilm: Sargmacher
  43. 1978Eine Schmugglergeschichte - Die Legende des Tabak-PeterSeries (1 episode)
  44. 1978SachrangSeries: Heckenberger (3 episodes)
  45. 1977Natascha - Todesgrüsse aus MoskauFilm: CIA-Agent
  46. 1977Geheimtip für TommySeries (8 episodes)
  47. 1976Heart of GlassFilm: Wudy
  48. 1976The Marquise of OFilm: Der Pfarrer
  49. 1976Crime and PassionFilm: Innkeeper
  50. 1975Nonstop NonsensSeries: Sheriff (1 episode)
  51. 1974The Enigma of Kaspar HauserFilm: Hiltel, the prison guard
  52. 1974DerrickSeries: Ingenieur (1 episode)
  53. 1974The Odessa FileFilm: Günther Kolb (uncredited)
  54. 1974Der Jäger von FallFilm: Leitner
  55. 1970Scene of the CrimeSeries: Landpolizist, Dallinger (1 episode)

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