Ekkehardt Belle (18 May 1954 – 31 January 2022) was a German television actor best known for his role as David Balfour in the 1979 HTV production of '' Kidnapped'' opposite

David McCallum David Keith McCallum (19 September 1933 – 25 September 2023) was a Scottish actor and musician, based in the United States. He gained wide recognition in the 1960s for playing secret agent Illya Kuryakin in the television series '' The Man fr ...

. He played several roles in the popular TV series ''Derrick'' during the 1980s. He was also known for dubbing the role of Robert Baratheon in the German dub of ''

Game of Thrones ''Game of Thrones'' is an American Fantasy television, fantasy Drama (film and television), drama television series created by David Benioff and for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of high fantasy novels by ...

''. He died in

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

on 31 January 2022 at the age of 67 following complications from an surgery.

Selected filmography

* ''

Slaughterhouse-Five ''Slaughterhouse-Five, or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death'' is a 1969 semi-autobiographic science fiction-infused anti-war novel by Kurt Vonnegut. It follows the life experiences of Billy Pilgrim, from his early years, to his ...

'' (1972) * ''

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'' (1974) * '' Les Faucheurs de marguerites'' (1974, TV series) * ' (1975, TV film) * '' Victory March'' (1976) * '' Kidnapped'' (1978, TV miniseries) * ''

She's 19 and Ready ''She's 19 and Ready'' (also known as ''Sunnyboy und Sugarbaby'') is a 1979 West German sex comedy film. Plot The story centers on a rather uninhibited young woman named Eva (Sabine Wollin) and her two boyfriends - Stefan ( Ekkehardt Belle) an ...

'' (1979) * ''

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'' - Season 7, Episode 5: ''"Ein tödlicher Preis"'' (1980, TV) * ''

'' - Season 9, Episode 4: ''"Die Fahrt nach Lindau"'' (1982, TV) * ''

'' - Season 9, Episode 6: ''"Das Alibi"'' (1982, TV) * ''

Nesthäkchen ''Nesthäkchen'' is a German television series directed by , which was broadcast as the fifth Christmas series of the ZDF 1983. It is based on Else Ury's novels ''Nesthäkchen and Her Dolls'' (1913), ''Nesthäkchen's First School Year'' (1915), ...

'' (1983, TV miniseries) * ''

'' - Season 11, Episode 4: ''"Drei atemlose Tage"'' (1984, TV) * ''

'' - Season 12, Episode 2: ''"Gregs Trompete"'' (1985, TV)

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* 1954 births 2022 deaths 20th-century German male actors German male film actors German male television actors People from Rhein-Kreis Neuss Male actors from North Rhine-Westphalia {{Germany-tv-actor-stub