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on 25 July 2000.

Selected filmography

* '' Only One Night'' (1950) * '' All Clues Lead to Berlin'' (1952) * ''

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'' (1954) * '' The Captain and His Hero'' (1955), as Hauptmann Roeder * ''

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'' (1955), as Wachtmeister Heinz Ohlsen * '' Your Life Guards'' (1955), as Charly * ''Siebenmal in der Woche'' (1957), as Policeman * '' Heart Without Mercy'' (1958), as Dr. Knoll * '' Doctor Crippen Lives'' (1958), as Kriminalassistent Pierre * ''

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'' (1958), as Dickmann * '' I'll Carry You in My Arms'' (1958), as Georg * '' Nick Knatterton’s Adventure'' (1959), as Max * '' Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?'' (1959), as Kunowski * ''

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'' (1959), as Unteroffizier Heilmann * '' Abschied von den Wolken'' (1959), as Howard Sims * '' Triplets on Board'' (1959), as Mac * '' Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen'' (1960), as Oberleutnant Dankel * '' Am grünen Strand der Spree'' (1960, TV miniseries), as Bob Arnoldis * ' (1960), as Werner * ' (1960), as Frank Mossdorf * '' The Miracle of Father Malachia'' (1961), as Rudolf Reuschel * '' Auf Wiedersehen'' (1961), as Willi Kuhlke * '' Gestatten, mein Name ist Cox'' (1961–1965; leading role in TV series), as Paul Cox * '' The Phone Rings Every Night'' (1962), as Robert Bullinger * '' The Squeaker'' (1963), as Frankie Sutton * ''Wilhelmina'' (1968; leading role in TV miniseries), as Georg * '' Das Kriminalmuseum: Die Postanweisung'' (1968, TV series episode), as Kommissar Marquardt * '' Die Unverbesserlichen'' (1970–1971; TV series), as Jürgen Hechler * '' The Captain'' (1971), as Oldenburg * ' (1973; leading role in TV series), as Herr Linderode * '' PS'' (1975; leading role in TV series), as Jochen Neubert * ' (1976), as Prangel * ''Sladek oder Die schwarze Armee'' (1976, TV film), as Knorke * ''

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: '' (1977; TV series), as K. F. Kastrup * '' Drei Damen vom Grill'' (1977–1986; leading role in TV series), as Otto Krüger * ' (1978, TV series), as Mr. Kalubrigkeit * ' (1980), as Consul Meier * ''

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'' (1984–1995; leading role in TV series) * '' Praxis Bülowbogen'' (1987–1996; leading role in TV series), as Dr. Brockmann * '' Der Millionenerbe'' (1990–1993; leading role in TV series), as Johannes Redlich * '' Der Havelkaiser'' (1994–2000; leading role in TV series), as Richard Kaiser * ''Letzte Chance für Harry'' (1998; TV film), as Simon Spradow * '' Das Traumschiff:

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'' (1999; TV series), as Alfred Sander * ''Die Meute der Erben'' (2001; TV film), as Arno Adelmann * '' In aller Freundschaft'' (2002; TV series, one episode), as Theo Köckritz

References

External links

* 1924 births 2003 deaths German male film actors German male television actors 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors Male actors from Berlin Burials at the Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf {{Germany-film-actor-1920s-stub