Horst Sachtleben (24 September 1930 – 23 May 2022) was a German actor, voice actor and stage director. He is known for his acting in ''

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'', a television series in 197 episodes between 2002 and 2020. On stage, he was engaged at the

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in Berlin,

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and Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel in

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. As a voice artist, he dubbed

Peter Falk Peter Michael Falk (September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011) was an American film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Columbo (character), Lieutenant Columbo on the NBC/American Broadcasting Company, ABC series ''Columbo'' (196 ...

in ''

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'',

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and

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, among others.

Early life

Sachtleben was born on 24 September 1930 in Berlin,

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, where he undertook theater studies. He took acting classes at the same time.

Acting career

Sachtleben had various stage engagements, including at the

in Berlin, Schauspielhaus in

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, and Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel in

. Sachtleben played the role of Bishop Gottlieb Rossbauer in the ARD series ''

'' between 2002 and 2020 in 197 episodes, in which

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played the leading role. Sachtleben worked alongside

Caroline Link Caroline Link (born 2 June 1964) is a German TV and film director and screenwriter. She is best known for directing critically acclaimed Beyond Silence, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, and for dir ...

(''

Jenseits der Stille ''Beyond Silence'' () is a 1996 German film directed by Caroline Link. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Academy Awards. Plot The film tells the story of Lara, who grows up as the daughter of ...

''),

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(''Jenseits der Liebe''),

Vivian Naefe Vivian Naefe (born 21 March 1953) is a German film director. Her films include the Wild Chicks series (based on novels by Cornelia Funke), ''Waves'' (based on the novel ''Wellen'' by Eduard von Keyserling), and two episodes of the police proce ...

(''Eine ungehorsame Frau''),

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(''

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''), Kai Wessel (''Mein Bruder, der Idiot''), Rolf Silber (''Ein Sommertraum'') and many others. In 2004, Sachtleben shot the

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''Vorletzter Abschied'' (Heiko Hahn), which was shown on several festivals and won the German short film award 2005. In 2005, he toured with the play ''Ein Inspektor kommt'' (Barry Goldmann). In 2010, Sachtleben played in Schiller's ''

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'' at the

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, and won the Hersfeld Prize ("Großer Hersfeld-Preis"). Sachtleben was also a voice actor. He dubbed

in many ''

'' episodes, also

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and

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(as

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in the ''Harry Potter'' films). Animation dubbing roles include Jeremy in the dub of ''

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'', Zugor in the dub of ''

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'' and

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(whose name was anglicized to "Dan Dee") in the 1984 dub of ''

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''. He worked as a radio play director for the

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. Because of the

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, Sachtleben withdrew from the profession.

Directing career

Sachtleben directed Hebbel's drama ' at the Residenztheater in

among other plays.

Personal life

Sachtleben was married to the Swiss actress for 47 years and lived in

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, near

. He died on 22 May 2022 in Munich, at the age of 91.

Awards

* 1967 Bayerischer Staatspreis * 1977 Bayerischer Staatsschauspieler * 2010

Hersfeld-Preis The Hersfeld-Preis is an award for an actor. It has been awarded annually since 1962 as part of the Bad Hersfelder Festspiele of the ''Gesellschaft der Freunde der Stiftsruine'' and the city of Bad Hersfeld The festival and spa town of Bad Hersf ...

Films

* ' (''Endspurt'') (1970) * ''

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– Season 2, Episode 01: '' (1975) * ''

– Season 3, Episode 11: "Das Superding"'' (1976) * ''

– Season 5, Episode 10: "Der Spitzel"'' (1978) * ''

– Season 8, Episode 09: "Der Untermieter"'' (1981) * ''

'' (TV series) – Season 1–19 (2002–2020) * ' (2015)

References

External links

*
Heppeler Agency

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