Thomas Gumpert (11 December 1952 – 7 January 2021) was a German

actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

who was best known for his role of Johannes von Lahnstein in the daily soap ''

Verbotene Liebe ''Verbotene Liebe'' (, "Forbidden Love") is a German television soap opera created by Reg Watson for Das Erste. The show was set primarily in the German city of Düsseldorf although, at times, the city of Cologne and the Spanish island of Mall ...

''.

Life

Gumpert was born in 1952 in the

East German East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, it was generally vie ...

city of

Lauchhammer Lauchhammer (, ) or Łuchow is a town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in southern Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the Black Elster river, approx. 17 km west of Senftenberg, and 50 km north of Dresden. History From 1815 to ...

, in

Bezirk Cottbus Cottbus was a Administrative divisions of the German Democratic Republic, district () of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). The administrative seat and main town was Cottbus. History The district was established, along with the othe ...

. He studied acting from 1972 to 1976 in

Leipzig Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ...

. Since 1972 Thomas Gumpert played many roles at the Deutschen Nationaltheater in

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. He also played in

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Hamburg Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...

Dortmund Dortmund (; ; ) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the List of cities in Germany by population, ninth-largest city in Germany. With a population of 614,495 inhabitants, it is the largest city ...

and

Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main () is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the List of cities in Germany by population, fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located in the forela ...

. Since the mid 1970s he was also a prolific TV and film actor. From 2003 to 2008 he played the role of the patriarch Johannes von Lahnstein in the

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''. Gumpert died on 7 January 2021, aged 68 after a short illness and he was buried at the

Stahnsdorf South-Western Cemetery The Stahnsdorf South-Western Cemetery () is a Protestant rural cemetery in Germany. Established in 1909, the cemetery is located in the municipality of Stahnsdorf in Potsdam-Mittelmark district, Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. With a la ...

.
Ex-"Verbotene Liebe"-Star Thomas Gumpert ist tot
'. In: t-online.de, 7 January 2021.

Film

* '' Lotte in Weimar'' (1974) * ''Looping'' (1975) * ''Addio piccola mia'' (1979) * ''

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'' (1989) * ''Rückkehr aus der Wüste'' (1990) * ''Von Wegen'' (2002)

TV series and films

* ''Jäckis Liebe'' (1978) * ''Fußballfans'' (1981) * ''Martin Luther'' (1983) * ''

Front ohne Gnade ''Front ohne Gnade'' is an East German television series. See also *List of German television series The following is a list of television series produced in Germany: Current Drama * ''4 Blocks (TV series), 4 Blocks'' (TNT Serie, 2017– ...

'' (1983) * ''Klassenkameraden'' (1984) * ''Wilhelm von Humboldt'' (1985) * ''Kopf und Herz'' (1986) * ''

Polizeiruf 110 ''Polizeiruf 110'' ("Police call 110") is a long-running German-language detective television series. The name refers to the emergency telephone number of the ''Volkspolizei''. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic ...

'' (1986) * ''

Lindenstraße ''Lindenstraße'' (literally "Linden Street") was a long-running German television Drama (film and television), drama series, broadcast by Das Erste. The first episode aired on 8 December 1985 and since then new episodes were broadcast weekly u ...

'' (1989) * '' Stadtklinik'' (1997) * ''Schwanger in den Tod'' (1997) * ''

Die Wache ''Die Wache'' is a German weekly police procedural show that was broadcast from 1994 until 2006 by RTL Television. Set in a fictional police station in Cologne, it was modelled on the British series ''The Bill ''The Bill'' is a British pol ...

'' (1998, 1999, 2000) * ''

Der Clown ''Der Clown'' (English: "the clown") is a German television series that aired between 21 April 1998 and 11 October 2001. Initially launched in 1996 as a pilot movie, it ran for 46 episodes and starred Sven Martinek, Diana Frank, Thomas Anzenho ...

'' (1998) * ''

Alarm für Cobra 11 ALARM (Air Launched Anti-Radiation Missile) is a British anti-radiation missile designed primarily to destroy enemy radars for the purpose of Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD). It was used by the RAF and is still used by the Royal Saudi ...

'' (1999, 2001) * ''Sex oder Liebe'' (2000) * ''Die 8. Todsünde'' (2001) * ''

Im Namen des Gesetzes ''Im Namen des Gesetzes'' () is a German television series. It follows the work of Berlin based criminal police officers and public prosecutors. Plot The series is based on the long-running U.S. television series Law & Order ''Law & ...

'' (2001) * ''Null auf Null'' (2001) * ''

Wolffs Revier is a German crime drama television series broadcast from 1992 to 2006, about chief inspector of police Andreas Wolff, who works in Berlin's homicide department. The series, which won a Grimme-Preis award, consists of 173 episodes in 13 season ...

'' (2001) * ''Vanessa Kramer'' (2002) * ''Crazy Race I'' (2003) * ''

Die Cleveren ''Die Cleveren'' () is a German television series that was produced from 1998 to 2003 on RTL. It is about a nationwide special unit of the German Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), dealing with serial offenders. The main characters are the profiler Dr. Do ...

'' (2003) * ''

'' (2003–2008) * ''Ohne Worte'' (2004) * ''Siebenstein'' (2005)

References

External links

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* 1952 births 2021 deaths Burials at Stahnsdorf South-Western Cemetery People from Lauchhammer People from Bezirk Cottbus German male television actors German male film actors German male soap opera actors German male stage actors 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors {{Germany-tv-actor-stub