Walter Richter (May 13, 1905 – July 26, 1985) was a German actor. From 1970 until 1982 he starred in the

Norddeutscher Rundfunk (; "North German Broadcasting"), commonly shortened to NDR (), is a public broadcasting, public radio and television broadcaster, based in Hamburg. In addition to the city-state of Hamburg, NDR broadcasts for the German states of Lower Saxony, ...

version of the popular television crime series ''

Tatort ("Crime Scene") is a German-language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with 30 feature-length episodes per year, making it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by the German public-se ...

''.

Selected filmography

* '' The Citadel of Warsaw'' (1937) as Oberleutnant Strelkoff * '' Morituri'' (1948), as Dr. Leon Bronek * '' The Allure of Danger'' (1950), as Jens * '' The Venus of Tivoli'' (1953), as Osvaldo Curtis * '' As Long as You're Near Me'' (1953), as Willi * '' Dunja'' (1955), as Stationmaster * ' (1956), as Wilhelm Henschel * ''

When the Heath Is in Bloom ''When the Heath Is in Bloom'' () is a 1960 West German drama film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Joachim Hansen, Walter Richter, and Peter Carsten. It is loosely based on stories by Hermann Löns. The film's art direction was by Willi He ...

'' (1960), as Jochen Petersen * ' (1967, TV miniseries), as Brassac * ' (1968, TV miniseries), as Manfred Krupka's Father * ' (1970), as Vermouth-Ede * ''

'' (1970–1982, TV series), as Kriminalhauptkommissar Paul Trimmel * ' (1975), as Arthur

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* 1905 births 1985 deaths Male actors from Berlin German male television actors German male film actors 20th-century German male actors {{Germany-tv-actor-stub