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Horst Tappert More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

26 May 1923, Elberfeld [now Wuppertal], Germany

Date of Death

13 December 2008, Munich, Bavaria, Germany (diabetes)

Height

6' 1½" (1.87 m)

Mini Biography

Born on 26 May 1923 in Wuppertal, he joined the army for Germany in World War II. After attending acting lessons at the theater in Stendal, where he also made his stage debut, he performed on several important stages in Germany, but became widely popular as cinema and television actor in the late 1950s and 1960s, probably best known as gentleman gangster in "Die Gentlemen bitten zur Kasse" (1966). Nevertheless, the role of his role was the character of "Stephan Derrick", a Munich Chief Inspector, who became a cult figure all over the world. He played the role from 1974 to 1998 and received several awards such as the Golden Camera, Bambi and the Italian Telegatto.

IMDb Mini Biography By: fippi2000

Spouse

Ursula Pistor

(1957 - 13 December 2008) (his death)

Trivia

In December 2001, one of Tappert's sons, Gary, died of organ failure after having gone into a coma. He was 52, and an architect.

Only German actor, who has fan clubs in Europe as well as overseas. Even Pope John Paul II liked to watch him on "Derrick" (1974).

Received Germany's Cross of Merit in 1988.

Enjoys fishing and hunting.

Lives in Gräfelfing near Munich with his third wife Ursula and is the father of three children from two prior marriages: Karin, Ralph and Gary (died 2001).

He was already 51 when the Derrick series started, and he outlived the series, unlike a few much younger people who appeared on the series during the 24 years.

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