Fritz Wepper, a German actor with a prolific TV career in his native country but known to American audiences for his funny and heartfelt performance as a German Jew is Bob Fosse’s Oscar-winning 1972 hit musical Cabaret, died Monday at a hospice facility in Munich. He was 82.
His death was announced by wife Susanne Kellermann to German newspaper Bild. Kellerman said Wepper passed away peacefully following a long illness.
A familiar presence in Germany from his role as the crime-solving Detective Sergeant Harry Klein in the long-running series Derrick (1974-98), Wepper made a lasting impression on international audiences with his performance as the charming, if insecure, aspiring gigolo Fritz Wendel of Cabaret.
In the film starring Liza Minnelli, Michael York and Joel Grey, Wepper’s Fritz befriended Minnelli’s Sally Bowles and York’s Brian Roberts, while longing for the beautiful and wealthy Jewish heiress Natalia Landauer (Marisa Berenson). Secretly Jewish himself,...
His death was announced by wife Susanne Kellermann to German newspaper Bild. Kellerman said Wepper passed away peacefully following a long illness.
A familiar presence in Germany from his role as the crime-solving Detective Sergeant Harry Klein in the long-running series Derrick (1974-98), Wepper made a lasting impression on international audiences with his performance as the charming, if insecure, aspiring gigolo Fritz Wendel of Cabaret.
In the film starring Liza Minnelli, Michael York and Joel Grey, Wepper’s Fritz befriended Minnelli’s Sally Bowles and York’s Brian Roberts, while longing for the beautiful and wealthy Jewish heiress Natalia Landauer (Marisa Berenson). Secretly Jewish himself,...
- 3/27/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Fritz Wepper, the German actor who portrayed the German Jew Fritz Wendel in Bob Fosse’s Oscar-winning musical masterpiece Cabaret and starred in his home country on the TV series Derrick and For Heaven’s Sake, has died. He was 82.
Wepper died Monday in a Munich hospice after a long illness that followed the life-threatening sepsis he suffered last year, his family announced.
An actor since childhood, Wepper landed the biggest international role of his career in Cabaret (1972), where he appeared alongside Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem and Joel Grey. As Wendel, he passed as a Protestant and fell in love with wealthy Jewish heiress Natalia Landauer (Marisa Berenson).
After the film’s success — it raked in eight Oscars in 1973 — Wepper turned down Hollywood offers and instead took a sidekick role as Harry Klein on the new German crime series Derrick, playing alongside Horst Tappert‘s titular homicide detective, a...
Wepper died Monday in a Munich hospice after a long illness that followed the life-threatening sepsis he suffered last year, his family announced.
An actor since childhood, Wepper landed the biggest international role of his career in Cabaret (1972), where he appeared alongside Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem and Joel Grey. As Wendel, he passed as a Protestant and fell in love with wealthy Jewish heiress Natalia Landauer (Marisa Berenson).
After the film’s success — it raked in eight Oscars in 1973 — Wepper turned down Hollywood offers and instead took a sidekick role as Harry Klein on the new German crime series Derrick, playing alongside Horst Tappert‘s titular homicide detective, a...
- 3/27/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Harry Klein’s murder shocked the local community, after the successful businessman was gunned down in a violet robbery – The Real Story with María Elena Salinas examines this controversial case. July 13, 1981 in Springfield, Missouri, and Klein’s body was found in field, he’d been shot to death. The crime scene offered few clues for detectives, but they followed their gut instinct and began looking into his personal life. They began to suspect that married man Klein had been involved in several extra-marital affairs. This led them to single mom Judy Henderson, whom Klein was last seen with. It turned out […]
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- 7/23/2018
- by James Wray
- Monsters and Critics
A respected husband and businessman named Harry Klein is found riddled with bullets in a field outside Springfield, Missouri.
With little evidence at the crime scene, detectives dive into Harry’s private life and discover the married man might have been involved in illicit affairs.
Detectives, therefore, weren’t surprised to learn that Harry was last seen with another woman named Judy Henderson.
But the sweet, single mother has just fallen in love with a new boyfriend. Could Judy or her boyfriend have anything to do with Harry’s murder?
Judy Henderson didn't deny her involvement with the murder, but she didn't work alone.
She was, however, a victim of the justice system.
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Her boyfriend at the time and alleged shooter, Greg Cruzen, faced trial and was acquited of the charges against him.
With little evidence at the crime scene, detectives dive into Harry’s private life and discover the married man might have been involved in illicit affairs.
Detectives, therefore, weren’t surprised to learn that Harry was last seen with another woman named Judy Henderson.
But the sweet, single mother has just fallen in love with a new boyfriend. Could Judy or her boyfriend have anything to do with Harry’s murder?
Judy Henderson didn't deny her involvement with the murder, but she didn't work alone.
She was, however, a victim of the justice system.
Related: Get True Crime Files by ID via Prime Video Channels for Over 1,000 Real-life Mystery & Suspense Shows!
Her boyfriend at the time and alleged shooter, Greg Cruzen, faced trial and was acquited of the charges against him.
- 7/23/2018
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
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