Volker Prechtel
38 movies · 17 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 9, 1941
- Died
- Aug 7, 1997 (age 55)
- Place of birth
- Hopfen am See, Bavaria, Germany
Biography
Volker Prechtel (born August 9, 1941, in Hopfen am See; died August 7, 1997, in Gröbenzell) was a German theater, film, and television actor.
Prechtel initially studied pedagogy and worked as a schoolteacher for several years before finding his way to professional acting through amateur theater stages. With his striking face and distinctive nose, he became a sought-after character actor in film and television, appearing in more than one hundred productions.
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Prechtel was also a regular presence on the theater stage. He performed at venues including the Münchner Kammerspiele, the Münchner Volkstheater, the Freie Volksbühne Berlin, and the Münchner Theater für Kinder.
He achieved international recognition in 1986 for his role as the monk Malachias in *The Name of the Rose*, based on the novel by Umberto Eco. In that film, he acted alongside Sean Connery and Helmut Qualtinger. Additionally, he appeared as a public bus driver in the crime series *Der König*.
Volker Prechtel died in 1997—two days before his 56th birthday—from complications related to cancer.
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Known for
Volker Prechtel: movies and TV shows
Acting (55)
- 1997 Lorenz im Land der Lügner
as Spitzel
- 1996
- 1996 Alles nur Tarnung
as Pfarrer
- 1996
- 1995
- 1994
- 1994
- 1994 Pumuckl und der Blaue Klabauter
as Stammtischbruder
- 1994 Das Geheimnis
as Staudammwärter
- 1993 Tödliche Lüge
as Georg
- 1992 Moritz
as Wagner
- 1992 Four Junior Detectives
as Pingling / Ritter von Zährenstein
- 1991 Das größte Fest des Jahres
as Toni Lederer
- 1991 Scream of Stone
as Himalaja-Bezwinger
- 1991 Sisi/Last Minute
as Hias von Konnersreuth
- 1991
- 1989
- 1989 Der Pampelmusenmond
as Herzblau
- 1989 Waller's Last Trip
as Karg
- 1989
- 1988
- 1988 Starke Zeiten
as Hospital Employee
- 1986 The Name of the Rose
as Malachia
- 1986 Tanner
as Fuhrhalter Suter
- 1985 Big Mäc
as Zollbeamter
- 1984
- 1984
- 1983
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982 Piratensender Powerplay
as Bailiff
- 1982
- 1981
- 1981
- 1981 Oh Dear Harry!
as Etagenkellner
- 1980
- 1979 Die Farbe des Himmels
as Milchfahrer Elfengruber
- 1979 Woyzeck
as Handwerksbursche
- 1979
- 1979 Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne
as Girgl
- 1979 The Frozen Heart
as Sargmacher
- 1978
- 1978
- 1977 Natascha - Todesgrüsse aus Moskau
as CIA-Agent
- 1977
- 1976 Heart of Glass
as Wudy
- 1976 The Marquise of O
as Der Pfarrer
- 1976 Crime and Passion
as Innkeeper
- 1975
- 1974 The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
as Hiltel, the prison guard
- 1974
- 1974 The Odessa File
as Günther Kolb (uncredited)
- 1974 Der Jäger von Fall
as Leitner
- 1970
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 2022
- 1986