Volker Prechtel
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 9, 1941
- Died
- August 7, 1997 (aged 55)
- Birthplace
- 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. 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.
Known For
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Filmography
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Lorenz im Land der Lügner
Movie · as Spitzel
Alles nur Tarnung
Movie · as Pfarrer
Willkommen in Kronstadt
Movie
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
TV · as Fösi · 2 eps
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
Movie · as Fösi
Pumuckl und der Blaue Klabauter
Movie · as Stammtischbruder
Das Geheimnis
Movie · as Staudammwärter
Der König
TV · as Pichler · 2 eps
Air Albatros
TV · 1 ep
Tödliche Lüge
Movie · as Georg
Four Junior Detectives
Movie · as Pingling / Ritter von Zährenstein
Moritz
Movie · as Wagner
Scream of Stone
Movie · as Himalaja-Bezwinger
The Serbian Girl
Movie
Das größte Fest des Jahres
Movie · as Toni Lederer
Sisi/Last Minute
Movie · as Hias von Konnersreuth
Der Pampelmusenmond
Movie · as Herzblau
Waller's Last Trip
Movie · as Karg
Forsthaus Falkenau
TV · as Toni Lederer · 321 eps
Löwengrube
TV · as Waldhauser · 1 ep
Starke Zeiten
Movie · as Hospital Employee
Zimmer 36
Movie
The Name of the Rose
Movie · as Malachia
Tanner
Movie · as Fuhrhalter Suter
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
Movie · as Self
Big Mäc
Movie · as Zollbeamter
Der Fahnder
TV · as Wirt · 1 ep
Weißblaue Geschichten
TV · 2 eps
Traumlage
Movie
Piratensender Powerplay
Movie · as Bailiff
Drei gegen Hollywood
Movie
Kampftag
Movie
Der Andro-Jäger
TV · as Polizist Heinmann · 26 eps
Tarabas
TV · 2 eps
Der Schluckauf
Movie
Oh Dear Harry!
Movie · as Etagenkellner
Der Gerichtsvollzieher
TV · as Eisverkäufer Hans · 1 ep
Anderland
TV · as Postkutscher · 1 ep
Woyzeck
Movie · as Handwerksbursche
Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne
Movie · as Girgl
Die Farbe des Himmels
Movie · as Milchfahrer Elfengruber
The Frozen Heart
Movie · as Sargmacher
Es begann bei Tiffany
Movie
Sachrang
TV · as Heckenberger · 3 eps
Eine Schmugglergeschichte - Die Legende des Tabak-Peter
TV · 1 ep
Natascha - Todesgrüsse aus Moskau
Movie · as CIA-Agent
Geheimtip für Tommy
TV · 8 eps
Heart of Glass
Movie · as Wudy
Crime and Passion
Movie · as Innkeeper
The Marquise of O
Movie · as Der Pfarrer
Nonstop Nonsens
TV · as Sheriff · 1 ep
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Movie · as Hiltel, the prison guard
Der Jäger von Fall
Movie · as Leitner
The Odessa File
Movie · as Günther Kolb (uncredited)
Derrick
TV · as Ingenieur · 1 ep
Scene of the Crime
TV · as Landpolizist, Dallinger · 1 ep