Rüdiger Vogler

Rüdiger Vogler born 14 May 1942 in Warthausen, near Biberach an der Riß is a German film and stage actor. Contents   1Biography 2Collaboration with Wim Wenders 3Selected filmography 4References 5External links Biography Rüdiger Vogler attended acting school in Heidelberg from 1963 to 1965. Later he played for six years at “Theater am Turm” in Frankfurt am Main, often in the plays by Peter Handke.

Bruno S.

Bruno Schleinstein 2 June 1932 – 11 August 2010, often credited as Bruno S., was a German film actor, artist, and musician. He is known internationally for his roles in two films directed by Werner Herzog, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) and Stroszek (1976). Contents   1Life 2References 3Further resources 4External links Life Schleinstein was often beaten as a child, and spent

Klaus Kinski

Klaus Kinski  born Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski; 18 October 1926 – 23 November 1991 was a German actor. He appeared in more than 130 films, and was a leading role actor in the films of Werner Herzog, including Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), Woyzeck (1979), Fitzcarraldo (1982), and Cobra Verde (1987). He also appeared in many Spaghetti Westerns, such as For a Few Dollars More (1965), A

Harry Baer

Harry Baer born Harry Zöttl on 27 September 1947 is a German actor, producer and author, best known for his work with director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. He has also been credited as Harry Bär. Contents   1Life 2Filmography 3Notes 4Bibliography 5External links Life Harry Baer began his career in Munich when he joined the Action Theatre, a theatrical

Helmut Griem

Helmut Griem 6 April 1932 – 19 November 2004 was a German film, television and stage actor, and director. Contents   1Biography 2Theatre 3Filmography 4References 5External links Biography Born in Hamburg, Griem was primarily a stage actor, appearing at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg, the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, the Burgtheater in Vienna, the Munich Kammerspiele, and finally in the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, also in

Helmut Berger

Helmut Berger born Helmut Steinberger; 29 May 1944 is an Austrian film and television actor. Berger, who often portrayed narcissistic and sexually ambiguous characters, was one of the stars of the European cinema in the late 1960s and 1970s. Berger is most famous for his work with Luchino Visconti, particularly in his performance as King Ludwig II of Bavaria in Ludwig, for which he received

Hardy Krüger

Hardy Krüger born Franz Eberhard August Krüger; 12 April 1928 is a German actor and author, who appeared in more than 60 films since 1944. After becoming a film star in Germany in the 1950s, Krüger increasingly turned to roles in international films like Hatari!, The Flight of the Phoenix, The Wild Geese, Sundays and Cybele, A Bridge Too Far, The Battle of Neretva, The Secret of

Oskar Werner

Oskar Werner born Oskar Josef Bschließmayer; 13 November 1922 – 23 October 1984 was an Austrian stage and cinema actor whose prominent roles include two 1965 films, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Ship of Fools. Other notable films include Decision Before Dawn (1951), Jules and Jim (1962), Fahrenheit 451 (1966), The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) and Voyage of the Damned (1976). Werner accepted both stage and

Horst Buchholz

Horst Werner Buchholz 4 December 1933 – 3 March 2003 was a German actor and voice actor who appeared in more than 60 feature films from 1951 to 2002. During his youth, he was sometimes called “the German James Dean”. He is perhaps best known in English-speaking countries for his role as Chico in The Magnificent Seven (1960), as a

Karlheinz Böhm

Karlheinz Böhm 16 March 1928 – 29 May 2014 was an Austrian-German actor and philanthropist. He took part in 45 films and became well known in Austria and Germany for his role as Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in the Sissi film trilogy and internationally for his role as Mark, the psychopathic protagonist of Peeping Tom, directed by Michael Powell. He was