Volker Prechtel

Acting

Born: 1941-08-09 in 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.

Volker Prechtel

Biography

Known For

Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime

Derrick

Forsthaus Falkenau

Weißblaue Geschichten

The Name of the Rose

Der Fahnder

Löwengrube

The Odessa File

Der König

Der Andro-Jäger

Tarabas

Anderland

Geheimtip für Tommy

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

Sisi/Last Minute

Heart of Glass

Nonstop Nonsens

An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose

Air Albatros

Sachrang

Woyzeck

Der Gerichtsvollzieher

Scream of Stone

Das größte Fest des Jahres

The Marquise of O

The Serbian Girl

Das Geheimnis

Piratensender Powerplay

Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte

Oh Dear Harry!

Waller's Last Trip

The Frozen Heart

Der Jäger von Fall

Big Mäc

Four Junior Detectives

The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'

Alles nur Tarnung

Crime and Passion