Volker Prechtel
Known for Acting · 57 credits
- Born
- 1941-08-09
- Died
- 1997-08-07
- 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.
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
TV Shows (17)
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Landpolizist / Dallinger
Derrick
1974
as Ingenieur
Forsthaus Falkenau
1989
as Toni Lederer
Der Fahnder
1984
as Wirt
Anderland
1980
as Postkutscher
Air Albatros
1994
Weißblaue Geschichten
1984
Löwengrube
1989
as Waldhauser
Der König
1994
as Pichler
Der Andro-Jäger
1982
as Polizist Heinmann
Nonstop Nonsens
1975
as Sheriff
Geheimtip für Tommy
1977
Der Gerichtsvollzieher
1981
as Eisverkäufer Hans
Sachrang
1978
as Heckenberger
Tarabas
1982
Eine Schmugglergeschichte - Die Legende des Tabak-Peter
1978
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
1996
as Fösi
Movies (40)
The Name of the Rose
1986
as Malachia
The Serbian Girl
1991
The Odessa File
1974
as Günther Kolb (uncredited)
Das Geheimnis
1994
as Staudammwärter
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1974
as Hiltel, the prison guard
Crime and Passion
1976
as Innkeeper
Sisi/Last Minute
1991
as Hias von Konnersreuth
Scream of Stone
1991
as Himalaja-Bezwinger
The Marquise of O
1976
as Der Pfarrer
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Woyzeck
1979
as Handwerksbursche
Piratensender Powerplay
1982
as Bailiff
The Frozen Heart
1979
Big Mäc
1985
as Zollbeamter
Oh Dear Harry!
1981
as Etagenkellner
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
1986
as Self
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
1995
as Fösi
Waller's Last Trip
1989
as Karg
Four Junior Detectives
1992
as Pingling / Ritter von Zährenstein
Heart of Glass
1976
as Wudy
Es begann bei Tiffany
1979
Willkommen in Kronstadt
1996
Alles nur Tarnung
1996
as Pfarrer
Pumuckl und der Blaue Klabauter
1994
as Stammtischbruder
Lorenz im Land der Lügner
1997
as Spitzel
Natascha - Todesgrüsse aus Moskau
1977
as CIA-Agent
Tödliche Lüge
1993
as Georg
Starke Zeiten
1988
as Hospital Employee
Kampftag
1982
Der Jäger von Fall
1974
as Leitner
Das größte Fest des Jahres
1991
as Toni Lederer
Drei gegen Hollywood
1982
Der Schluckauf
1981
Der Pampelmusenmond
1989
as Herzblau
Traumlage
1983
Tanner
1986
as Fuhrhalter Suter
Die Farbe des Himmels
1979
as Milchfahrer Elfengruber
Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne
1979
as Girgl
Moritz
1992
as Wagner
Zimmer 36
1988
About Volker Prechtel
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 inclu… With 57 credits spanning from 1970 to 2022, Volker Prechtel has appeared in 40 films and 17 TV shows.
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Most Popular Volker Prechtel Movies
- The Name of the Rose (1986) — as Malachia
- The Serbian Girl (1991)
- The Odessa File (1974) — as Günther Kolb (uncredited)
- Das Geheimnis (1994) — as Staudammwärter
- The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) — as Hiltel, the prison guard
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