Volker Prechtel
Actor
August 9, 1941 — August 7, 1997 (55 years)
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.
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
Filmography
| 2013 | Jäger des Augenblicks - Ein Abenteuer am Mount Roraima · as Himalaja-Bezwinger |
| 2004 | Le nom de la rose · as Malachia |
| 1997 | Lorenz im Land der Lügner · as Spitzel |
| 1997 | Jack O'Lanterns · as Alter Bauer |
| 1996 | Alles nur Tarnung · as Pfarrer |
| 1994 | Two Brothers · as Cast |
| 1994 | |
| 1994 | Pumuckl und der blaue Klabauter · as Stammtischbruder |
| 1993 | ROST - Die Diether Krebs Show · as Cast |
| 1992 | Ein Fall für TKKG - Drachenauge · as Pingling / Ritter Von Zährenstein |
| 1991 | Scream of Stone · as Himalaja-Bezwinger |
| 1991 | Sisi und der Kaiserkuß · as Hias Von Konnersreuth |
| 1991 | |
| 1989 | Die Väter des Nardino · as Padre Sebastiano |
| 1989 | Löwengrube · as Waldhauser |
| 1989 | Waller's Last Trip · as Karg |
| 1989 | Forsthaus Falkenau · as Toni Lederer |
| 1988 | Strong Times · as Hospital Employee |
| 1987 | Anna Ballerina · as Joseph Weihrater |
| 1987 | Zur Freiheit · as Bierbichler |
| 1987 | |
| 1986 | The Name of the Rose · as MalachiaOn Plex |
| 1986 | Der schwarze Tanner · as Fuhrhalter Suter |
| 1985 | Oliver Maas · as Polizeiobermeister |
| 1985 | Big Mäc · as Zollbeamter |
| 1984 | Der Fahnder · as Wirt |
| 1984 | Die Wiesingers · as Staudinger |
| 1983 | |
| 1982 | Die fünfte Jahreszeit · as Bauer Kauner |
| 1982 | Pumuckl · as Herr Zacharias |
| 1982 | Der Andro-Jäger · as Polizist Heinmann |
| 1982 | |
| 1982 | Piratensender Power Play · as Bailiff |
| 1982 | Tarabas · as Cast |
| 1981 | Ach du lieber Harry · as Etagenkellner |
| 1980 | Das gefrorene Herz · as Sargmacher |
| 1980 | Auf Achse · as Speditionsangestellter |
| 1980 | Der falsche Paß für Tibo · as Beamter |
| 1980 | Anderland · as Postkutscher |
| 1979 | Der Millionenbauer · as Postbote |
| 1979 | Woyzeck · as HandwerksburscheOn Plex |
| 1979 | |
| 1979 | The Ordinary Madness · as Bauer |
| 1978 | Zwei himmlische Töchter · as Dritter Fluggast |
| 1977 | Natascha - Todesgrüße aus Moskau · as Cia-Agent |
| 1976 | Heart of Glass · as WudyOn Plex |
| 1976 | The Marquise of O · as Der Pfarrer |
| 1976 | The Sternstein Manor · as Holzhacker |
| 1975 | Crime and Passion · as Innkeeper |
| 1975 | Nonstop Nonsens · as Sheriff |
| 1974 | The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser · as Hiltel, The Prison GuardOn Plex |
| 1974 | Derrick · as Ingenieur |
| 1974 | The Odessa File · as Günther Kolb (uncredited) |
| 1974 | Der Jäger von Fall · as Leitner |
| 1972 | The Fiery Red Playmobile · as Cast |
| 1970 | Tatort · as Dallinger |
| 1967 | Count Yoster does the honors · as Stammtischbruder |
| 1986 |