Dieter Eppler
Heinz Dieter Eppler (born February 11, 1927 in Stuttgart ; † April 12, 2008 there ) was a German actor .
Life
Eppler already sang in the children's choir at the Stuttgart Opera and took on extra roles there. After graduating from high school, he financed his acting lessons as a construction worker and liquor seller. In 1947 he was on stage for the first time in Heidenheim and Sigmaringen . He worked for three years at touring theaters , then he received a seven-year contract at the State Theater in Stuttgart . Eppler embodied the Templar in Nathan the Wise , Hartmann in The Devil's General and Hippolytus in Racine's Phaedra .
Further engagements took him to the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe , the Komödie im Marquardt Stuttgart, the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, where he won the Dr. Walpo in Shaw's The Doctor at the Crossroads , to the theater Die Kleine Freiheit in Munich, to the Kammertheater Karlsruhe, the Theater Baden-Baden and the Kleine Komödie in Munich, where he acted alongside Sonja Ziemann in Shaw's California Roulette .
Eppler worked as a spokesman for the Süddeutscher Rundfunk and was seen in film and television from 1956. He worked in 37 national and international film productions. Initially, he was committed to World War II soldier roles. His most famous film of this kind was U 47 - Kapitänleutnant Prien . In the 1960s it was used frequently in Edgar Wallace films . He was also seen in over 150 television films and series, for example as Inspector Liersdahl in the ARD television series Tatort . He was also often seen in crime series such as Stahlnetz , Der Alte , Polizeiinspektion 1 , Großstadtrevier and Derrick . As an actor, Dieter Eppler also appeared in the ZDF television series Der Landarzt as Hugo Cornelsen.
In addition to his acting activities, Dieter Eppler directed over 40 radio plays and was also a popular speaker. He lived and worked in Stuttgart, had been married to Magdalene Schnaitmann since 1947 and had five children. According to his family, he died on April 12, 2008 at the age of 81 after a long and serious illness in Stuttgart . He was buried in the cemetery of the Stuttgart district of Birkach .
Filmography (selection)
- 1956: The Witcher
- 1957: Jonas
- 1958: The green devils of Monte Cassino
- 1957: U 47 - Lieutenant Prien
- 1958: Small people turn out to be big
- 1959: The Naked and Satan
- 1959: The frog with the mask
- 1959: Freddy under strange stars
- 1960: steel net - E 605
- 1960: Under ten flags (Sotto dieci bandiere)
- 1960: The Gang of Terror
- 1960: No pardon after midnight (Den sidste vinter)
- 1961: steel net season
- 1961: The organ builder from St. Marien
- 1961: biography of a chocolate day
- 1961: steps in the night
- 1962: The Vampire's Revenge (Il segno del vendicatore)
- 1962: La strage dei vampiri
- 1962: Blum affair
- 1962: Venus from Vestø
- 1963: The white spider
- 1962: All my animals (series)
- 1963: The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle
- 1963: Piccadilly zero twelve
- 1964: The Dartmoor public house
- 1964: Breakfast with death
- 1964: The death rays of Dr. Mabuse
- 1964: The London City Monster
- 1964: Lana - Queen of the Amazons
- 1964: Slim Callaghan steps in (TV series) - The Trap
- 1964: Daring Play (TV series) - Jacqueline
- 1965: Daring Game (TV series) - Who is Jan Karp?
- 1965: You write with : Pension 'To the beautiful view'
- 1965: money, money, money - 2 billion against the Bank of England
- 1965: The creepy monk
- 1966: Hermann the Cheruscan
- 1966: Port Police (series) - The polar bear
- 1966: All'ombra delle aquile
- 1966: The Nibelungs , Part 1: Siegfried
- 1966: I Deal in Danger
- 1967: The Nibelungs , Part 2: Kriemhild's Revenge
- 1967: Lucky M. fills all the coffins (Lucky, el intrépido)
- 1967: Mister Dynamit - Tomorrow death will kiss you
- 1967: The Snake Pit and the Pendulum
- 1967: Country doctor Dr. Brock (series) - The woman from the Orient
- 1968: dynamite in green silk
- 1968: The 18-carat virgin (Uden en trævl)
- 1968: Battle for Rome (2 parts)
- 1968: Sir Roger Casement (TV two-part)
- 1969: Fatal shots on Broadway
- 1970: General Oster - traitor or patriot?
- 1970: The U-2 affair
- 1970: Tatort - Saarbrücken, on a Monday (as Commissioner Liersdahl )
- 1970: the chameleon
- 1971: Deep End
- 1971: Theodor Cardinal Innitzer
- 1972: The Pueblo Affair
- 1972: With the flow
- 1972: Providenza! - Mousetrap for two weird birds (La vita a volte è molto dura, vero Provvidenza?)
- 1972: Sasener Chaussee children's home (episode 5)
- 1973: A murder takes two
- 1973: Tatort - white and blue sneakers (as guest commissioner )
- 1973: Tatort - Kressin and the two women from Jade (as guest inspector )
- 1973: Tatort - The missing weight (as Commissioner Liersdahl )
- 1974: Who likes to die under palm trees?
- 1974: Hamburg Transit (series) - One suitcase too many
- 1975: Tatort - Schöne Belinda (as guest inspector )
- 1976: Vera Romeyke is unsustainable
- 1976: Derrick - Dead Birds Don't Sing
- 1976: Derrick shock
- 1976: Eurogang - the helper
- 1977: halftime
- 1977: Tatort - Finder's reward (as guest inspector )
- 1978: On the move - The Thessalian Night
- 1978: Hello, I'm from over there
- 1979: What would we be without us
- 1980: Tatort - no child's play
- 1980: The old man - the gypsy
- 1981: Golden Times (series)
- 1982: Derrick - a scary experience
- 1984: The Sprinter
- 1985: stitch in the side
- 1985: Almost Trinidad
- 1985: The old man - the dead woman in the sauna
- 1985: Mission Terra
- 1985: ... to be the heiress - but very much (series)
- 1986: Tatort - One saw the murderer
- 1986: Tatort - The Swap
- 1986: Metropolitan area - Happy New Year
- 1987: Metropolitan area - red card for Thomas?
- 1987: The Black Forest Clinic
- 1987: The treasure in no man's land
- 1988: Derrick - A series of beautiful days
- 1989: Derrick - The blue rose / campaign of revenge
- 1989: With body and soul (series)
- 1989–1999: The Country Doctor (series)
- 1990: Adventure Airport (series)
- 1991: The golden ratio
- 1991: Pictures make the man
- 1992: Tatort - Bienzle and the Biedermann
- 1992: Two slash ears in Antalya (series)
- 1993: Derrick - Melody of Death
- 1994: The King of Bärenbach (series)
- 1994: three days in April
- 1996: Tatort - Bienzle and the dream of happiness
- 1997: Bella Block: Greed
- 1998: Adelheid and her murderer - corpse on duty
- 1999: Canadian Dreams - A family emigrates
- 1999: The forbidden room
- 2000: Voice of the Heart
- 2000: Sin of youth
- 2001: All My Daughters (series)
Radio plays
- 1977: Lars Gustafsson : Wollsachen - Director: Hermann Naber (radio play - SWR / NDR )
- 1985: Katharina Faber : Neighbors - Director: Heinz Nesselrath (radio play - SWF / NDR)
- 1987: Henry Slesar : From the New World (Captain Morgan) - Director: Werner Klein (crime radio play - SDR )
Web links
- Dieter Eppler in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Dieter Eppler in the catalog of the German National Library
- Dieter Eppler on filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary for Dieter Eppler in: Spiegel
- ^ Heinz Dieter Eppler . knerger.de. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Eppler, Dieter |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eppler, Heinz Dieter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor and director |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1927 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 2008 |
Place of death | Stuttgart |