Volker Prechtel

Acting Aug 9, 1941 Aug 7, 1997 (aged 56) Hopfen am See, Bavaria, Germany

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.

59 Acting Credits

Volker Prechtel

Acting

The Name of the Rose

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

Woyzeck

The Odessa File

Heart of Glass

Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime

The Marquise of O

Derrick

Scream of Stone

Piratensender Powerplay

Oh Dear Harry!

Forsthaus Falkenau

Der Fahnder

Four Junior Detectives

Crime and Passion

The Frozen Heart

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

Nonstop Nonsens

Alles nur Tarnung

Pumuckl und der Blaue Klabauter

Waller's Last Trip

Der Jäger von Fall