Rolf Zacher
{{Short description|German actor (1941–2018)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Rolf Zacher (Berlin Film Festival 2010).jpg
| caption = Zacher in 2010
| name = Rolf Zacher
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|3|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Berlin, Germany
| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|2|3|1941|3|28|df=yes}}
| death_place = Hamburg, Germany
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1961–2017
| spouse = Gisela Schmidt (divorced)
| children = 1
}}
Rolf Zacher (28 March 1941 – 3 February 2018) was a German actor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/rolf-zacher_8be78d771e7440eb85c3ef2f53344097 |title=Rolf Zacher |access-date=4 February 2018 |work=Film Portal}}
Life and career
Zacher appeared in about 190 films and television shows between 1961 and 2016, often in illustrious or eccentric character roles. He starred in the 1971 film Jaider, der einsame Jäger, which was entered into the 21st Berlin International Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film770775.html|title=Jaider, der einsame Jäger|accessdate=4 February 2018|work=Film Affinity}}
He won the Deutscher Filmpreis for portraying a criminal in Reinhard Hauff's film drama {{Interlanguage link multi|Slow Attack (film)|de|3=Endstation Freiheit|lt=Slow Attack}} (1980). A film critic once called Zacher the "best small-time criminal of German cinema".[https://www.derwesten.de/panorama/schauspieler-rolf-dieter-zacher-mit-77-jahren-gestorben-id213314215.html Der Westen: Schauspieler Rolf-Dieter Zacher mit 76 Jahren gestorben], derwesten.de; accessed 28 February 2018.{{in lang|de}}
In 2016, Zacher appeared in Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!, the German version of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, but had to leave after eight days for medical reasons.{{Cite web|url=https://rp-online.de/panorama/fernsehen/rolf-zacher-hat-das-dschungelcamp-verlassen_aid-18878657|title=Rolf Zacher hat das Dschungelcamp verlassen|first=RP|last=ONLINE|website=RP ONLINE|date=22 January 2016 }} He died at a nursing home in Büdelsdorf on 3 February 2018 at the age of 76.[http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/tv/rolf-zacher-ist-tot-deutschlands-filmganove-a-1191310.html Rolf Zacher ist tot - In der Rolle des Ganoven], spiegel.de; accessed 28 February 2018.{{in lang|de}}
Selected filmography
| class="wikitable"
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Year ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Title ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Role ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Director ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Notes |
| 1967
| {{Ill|The Cuckoo Years|de|Kuckucksjahre}} |Hans | |
| rowspan=6|1968
| {{Ill|Tamara (1968 film)|de|3=Tamara (1968)|lt=Tamara}} |Kuno Bricks | |
| {{Interlanguage link multi|Der Griller|de}}
|Franz Kaffer |TV film |
| Morning's at Seven
|Peter | |
| Liebe und so weiter
|Ben Schmidt | |
| {{Interlanguage link multi|Der Partyphotograph|de}}
|Anton Pauli |Hans Dieter Bove |Written by Wolfgang Menge |
| Cantando a la vida
|Martin | |
| 1969
| When Sweet Moonlight Is Sleeping in the Hills |Peter | |
| 1970
| o.k. |Rowan | |
| rowspan=2|1971
| {{ill|Lenz (1971 film)|de|3=Lenz (1971)|lt=Lenz}} |Christoph Kaufmann | |
| Jaider, der einsame Jäger
|Baptist Meyer | |
| rowspan=2|1972
| Liebe so schön wie Liebe |Rolf |{{Interlanguage link multi|Klaus Lemke|de}} | |
| The Sensuous Three
|Prado | |
| 1976
| {{Interlanguage link multi|Dear Fatherland Be at Peace|de|Lieb Vaterland magst ruhig sein}} |Oskar Knargenstein | |
| 1977
| Petty Thieves |Franz | |
| 1980
| {{Interlanguage link multi|Slow Attack (film)|de|3=Endstation Freiheit|lt=Slow Attack}} |Henry Kirscher |
| rowspan=2|1982
|Wehsal | |
| {{ill|Woman with the Red Hat|ja|赤い帽子の女}}
| | |
| rowspan=2|1983
| {{ill|The Heartbreakers (1983 film)|de|3=Die Heartbreakers|lt=The Heartbreakers}} |Lisa's father |{{ill|Peter F. Bringmann|de}} | |
| {{Interlanguage link multi|Joyride (1983 film)|de|3=Schwarzfahrer (1983)|lt=Joyride}}
|Chris Binz |{{Interlanguage link multi|Manfred Stelzer|de|3=Manfred Stelzer (Regisseur)|lt=Manfred Stelzer}} | |
| rowspan=4|1984
| {{Interlanguage link multi|Anna's Mother|de|Annas Mutter}} |Ulrich | |
| Angelo und Luzy
|Angelo | |TV series, 6 episodes |
| {{Interlanguage link multi|Knock on the Wrong Door|de|Tapetenwechsel (1984)}}
|Thomas |{{ill|Gabriela Zerhau|de}} | |
| A Kind of Anger
|Piet Maas |TV film |
| 1986
| | |
| rowspan=2|1987
| {{ill|Gambit (1987 film)|de|3=Gambit (Film)|lt=Gambit}} |Christoph Steinbrenner |{{Interlanguage link multi|Peter F. Bringmann|de}} |TV film |
| Smaragd
|Rudi Popp |{{Interlanguage link multi|Veith von Fürstenberg|de}} |TV film |
| rowspan=3|1988
| {{ill|The Case of Mr. Spalt|de|Zum Beispiel Otto Spalt}} |Schnellwindt |{{ill|René Perraudin|de}} | |
| {{Interlanguage link multi|The Venus Trap|de|Die Venusfalle}}
|Dr. Steiner | |
| {{ill|The Summer of the Hawk|de|Der Sommer des Falken}}
|Marek Czerny |{{Interlanguage link multi|Arend Agthe|de}} | |
| 1989
| {{Ill|C*A*S*H: A Political Fairy Tale|de|Schweinegeld – Ein Märchen der Gebrüder Nimm}} |Harry | |
| 1992
|Zwirner | |
| 1996
|Gaspare | |
| 2002
| {{ill|Maximum Speed (film)|de|3=Maximum Speed|lt=Maximum Speed}} |Volker Schlegel |TV film |
| 2004
|Karl | |
| 2009
|Daddy Cool | |
| rowspan=2|2010
|Joe | |
| Jew Suss: Rise and Fall
| |
| 2013
|Erwin | |
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|0951647|Rolf Zacher}}
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