Walter Richter

{{Short description|German actor}}

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| name = Walter Richter

| image = Fotothek df pk 0000022 010 Szenenbilder mit Ruth Schilling, Max Eckard und Walter Richter.jpg

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| caption = Richter in 1945

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|05|13}}

| birth_place = Berlin, Germany

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|07|26|1905|05|13}}

| death_place = Vienna, Austria

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| occupation = Actor

| years active = 1937–1983

| spouse = Felicitas Richter

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Walter Richter (May 13, 1905 – July 26, 1985) was a German actor. From 1970 until 1982 he starred in the Norddeutscher Rundfunk version of the popular television crime series Tatort.

Selected filmography

  • The Citadel of Warsaw (1937) as Oberleutnant Strelkoff
  • Morituri (1948), as Dr. Leon Bronek
  • The Allure of Danger (1950), as Jens
  • The Venus of Tivoli (1953), as Osvaldo Curtis
  • As Long as You're Near Me (1953), as Willi
  • Dunja (1955), as Stationmaster
  • {{Ill|Drayman Henschel (film)|de|3=Fuhrmann Henschel (1956)|lt=Drayman Henschel}} (1956), as Wilhelm Henschel
  • When the Heath Is in Bloom (1960), as Jochen Petersen
  • {{ill|Der Tod läuft hinterher|de}} (1967, TV miniseries), as Brassac
  • {{Ill|Babeck|de}} (1968, TV miniseries), as Manfred Krupka's Father
  • {{Ill|Perrak|de}} (1970), as Vermouth-Ede
  • Tatort (1970–1982, TV series), as Kriminalhauptkommissar Paul Trimmel
  • {{Ill|Cold Blood (1975 film)|de|3=Das Amulett des Todes|lt=Cold Blood}} (1975), as Arthur