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Born on 26 May 1923 in Wuppertal, he served with the Nazi German Waffen-SS in World War II. After attending acting lessons at the theater in Stendal, where he also made his scen debut, he performed on several important stages in Germany, but became widely popular as cinema and television actor in the late 1950s and 1960s, probably best known as gentleman gangster in The Great British Train Robbery (1966). Nevertheless, the role of his role was the character of "Stephan Derrick", a Munich ledare Inspector, who became a cult figure all over the world. He played the role from 1974 to 1998 and received several awards such as the Golden Camera, Bambi and the Italian Telegatto.
BornMay 26, 1923
DiedDecember 13, 2008(85)
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German actor
In more recent times, a famous German citizen has been an unfailing guest of the Ligurian Riviera: the actor Horst Tappert, alias Inspector Derrick.
The son of a postman and a housewife, Tappert was born on 26 May 1923 in Elberfeld, then an autonomous municipality (in 1930 it was united with four other neighbouring boroughs to create the town of Wuppertal).
After primary school, he did an apprenticeship in business administration from 1937 to 1940.
However, he interrupted his training in 1940, at the age of 17, when he was called up for compulsory military service in the Wehrmacht.
In the meantime, World War II had broken out and Tappert joined the Waffen-SS, where he was classified as a grenadier with the rank of SS-Schütze (the lowest in the hierarchy). He was initially employed in an anti-aircraft unit in Arolsen, before being transferred to the 3rd SS-Panzerdivision "Totenkopf" stationed in Russia in 1943.
His comrade in the latter case was the autho
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Horst Tappert
German actor
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| Born | Horst Tappert (1923-05-26)26 May 1923 Elberfeld, Rhine Province, Prussia, Germany |
| Died | 13 December 2008(2008-12-13) (aged 85) Planegg,[1]Bavaria, Germany |
| Known for | "Stephan Derrick" in Derrick |
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Spouse | Ursula Pistor (m. 1957) |
| Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
| Service / branch | Waffen-SS |
| Years of service | 1943-1945 |
| Rank | Grenadier |
| Unit | 3. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Totenkopf |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
| Awards | Bambi (1979, 1990, 1998) Telegatto (1986, 1987, 1990, 1999) |
| Website | http://www.agentur-palz.de/Schauspieler/horst_tappert.htm |
Horst Tappert (26 May 1923 – 13 December 2008) was a German film and television actor best known for the role of Inspector Stephan Derrick in the television drama Derrick.
Biography
[edit]Horst Tappert was born on 26 May 1923 in Elberfeld (now