Horst Tappert

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Horst Tappert

Birth name	Horst Tappert
Born	May 26, 1923 (age 83) Elberfeld, Germany
Spouse(s)	Ursula Pistor (1957)
Official site	www.agentur-palz.de/
Notable roles	Stephan Derrick on Derrick

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Horst Tappert (born May 26, 1923) is a German actor who is most famous for playing Inspector Stephan Derrick in the television drama Derrick.

1 Life and work
2 Filmography
3 Books
4 External links

[edit] Life and work

Born in Elberfeld (now Wuppertal), Tappert joined the army for Germany in the Second World War. He gave his stage debut in Stendal, Germany, playing Dr. Stribel in Helwig's Die Flitterwochen.

From 1945 to 1947 he followed courses of comedy. In the following years, he changed time of theatre to find himself in 1956 in Theatre of Munich. Independent actor since 1967, it takes part, today still, with many rounds.

End of the Fifties begins for him a career with the cinema and television. He takes part in many films of Edgard Wallace ("Jerry Cotton"). His big breakthrough was in 1966 with the television show in three parts Die Gentlemen bitten zur Kasse. From there it is subscribed with the roles of gentleman gangster until finally the role of Derrick decides of its career.

The character of Stephan Derrick became a cult figure all over the world.

Thanks to Derrick, Horst Tappert is the only German actor who has ever had fan clubs abroad. And since these clubs are also to be found in Holland and France, it can be said without any exaggeration that Horst Tappert, in addition to his role on television, has become an unofficial ambassador for the Federal Republic of Germany.

Tappert, who played the main role for almost 25 years (1974-1998), had reached the age limit he had set himself. At 75 he retired from the TV screen.

Divorced twice, he lives now in Gräfelfing near Munich with his third wife Ursula Pistor (since 1957). He is the father of three children (Karin, Ralph and Gary).

In December 2001, one of Tappert's sons, Gary, died of organ failure after having gone into a coma. He was 52, and an architect.

[edit] Filmography

1958 Die Trapp-Familie in Amerika
1958 Helden (Arms and the Man), with O. W. Fischer, Liselotte Pulver, Ellen Schwiers
1958 Wir Wunderkinder (Aren't We Wonderful?), with Hansjörg Felmy, Robert Graf, Johanna von Koczian
1959 Der Engel, der seine Harfe versetzte, with Nana Osten, Henry Vahl, Ullrich Haupt
1959 Jacqueline, with Johanna von Koczian, Walter Reyer, Götz George, Hans Söhnker
1959 Das schöne Abenteuer (Beautiful Adventure), with Liselotte Pulver, Robert Graf, Bruni Löbel
1959 Ruf ohne Echo (TV-Film)
1961 Zu viele Köche
1961 Küß mich Kätchen, with Peter Carsten, Harald Leipnitz, Christiane Maybach
1961 Ein schöner Tag (TV-Film), with Joachim Teege, Hugo Lindinger, Trude Hesterberg
1962 Das Halstuch (TV-Film), with Heinz Drache, Albert Lieven, Erica Beer, Eckart Dux
1962 Er kann's nicht lassen, with Heinz Rühmann, Rudolf Forster, Grit Böttcher, Lina Carstens
1963 Das tödliche Patent (TV-Film), with Wolfgang Preiss, Gisela Trowe, Siegfried Lowitz
1963 Zwei Whiskey und ein Sofa (Whiskey and Sofa), with Maria Schell, Karl Michael Vogler, Robert Graf
1964 Sechs Personen suchen einen Autor (TV-Film), with Helmut Förnbacher, Robert Freitag
1964 Der Aussichtsturm (TV-Film), with Claudia Sorbas, Konrad Georg, Monika John
1964 Leonce und Lena (TV-Film), with Dieter Kirchlechner, Gertrud Kückelmann
1965 Eine reine Haut (TV-Film), with Herbert Fleischmann
1966 Das ganz große Ding (TV-Film), with Carl-Heinz Schroth, Brigitte Grothum
1966 Ein Tag in Paris (TV-Film), with Paula Denk, Ingeborg Solbrig, Peter Fröhlich
1966 Der Kinderdieb (TV-Film), with Isolde Bräuner, Lucie Mannheim, Walter Jokisch
1966 Der Mann aus Melbourne (TV-Film), with Herbert Stass, Alf Marholm, Roma Bahn
1966 Der Schwarze Freitag (TV-Film), with Curd Jürgens, Dieter Borsche
1966 Jerry Cotton: Die Rechnung eiskalt serviert, mit George Nader, Heinz Weiss
1966 Die Gentlemen bitten zur Kasse (The Great British Train Robbery) (TV-Dreiteiler), with Hans Cossy, Günther Neutze
1967 Liebe für Liebe (TV-Film), with Wolfgang Büttner, Helmut Griem, Klaus Löwitsch
1968 Der Hund von Blackwood Castle (The Horror of Blackwood Castle), with Heinz Drache, Karin Baal, Hans Söhnker
1968 Heißer Sand auf Sylt (Hot Sand on Sylt - Just to Be Loved - The New Life Style), with Charlotte Kerr, Renate von Holt, Axel Burg
1968 Der Gorilla von Soho (The Ape Creature - Gorilla Gang) , with Uschi Glas, Uwe Friedrichsen, Hubert von Meyerinck
1968 Das Kriminalmuseum - Die Reifenspur (TV-Film)
1969 Der Mann mit dem Glasauge (The Man with the Glass Eye), with Karin Hübner, Fritz Wepper, Hubert von Meyerinck
1969 Sieben Tage Frist (Seven Days Grace), with Joachim Fuchsberger, Konrad Georg, Karin Hübner, Petra Schürmann
1970 Sie tötete in Ekstase (She Killed in Ecstasy), with Soledad Miranda, Fred Williams
1970 Inspektor Perrak greift ein (Perrak), with Erika Pluhar, Judy Winter, Werner Peters
1970 Und Jimmy ging zum Regenbogen (And Jimmy Went to the Rainbow's Foot), with Alain Noury, Konrad Georg, Horst Frank
1971 Bleib sauber, Liebling (The Love Keys), with Reinhold Brandes, Helmut Braschm, Hans-Werner Bussinger
1971 Der Teufel kam aus Akasava (The Devil Came from Akasava), with Fred Williams, Soledad Miranda, Siegfried Schürenberg
1971 Der Kapitän (The Captain) , with Heinz Rühmann, Johanna Matz, Ernst Stankovski, Horst Janson
1972 Der Todesrächer von Soho (The Corpse Packs His Bags), with Wolfgang Kieling, Barbara Rütting
1972 Hoopers letzte Jagd (TV-Film), with Max Mairich, Liselotte Pulver, Florian Halm
1973 Eine Frau bleibt eine Frau (TV-Film), with Lilli Palmer
1973-1998 Derrick (Drama)
1974 Auch ich war nur ein mittelmäßiger Schüler (I Wasn't a Very Good Student Either), with Jutta Speidel, Georg Thomalla, Rudolf Platte
1984 Cinématon
2000 Der Kardinal - Der Preis der Liebe (The Cardinal) - (TV-Film), with Christine Reinhart, Enzo De Caro
2001 In 80 Jahren um die Welt (TV-Film)
2003 Herz ohne Krone (The Uncrowned Heart) - (TV-Film), with Eleonora Brigliadori, Franco Nero, Jacques Breuer
2004 Derrick - Die Pflicht ruft (Derrick - The Feature Film) - (Original voice of Tappert and Wepper)

[edit] Books

(1999) in Heyne-Verlag: Derrick und ich. Meine zwei Leben (Derrick and I. My two lifes, 1st, Munich, Germany: Heyne-Verlag Munich. ISBN 3-453-15000-7.