Dieter Pfaff (2 October 1947 – 5 March 2013) was a German actor and

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/ref> The son of a police officer, Pfaff was best known as police officer Hans Sperling in the series ''Sperling''. Sperling also appeared in two films about

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Martin Beck Martin Beck is a fictional Swedish police detective and the main character in the ten novels by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, collectively titled ''The Story of a Crime''. Frequently referred to as the Martin Beck stories, all have been adapt ...

, namely '' Flickan i jordkällaren'' and '' Den japanska shungamålningen''. In 2002, he starred in ''

Goebbels und Geduldig ''Goebbels und Geduldig'' is a 2002 German war comedy television film about Joseph Goebbels and Nazi Germany, directed by Kai Wessel, written by Peter Steinbach, and starring Ulrich Mühe in the two titular roles. Plot Harry Geduldig is a Je ...

''. Between 1984 and 1996, he played Otto Schatzschneider in the German

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Der Fahnder ''Der Fahnder'' is a German television crime drama series which was aired between 1984 and 2005. In the Netherlands the series was broadcast by the VARA from 3 October 1985. Cast ; Klaus Wennemann: Hannes Faber (episodes 1–91) ; Jörg Schüt ...

''. Pfaff and his wife Eva Maria Emminger had two children, twins Johanna and Maximilian. Pfaff was professor for acting at the Graz University of Music and Performing Arts from 1983 until 1990.

Death

Pfaff was diagnosed with

lung cancer Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma (since about 98–99% of all lung cancers are carcinomas), is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissue (biology), tissues of the lung. Lung carcinomas derive from tran ...

in 2012, and died on 5 March 2013, aged 65.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1984–1996, TV series, 109 episodes), as Otto Schatzschneider * ' (1994, TV film), as Hauptkommissar Paule Pietsch * ''

Balko ''Balko'' is a German prime time television series broadcast on the private TV channel RTL. It is a police detective story with comical twists featuring two inspectors of the Dortmund police, Balko (played by Jochen Horst until episode 48, the ...

'' (1995–1997, TV series, 22 episodes), as Kriminaloberrat Vollmer * ' (1996–2007, TV series, 18 episodes), as Kommissar Hans Sperling * ''Bruder Esel'' (1996, TV series, 14 episodes), as Ludger Spengler * ' (1999), as Mick Meyer * ''

'' (2001), as Eugen Haase * ''

Die Affäre Semmeling ''Die Affäre Semmeling'' was a 2002 German miniseries, broadcast on ZDF, directed by Dieter Wedel. It starred Mario Adorf as Walter 'Beton-Walter' Wegener, Robert Atzorn as Dr. Klaus Hennig, Heinz Hoenig as Axel Ropert, Stefan Kurt as Sigi Se ...

'' (2002, TV miniseries), as Hermann Schomberg * ''

Bloch Bloch is a surname of German origin. Notable people with this surname include: A–F * (1859-1914), French rabbi *Adele Bloch-Bauer (1881-1925), Austrian entrepreneur *Albert Bloch (1882–1961), American painter * (born 1972), German motor journal ...

'' (2002–2013, TV series, 24 episodes), as Dr. Maximilian Bloch * ' (2003, TV film), as

Hans-Dietrich Genscher Hans-Dietrich Genscher (21 March 1927 – 31 March 2016) was a German statesman and a member of the liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP), who served as Federal Minister of the Interior from 1969 to 1974, and as Federal Minister for Foreign Affa ...

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Der Dicke ''Der Dicke'' (german: The Fat One) was a German criminal drama television series. After the death of actor Dieter Pfaff, who portrayed the protagonist, the series was renamed ' (The Law Firm), with Herbert Knaup as the new lead actor. See ...

'' (2005–2012, TV series, 52 episodes), as Gregor Ehrenberg * ''

Beck – Flickan i jordkällaren ''Beck'' is a Swedish crime drama movie series, based on characters featured in the Martin Beck novels of Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, starring Peter Haber as the titular character. The first three series and two specials were released direct- ...

'' (2006, TV), as Kommissar Hans Sperling * ''

Beck – Den japanska shungamålningen ''Beck'' is a Swedish crime drama movie series, based on characters featured in the Martin Beck novels of Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, starring Peter Haber as the titular character. The first three series and two specials were released direct- ...

'' (2007, TV), as Kommissar Hans Sperling

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pfaff, Dieter 1947 births 2013 deaths German male film actors German male television actors 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors Deaths from cancer in Germany