Ekkehardt Belle (18 May 1954 – 31 January 2022) was a German television actor best known for his role as David Balfour in the 1979 HTV production of ' opposite

David McCallum David Keith McCallum Jr. (born 19 September 1933) is a Scottish actor and musician. He first gained recognition in the 1960s for playing secret agent Illya Kuryakin in the television series ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E''. In recent years, McCallum ...

. He played several roles in the popular TV series ''Derrick'' during the 1980s. He was also known for dubbing the role of Robert Baratheon in the German dub of ''

Game of Thrones ''Game of Thrones'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first ...

''. He died in

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on 31 January 2022 at the age of 67.

Selected filmography

* ''

Slaughterhouse-Five ''Slaughterhouse-Five, or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death'' is a 1969 semi-autobiographic science fiction-infused anti-war novel by Kurt Vonnegut. It follows the life and experiences of Billy Pilgrim, from his early years, to h ...

'' (1972) * ''

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'' (1974) * ''

Les Faucheurs de marguerites ''Les Faucheurs de marguerites '' is a French-Canadian-German television series. It ran in four seasons from 1974 to 1982 on ARD. Cast * Jean-Jacques Moreau : Gabriel Voisin * Roger Pigaut : Capitaine Ferber * Jackie Sardou : Madame Perrier * ...

'' (1974, TV series) * ' (1975, TV film) * ''

Victory March The Notre Dame Victory March is the fight song for the University of Notre Dame. The chorus of the song has been considered one of the most recognizable collegiate fight songs. It was ranked first among fight songs by Northern Illinois University ...

'' (1976) * ' (1978, TV miniseries) * ''

She's 19 and Ready ''She's 19 and Ready'' (also known as ''Sunnyboy und Sugarbaby'') is a 1979 German sex comedy film. Plot The story centers on a rather uninhibited young woman named Eva (Sabine Wollin) and her two boyfriends - Stefan (Ekkehardt Belle) and Claus ...

'' (1979) * ''

Derrick A derrick is a lifting device composed at minimum of one guyed mast, as in a gin pole, which may be articulated over a load by adjusting its guys. Most derricks have at least two components, either a guyed mast or self-supporting tower, and a ...

'' - Season 7, Episode 5: ''"Ein tödlicher Preis"'' (1980, TV) * ''

'' - Season 9, Episode 4: ''"Die Fahrt nach Lindau"'' (1982, TV) * ''

'' - Season 9, Episode 6: ''"Das Alibi"'' (1982, TV) * ''

Nesthäkchen ''Nesthäkchen'' is a German television series directed by , which was broadcast as the fifth Christmas series of the ZDF 1983. It is based on Else Ury's novels '' Nesthäkchen and Her Dolls'' (1913), '' Nesthäkchen's First School Year'' (191 ...

'' (1983, TV miniseries) * ''

'' - Season 11, Episode 4: ''"Drei atemlose Tage"'' (1984, TV) * ''

'' - Season 12, Episode 2: ''"Gregs Trompete"'' (1985, TV)

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* 1954 births 2022 deaths 20th-century German male actors German male film actors German male television actors People from Rhein-Kreis Neuss {{Germany-tv-actor-stub