Günter Strack (4 June 1929 – 18 January 1999) was a German film and television actor.
Career
![Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F074157-0009, Frankfurt, ZNS Weihnachtskonzert, Hannelore Kohl](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Bundesarchiv_B_145_Bild-F074157-0009%2C_Frankfurt%2C_ZNS_Weihnachtskonzert%2C_Hannelore_Kohl.jpg)
In English language films, he played Professor Karl Manfred in the
Hitchcock
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thriller ''
Torn Curtain
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'' (1966) and appeared as Kunik in ''
The Odessa File
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The name ODESSA ...
'' (1974). In Germany, he was known for his roles in the crime series ''
Ein Fall für zwei
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'' and the family series ''
Diese Drombuschs
''Diese Drombuschs'' is a German television series that originally aired on ZDF for six seasons from 1983 to 1994. The show revolves around a typical German middle class family living in the city of Darmstadt.
Cast
* Witta Pohl as Vera Drombu ...
''.
Death
He died from
heart failure
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. His wife Lore died in 2014 at the age of 77.
Selected filmography
External links
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Fan Site
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1929 births
1999 deaths
German male film actors
German male television actors
Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Actors from Darmstadt
20th-century German male actors
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