Sergeant Berry is a fictional American police officer. The first stories published about him were novels written by an author named Robert Arden. In 1938 there was already a German film called ''

Sergeant Berry ''Sergeant Berry'' is a 1938 German comedy western film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Hans Albers, Toni von Bukovics and Peter Voß. A tough Chicago policeman is sent to the Mexican–American border on a dangerous mission. It was base ...

'' starring

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. After

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some of the novels about Sergeant Berry were published again. The German TV series of the same name was broadcast in 1974 and 1975 and lasted for 26 episodes. When

Klausjürgen Wussow Klausjürgen Wussow (30 April 1929 – 19 June 2007) was a German stage, film and television actor. Early life Wussow was born in Cammin, Province of Pomerania, Weimar Germany (modern Kamień Pomorski, Poland). His father was a teacher and c ...

left the series he was replaced by the likewise popular actor and

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. The series was produced by Heinz Willeg and directed by

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who had already worked together on the early films about

Jerry Cotton Jerry Cotton is the fictional character in a series of pulp magazine-type crime novels. The novels have been written by many different writers in German-speaking countries and in Finland over the course of several decades. Overview The novels ...

. Peter Thomas provided the music score.

External links

A page on TV shows about Sgt. Berry
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sergeant Berry German crime television series 1974 German television series debuts 1975 German television series endings Television shows based on German novels Live action television shows based on films Television shows set in the United States German-language television shows ZDF original programming