Willy Schäfer (actor)
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Willy Schäfer (6 March 1933 – 6 May 2011) was a German television actor. Schäfer is best known as ''Willi Berger'' on the television series ''
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 Guy-wire, guys. Most derricks have at least two components, either a guyed mast or self-supporting tower ...
'', a role he played in more than 190 of the series' 281 episodes. He was born in
Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; Rhenish Franconian: ''Sabrigge'' ; ; ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of cities and towns in Germany, city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken has 181,959 inhabitants and is Saarland's administrative, commerci ...
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Territory of the Saar Basin The Territory of the Saar Basin (, ; ) was a region occupied and governed by the United Kingdom and France from 1920 to 1935 under a League of Nations mandate. It had its own flag (adopted on 28 July 1920): a blue, white, and black horizontal t ...
, and died in
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. Willy Schäfer was married and lived in Munich, where he had settled since 1960 and became a permanent resident because of his role in ''Derrick''. He is survived by a son.


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1933 births 2011 deaths German male television actors German male film actors Actors from Saarbrücken Male actors from Saarland {{Germany-tv-actor-stub