Volker Prechtel

Biography

Volker Prechtel (born August 9, 1941, in Hopfen am See; died August 7, 1997, in Gröbenzell) was a German theater, film, and television actor. Prechtel initially studied pedagogy and worked as a schoolteacher for several years before finding his way to professional acting through amateur theater stages. With his striking face and distinctive nose, he became a sought-after character actor in film and television, appearing in more than one hundred productions. Prechtel was also a regular presence on the theater stage. He performed at venues including the Münchner Kammerspiele, the Münchner Volkstheater, the Freie Volksbühne Berlin, and the Münchner Theater für Kinder. He achieved international recognition in 1986 for his role as the monk Malachias in *The Name of the Rose*, based on the novel by Umberto Eco. In that film, he acted alongside Sean Connery and Helmut Qualtinger. Additionally, he appeared as a public bus driver in the crime series *Der König*. Volker Prechtel died in 1997—two days before his 56th birthday—from complications related to cancer.

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Name of the Rose (1986) — Malachia
2. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) — Hiltel, the prison guard
3. Woyzeck (1979) — Handwerksbursche
4. The Odessa File (1974) — Günther Kolb (uncredited)
5. Heart of Glass (1976) — Wudy
6. Scene of the Crime (1970) — Landpolizist
7. The Marquise of O (1976) — Der Pfarrer
8. Derrick (1974) — Ingenieur
9. Scream of Stone (1991) — Himalaja-Bezwinger
10. Piratensender Powerplay (1982) — Bailiff
11. Oh Dear Harry! (1981) — Etagenkellner
12. Forsthaus Falkenau (1989) — Toni Lederer
13. Der Fahnder (1984) — Wirt
14. Four Junior Detectives (1992) — Pingling / Ritter von Zährenstein
15. Crime and Passion (1976) — Innkeeper
16. The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' (1986) — Self
17. The Frozen Heart (1979)
18. Nonstop Nonsens (1975) — Sheriff
19. Alles nur Tarnung (1996) — Pfarrer
20. Pumuckl und der Blaue Klabauter (1994) — Stammtischbruder
21. Waller's Last Trip (1989) — Karg
22. Der Jäger von Fall (1974) — Leitner
23. Es begann bei Tiffany (1979)
24. Big Mäc (1985) — Zollbeamter
25. Tödliche Lüge (1993) — Georg
26. Tanner (1986) — Fuhrhalter Suter
27. Starke Zeiten (1988) — Hospital Employee
28. Natascha - Todesgrüsse aus Moskau (1977) — CIA-Agent
29. Sisi/Last Minute (1991) — Hias von Konnersreuth
30. Der Andro-Jäger (1982) — Polizist Heinmann
31. Löwengrube (1989) — Waldhauser
32. Sachrang (1978) — Heckenberger
33. Der Pampelmusenmond (1989) — Herzblau
34. The Serbian Girl (1991)
35. Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne (1979) — Girgl
36. Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte (1995) — Fösi
37. Willkommen in Kronstadt (1996)
38. Lorenz im Land der Lügner (1997) — Spitzel
39. Das Geheimnis (1994) — Staudammwärter
40. Traumlage (1983)