Fritz Wepper

Fritz Wepper (born August 17, 1941 in Munich, Germany) is a German television actor.

Life and work

He has been married to Angela Prinzessin von Hohenzollern (née von Morgen) since 1979, and they have one daughter, Sophie. They live in Munich.

His character Harry Klein, the assistant in Derrick, became a cult figure all over the world.

Before playing Klein in Derrick he portrayed the same character on the popular television drama Der Kommissar (1969–1976) from the series' start until 1974 when he was transferred to Derrick. Harry Klein was replaced by his brother Erwin (played by Fritz Wepper's brother Elmar Wepper).

In 1972 he played Fritz Wendel, a Jew passing as a Christian, in Bob Fosse's film version of Cabaret (1972), opposite Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey and Michael York.

Filmography

• Der dunkle Stern (The Dark Star) - 1955
• Tischlein deck dich (Table, Donkey and Stick) - 1956
• Eine verrückte Familie - 1957
• Die Brücke ( The Bridge) - 1959
• Die Flucht der weißen Hengste (The Flight of the White Stallions) - 1962
• Miracle of the White Stallions (1963)
• Kennwort... Reiher (The River Line) - 1964
• Wenn es Nacht wird auf der Reeperbahn (When Night Falls on the Reeperbahn) - 1967
• Das Go-Go-Girl vom Blow-Up - 1968
• Der Mann mit dem Glasauge (The Man with the Glass Eye) - 1968
• Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb eins (On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight) - 1968
• Wir haun die Pauker in die Pfanne (We'll Take Care of the Teachers) - 1970, Hubert Böhm, with Uschi Glas
• Was geschah auf Schloß Wildberg? - 1971
• Cabaret - 1972
• Die letzte Schlacht (The Last Battle) - 1982
• Der Kommissar - 1968-1974
• Derrick - 1974-1998
• Zwei Brüder (Two Brothers)- 1994
• Vera Brühne (The Trials of Vera B.) - 1999/2000
• Drei in fremden Betten - 1996
• Die blaue Kanone - 1999
• Hochwürden wird Papa - 2002, with Hans Clarin, Otto Schenk, Dagmar Koller
• Um Himmels Willen - 2002-?, with Jutta Speidel, Rosel Zech, Horst Sachtleben
• Männer im gefährlichen Alter - 2004
• Rikets Røst (TV) - 2007
• Ein unverbesserlicher Dickkopf - 2007
• Mord in bester Gesellschaft - 2007
• Unser Mann im Süden - 2008
• Der Tote im Elchwald - 2008
• Die Nächte des Herrn Senators - 2008
• Der süße Duft des Bösen - 2009
• Baby frei Haus - 2009
• Das eitle Gesicht des Todes - 2010
• Alles Böse zum Hochzeitstag - 2010
• Lindburgs Fall - 2011

External links

• Fritz Wepper at the Internet Movie Database
• Alexander Agency Munich (German)