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.

Known For

Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime

Derrick

Der Fahnder

Forsthaus Falkenau

Weißblaue Geschichten

The Name of the Rose

All Movies (40)

• An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Lorenz im Land der Lügner1997 · as Spitzel
• Alles nur Tarnung1996 · as Pfarrer
• Willkommen in Kronstadt1996
• Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte1995 · as Fösi
• Pumuckl und der Blaue Klabauter1994 · as Stammtischbruder
• Das Geheimnis1994 · as Staudammwärter
• Tödliche Lüge1993 · as Georg
• Moritz1992 · as Wagner
• Four Junior Detectives1992 · as Pingling / Ritter von Zährenstein
• Das größte Fest des Jahres1991 · as Toni Lederer
• Scream of Stone1991 · as Himalaja-Bezwinger
• Sisi/Last Minute1991 · as Hias von Konnersreuth
• The Serbian Girl1991
• Der Pampelmusenmond1989 · as Herzblau
• Waller's Last Trip1989 · as Karg
• Zimmer 361988
• Starke Zeiten1988 · as Hospital Employee
• The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'1986 · as Self
• The Name of the Rose1986 · as Malachia
• Tanner1986 · as Fuhrhalter Suter
• Big Mäc1985 · as Zollbeamter
• Traumlage1983
• Drei gegen Hollywood1982
• Piratensender Powerplay1982 · as Bailiff
• Kampftag1982
• Der Schluckauf1981
• Oh Dear Harry!1981 · as Etagenkellner
• Die Farbe des Himmels1979 · as Milchfahrer Elfengruber
• Woyzeck1979 · as Handwerksbursche
• Es begann bei Tiffany1979
• Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne1979 · as Girgl
• The Frozen Heart1979
• Natascha - Todesgrüsse aus Moskau1977 · as CIA-Agent
• Heart of Glass1976 · as Wudy
• The Marquise of O1976 · as Der Pfarrer
• Crime and Passion1976 · as Innkeeper
• The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser1974 · as Hiltel, the prison guard
• The Odessa File1974 · as Günther Kolb (uncredited)
• Der Jäger von Fall1974 · as Leitner

All TV Shows (19)

• Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte1996 · as Fösi
• Der König1994 · as Pichler
• Air Albatros1994
• Löwengrube1989 · as Waldhauser
• Forsthaus Falkenau1989 · as Toni Lederer
• Weißblaue Geschichten1984
• Der Fahnder1984 · as Wirt
• Der Andro-Jäger1982 · as Polizist Heinmann
• Tarabas1982
• Der Gerichtsvollzieher1981 · as Eisverkäufer Hans
• Anderland1980 · as Postkutscher
• Eine Schmugglergeschichte - Die Legende des Tabak-Peter1978
• Sachrang1978 · as Heckenberger
• Geheimtip für Tommy1977
• Nonstop Nonsens1975 · as Sheriff
• Derrick1974 · as Ingenieur
• Scene of the Crime1970 · as Landpolizist
• Scene of the Crime1970 · as Dallinger
• Scene of the Crime1970