Volker Prechtel
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.
Alles nur Tarnung
(Pfarrer)
Woyzeck
(Handwerksbursche)
Scream of Stone
(Himalaja-Bezwinger)
Der Pampelmusenmond
(Herzblau)
Pumuckl und der Blaue Klabauter
(Stammtischbruder)
Big Mäc
(Zollbeamter)
Piratensender Powerplay
(Bailiff)
Starke Zeiten
(Hospital Employee)
Waller's Last Trip
(Karg)
The Serbian Girl
Das größte Fest des Jahres
(Toni Lederer)
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
(Hiltel, the prison guard)
Heart of Glass
(Wudy)
Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne
(Girgl)
Die Farbe des Himmels
(Milchfahrer Elfengruber)
The Frozen Heart
Der Schluckauf
Tödliche Lüge
(Georg)
The Name of the Rose
(Malachia)
Tanner
(Fuhrhalter Suter)
Crime and Passion
(Innkeeper)
Natascha - Todesgrüsse aus Moskau
(CIA-Agent)
Four Junior Detectives
(Pingling / Ritter von Zährenstein)
Lorenz im Land der Lügner
(Spitzel)
Willkommen in Kronstadt
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
(Fösi)
Das Geheimnis
(Staudammwärter)
Moritz
(Wagner)
Sisi/Last Minute
(Hias von Konnersreuth)
Zimmer 36
Traumlage
Kampftag
Drei gegen Hollywood
Oh Dear Harry!
(Etagenkellner)
The Marquise of O
(Der Pfarrer)
Der Jäger von Fall
(Leitner)
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
(Self)
The Odessa File
(Günther Kolb (uncredited))
Es begann bei Tiffany
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
(Self (archive footage))
Scene of the Crime
(Landpolizist)
Scene of the Crime
(Dallinger)
Der König
(Pichler)
Nonstop Nonsens
(Sheriff)
Der Fahnder
(Wirt)
Forsthaus Falkenau
(Toni Lederer)
Der Andro-Jäger
(Polizist Heinmann)
Löwengrube
(Waldhauser)
Geheimtip für Tommy
Anderland
(Postkutscher)
Scene of the Crime
Der Gerichtsvollzieher
(Eisverkäufer Hans)
Air Albatros
Derrick
(Ingenieur)
Sachrang
(Heckenberger)
Eine Schmugglergeschichte - Die Legende des Tabak-Peter
Weißblaue Geschichten
Tarabas
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
(Fösi)