Born in Zurich to an Italian surgeon and a German medical assistant, he spent his childhood in Mayen before a wartime orphanage and a brief stint in the Hitler Youth; later he enrolled in criminology at the University of Mainz, where participation in the drama club prompted him to abandon his studies, work backstage at the Schauspielhaus Zürich, and train at Munich’s Otto Falckenberg School before… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for The Bird with the Crystal Plumage 1970 The Tin Drum 1979 The Adventures of Pinocchio 1972 Caliber 9 1972 ★ 7.5 The Adventures of Pinocchio 1972
★ 7.5 Caliber 9 1972
Rocco Musco ★ 7.5 I Knew Her Well 1965
Emilio Ricci, aka Bietolone ★ 7.4 The Treasure of San Gennaro 1966
Sciascillo ★ 7.3 Lion of the Desert 1981
(uncredited) Series ★ 7.7 Smiley's People 1982
Claus Kretzschmar ★ 7.1 The Italian Connection 1972
Luca Canali ★ 7.1 What Have They Done to Your Daughters? 1974
Insp. Valentini ★ 7.8 The Twelve Jurors 1963
Siebenter Geschworener ★ 7 The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum 1975
Kommissar Beizmenne ★ 7.4 The Visitor 1963
Cucaracha ★ 6.9 Lola 1981
Schuckert ★ 7 Momo 1986
Nicola ★ 7.4 On the Tiger's Back 1961
Tagliabue ★ 7.1 The Devil Strikes at Night 1957
Bruno Lüdke ★ 7.2 I Am Afraid 1977
Judge Moser ★ 6.9 Execution Squad 1972
sostituto procuratore Ricciuti ★ 6.9 State buoni se potete 1983
Sisto V ★ 6.7 Major Dundee 1965
Sergeant Gomez ★ 6.7 Fedora 1978
Corfu Hotel Manager ★ 6.7 Felidae 1994
Blaubart (voice) Series ★ 7 The Cave of the Golden Rose 1991
the king Series ★ 6.8 Marco Polo 1982
Giovanni ★ 6.7 The Camp Followers 1965
Castagnoli ★ 6.7 The Assassination of Matteotti 1973
Benito Mussolini ★ 6.6 Same Same But Different 2010
Herr Behr ★ 6.6 Short Night of Glass Dolls 1971
Jacques Versain ★ 6.6 Ship of the Dead 1959
Lawski, Polnischer Kohlenschlepper ★ 6.5 Via Panisperna Boys 1989
Corbino ★ 6.5 Winnetou - The Last Fight 2016
Frederick Louis Santer Sr. ★ 6.5 Francesco 1989
Cardinal Ugolino ★ 6.4 Germany in Autumn 1978
TV committee member (uncredited) ★ 6.2 Weak Spot 1975
Le Manager ★ 6.2 Die Jungen von der Paulstraße 2003
Janó ★ 6.2 Ghosts, Italian Style 1967
Alfredo Mariano ★ 6.3 Deadlock 1970
Charles Dump, the Rat ★ 5.9 Station Six-Sahara 1963
Santos ★ 5.7 That Man in Istanbul 1965
Bill ★ 6.4 The Cave of the Golden Rose 1991
The King ★ 5.9 Precautions Against Fanatics 1969
★ 5.9 A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof 1968
Harry ★ 5.8 Rosemary 1958
Horst ★ 6.1 Rossini 1997
Paolo Rossini ★ 6.3 Ten Little Indians 1965
Joseph Grohmann ★ 6.1 The Red Tent 1969
Giuseppe Biagi ★ 6.2 The Cave of the Golden Rose 2 1992
The King ★ 5.2 Schubert in Love 2016
Olafs Vater ★ 5.8 The Specialists 1969
El Diablo ★ 4.4 Quiet Days in Clichy 1990
Ernest Regentag ★ 5.5 The Holcroft Covenant 1985
Erich Kessler / Jürgen Mass Start from another title 
