Biography
Horst Tappert (26 May 1923 – 13 December 2008) was a former SS-soldier, and German film and television actor best known for the role of Inspector Stephan Derrick in the television drama Derrick. Horst Tappert was born on 26 May 1923 in Elberfeld (now Wuppertal), Germany. His father, Julius Tappert (1892–1957), was a civil servant; his mother was Ewaldine Röll Tappert (1892–1981). Following high school and at the age of 17, Tappert was drafted into the German Army during World War II. Aged 19, he was, according to his widow against his will, transferred from the Army to the Waffen-SS, where the author of the Derrick series, Herbert Reinecker, had also served. Initially a member of a reserve antiaircraft unit in Arolsen, he was listed as a grenadier with the 3rd SS Division Totenkopf in March 1943. In 1945, he was briefly a prisoner of war in Seehausen, Altmark. Following the war, he was hired as a bookkeeper at a theatre in Stendal, Germany, and became interested in acting. He took acting classes and gave his stage debut in Stendal, playing Dr. Stribel in Paul Helwig's Die Flitterwochen.
In the following years, he changed employers several times, and in 1956, started working at the Kammerspiele, Munich. An independent actor since 1967, he worked as an actor until he died.
In the late 1950s, Tappert started taking part in movie and television productions. His big breakthrough was in 1966 with the three-part television show Die Gentlemen bitten zur Kasse, in which he played train robber Michael Donegan. In 1968, he changed sides by playing Scotland Yard detective Perkins in Edgar Wallace movies. In 1970-71, he co-starred in three crime dramas directed by Jesus Franco, She Killed in Ecstasy, The Death Avenger of Soho and The Devil Came From Akasava.When the second public television station in Germany, the ZDF, started planning a new mystery series with a different type of investigator in 1973, he was chosen for the character of detective Stephan Derrick, with sidekick assistant Harry Klein (played by Fritz Wepper). The character Stephan Derrick became a cult figure. The series was licensed in 104 countries and was popular with audiences in China, Japan, and Italy (and even Pope John Paul II). The last of 281 episodes was filmed in 1998, when Tappert reached his self-imposed age limit of 75 years old for being a television actor.
Filmography
all 101
Movies 75
TV Shows 26
self 17
Le Passeur immobile (2021)
Kulenkampffs Schuhe (2018)
Derrick - Die Pflicht ruft! (2004)
The Uncrowned Heart (2003)
Der Kardinal - Der Preis der Liebe (2000)
RTL Samstag Nacht (1993)
Derrick contre Superman (1992)
Romy Award (1990)
Blauer Panther – TV & Streaming Award (1989)
live - die ZDF-talkshow (1987)
Showgeschichten (1986)
Telestar (1983)
Rudis Tagesshow (1981)
Wetten, dass..? (1981)
Heut' abend (1980)
Peter Alexander: Wir gratulieren (1979)
Treffpunkt Herz (1975)
Auch ich war nur ein mittelmäßiger Schüler (1974)
Derrick (1974)
Plus minus null (1974)
Der große Preis (1974)
Am laufenden Band (1974)
Fall nicht in den Schwanensee (1973)
Gabriel (1973)
Eine Frau bleibt eine Frau (1972)
The Corpse Packs His Bags (1972)
Blüten der Gesellschaft (1972)
Hoopers letzte Jagd (1971)
She Killed in Ecstasy (1971)
Der Kapitän (1971)
The Love Keys (1971)
Yester - der Name stimmt doch? (1971)
And Jimmy Went to the Rainbow's Foot (1971)
The Devil Came from Akasava (1971)
Industrielandschaft mit Einzelhändlern (1970)
August der Starke - Ein ganzes Volk nennt ihn Papa (1970)
Hard Women (1970)
Transplantation (1969)
Das schönste Fest der Welt (1969)
School of Fear (1969)
The Man with the Glass Eye (1969)
Der Kommissar (1969)
Gorilla Gang (1968)
The Monster of Blackwood Castle (1968)
Naked and Free... The New Life Style (1968)
Ist er gut? - Ist er böse? (1967)
Die Kollektion (1967)
Der Panamaskandal (1967)
Liebe für Liebe (1967)
Ein Riß im Eis (1967)
Carré de dames pour un as (1966)
Jerry Cotton: Tip Not Included (1966)
Der Mann aus Melbourne (1966)
Das ganz große Ding (1966)
Der Kinderdieb (1966)
Die Gentlemen bitten zur Kasse (1966)
Die Gentlemen baten zur Kasse (1966)
Goldene Kamera Verleihung (1966)
Der schwarze Freitag (1966)
Die Rudi Carrell Show (1965)
Der Spielverderber - Das kurze, verstörte Leben des Kaspar Hauser (1965)
Judith (1965)
Die Reise (1965)
Leonce und Lena (1964)
Gut gefragt ist halb gewonnen (1964)
Sechs Personen suchen einen Autor (1964)
Der trojanische Krieg findet nicht statt (1964)
Der Aussichtsturm (1964)
Interview mit der Geschichte (1964)
Die Drehscheibe (1964)
Elektra (1964)
Zwei Whisky und ein Sofa (1963)
Das tödliche Patent (1963)
Das Kriminalmuseum (1963)
Snow White and the Seven Jugglers (1962)
Er kanns nicht lassen (1962)
Die Rache (1962)
Der Abstecher (1962)
Das Halstuch (1962)
Amphitryon (1961)
Nora (1961)
Zu viele Köche (1961)
Einladung ins Schloß (1961)
So ist es - ist es so? (1960)
Spanische Legende (1959)
Ruf ohne Echo (1959)
Beautiful Adventure (1959)
Jacqueline (1959)
Stars in der Manege (1959)
Der Engel, der seine Harfe versetzte (1959)
Arms and the Man (1958)
Aren't We Wonderful (1958)
The Trapp Family in America (1958)
Die Abwerbung (1958)
Der öffentliche Ankläger (1958)
Schwester Bonaventura (1958)
Augsburger Puppenkiste - Cenodoxus – Der Doktor von Paris (1958)
Die Alkestiade (1958)
Soledad (1957)
Die Tochter des Brunnenmachers (1956)
Bambi Awards (1948)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1923-05-26
Deathday2008-12-13 (85 years old)
Birth PlaceElberfeld, Germany
Height1.87-meter
CitizenshipsGermany
ResidencesGräfelfing, Germany
AwardsOfficer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Telestar, Willy Brandt Prize, Romy, Bavarian TV Awards, Wound Badge, Bambi Award, Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia, Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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