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
Director 1
![Kulenkampffs Schuhe](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/256863-kulenkampffs-schuhe.jpg)
Kulenkampffs Schuhe (2018)
![Derrick - Die Pflicht ruft!](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/338676-derrick-die-pflicht-ruft.jpg)
Derrick - Die Pflicht ruft! (2004)
![The Uncrowned Heart](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
The Uncrowned Heart (2003)
![Der Kardinal - Der Preis der Liebe](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Der Kardinal - Der Preis der Liebe (2000)
![Auch ich war nur ein mittelmäßiger Schüler](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/143682-auch-ich-war-nur-ein-mittelmassiger-schuler.jpg)
Auch ich war nur ein mittelmäßiger Schüler (1974)
![Derrick](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/44703-derrick.jpg)
Derrick (1974)
![Plus minus null](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Plus minus null (1974)
![Am laufenden Band](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/559041-am-laufenden-band.jpg)
Am laufenden Band (1974)
![Fall nicht in den Schwanensee](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Fall nicht in den Schwanensee (1973)
![Gabriel](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Gabriel (1973)
![Eine Frau bleibt eine Frau](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/429936-eine-frau-bleibt-eine-frau.jpg)
Eine Frau bleibt eine Frau (1972)
![The Corpse Packs His Bags](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/224314-the-corpse-packs-his-bags.jpg)
The Corpse Packs His Bags (1972)
![Blüten der Gesellschaft](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Blüten der Gesellschaft (1972)
![Hoopers letzte Jagd](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/109023-hoopers-letzte-jagd.jpg)
Hoopers letzte Jagd (1971)
![She Killed in Ecstasy](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/216265-she-killed-in-ecstasy.jpg)
She Killed in Ecstasy (1971)
![Der Kapitän](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/108789-der-kapitan.jpg)
Der Kapitän (1971)
![The Love Keys](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/122193-the-love-keys.jpg)
The Love Keys (1971)
![Yester - der Name stimmt doch?](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/343498-yester-der-name-stimmt-doch.jpg)
Yester - der Name stimmt doch? (1971)
![And Jimmy Went to the Rainbow's Foot](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/143084-and-jimmy-went-to-the-rainbow-s-foot.jpg)
And Jimmy Went to the Rainbow's Foot (1971)
![The Devil Came from Akasava](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/224421-the-devil-came-from-akasava.jpg)
The Devil Came from Akasava (1971)
![Hard Women](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/108273-hard-women.jpg)
Hard Women (1970)
![Transplantation](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Transplantation (1969)
![School of Fear](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/123995-school-of-fear.jpg)
School of Fear (1969)
![The Man with the Glass Eye](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/94862-the-man-with-the-glass-eye.jpg)
The Man with the Glass Eye (1969)
![Der Kommissar](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/58887-der-kommissar.jpg)
Der Kommissar (1969)
![Gorilla Gang](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/112347-the-gorilla-gang.jpg)
Gorilla Gang (1968)
![The Monster of Blackwood Castle](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/36116-the-monster-of-blackwood-castle.jpg)
The Monster of Blackwood Castle (1968)
![Naked and Free... The New Life Style](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/280585-naked-and-free-the-new-life-style.jpg)
Naked and Free... The New Life Style (1968)
![Der Panamaskandal](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Der Panamaskandal (1967)
![Liebe für Liebe](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Liebe für Liebe (1967)
![Carré de dames pour un as](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/76566-carre-de-dames-pour-un-as.jpg)
Carré de dames pour un as (1966)
![Jerry Cotton: Tip Not Included](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/4000-jerry-cotton-tip-not-included.jpg)
Jerry Cotton: Tip Not Included (1966)
![Der Mann aus Melbourne](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Der Mann aus Melbourne (1966)
![Das ganz große Ding](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Das ganz große Ding (1966)
![Der Kinderdieb](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Der Kinderdieb (1966)
![Die Gentlemen baten zur Kasse](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/313121-die-gentlemen-baten-zur-kasse.jpg)
Die Gentlemen baten zur Kasse (1966)
![Die Gentlemen bitten zur Kasse](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/327805-die-gentlemen-bitten-zur-kasse.jpg)
Die Gentlemen bitten zur Kasse (1966)
![Der schwarze Freitag](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/59579-der-schwarze-freitag.jpg)
Der schwarze Freitag (1966)
![Judith](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Judith (1965)
![Die Reise](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Die Reise (1965)
![Leonce und Lena](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Leonce und Lena (1964)
![Der Aussichtsturm](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Der Aussichtsturm (1964)
![Interview mit der Geschichte](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Interview mit der Geschichte (1964)
![Elektra](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Elektra (1964)
![Das tödliche Patent](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Das tödliche Patent (1963)
![Das Kriminalmuseum](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/558268-das-kriminalmuseum.jpg)
Das Kriminalmuseum (1963)
![Die Rache](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Die Rache (1962)
![Das Halstuch](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/109027-das-halstuch.jpg)
Das Halstuch (1962)
![Amphitryon](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Amphitryon (1961)
![Nora](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Nora (1961)
![Zu viele Köche](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/167727-too-many-cooks.jpg)
Zu viele Köche (1961)
![Einladung ins Schloß](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Einladung ins Schloß (1961)
![So ist es - ist es so?](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
So ist es - ist es so? (1960)
![Spanische Legende](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Spanische Legende (1959)
![Jacqueline](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Jacqueline (1959)
![Arms and the Man](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/94763-arms-and-the-man.jpg)
Arms and the Man (1958)
![Aren't We Wonderful](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/139467-aren-t-we-wonderful.jpg)
Aren't We Wonderful (1958)
![Die Abwerbung](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Die Abwerbung (1958)
![Schwester Bonaventura](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/581131-schwester-bonaventura.jpg)
Schwester Bonaventura (1958)
![Die Alkestiade](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Die Alkestiade (1958)
![Soledad](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Soledad (1957)
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![Horst Tappert](https://images.moviefit.me/p/o/22597-horst-tappert.jpg)
![Horst Tappert](https://images.moviefit.me/p/o/22597-horst-tappert.jpg)
Information
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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