Rolf Zacher

Rolf Zacher (28 March 1941 – 3 February 2018) was a German actor.^[1]

Rolf Zacher
Zacher in 2010
Born	(1941-03-28)28 March 1941 Berlin, Germany
Died	3 February 2018(2018-02-03) (aged 76) Hamburg, Germany
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1961–2017
Spouse	Gisela Schmidt (divorced)
Children	1

Life and career

Zacher appeared in about 190 films and television shows between 1961 and 2016, often in illustrious or eccentric character roles. He starred in the 1971 film Jaider, der einsame Jäger, which was entered into the 21st Berlin International Film Festival.^[2]

He won the Deutscher Filmpreis for portraying a criminal in Reinhard Hauff's film drama Slow Attack [de] (1980). A film critic once called Zacher the "best small-time criminal of German cinema".^[3]

In 2016, Zacher appeared in Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!, the German version of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, but had to leave after eight days for medical reasons.^[4] He died at a nursing home in Büdelsdorf on 3 February 2018 at the age of 76.^[5]

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1967	Kuckucksjahre [de]	Hans	George Moorse
1968	Tamara [de]	Kuno Bricks	Hansjürgen Pohland [de]
	Der Griller [de]	Franz Kaffer	George Moorse	TV film
	Morning's at Seven	Peter	Kurt Hoffmann
	Liebe und so weiter	Ben Schmidt	George Moorse
	Der Partyphotograph [de]	Anton Pauli	Hans Dieter Bove	Written by Wolfgang Menge
	Cantando a la vida	Martin	Angelino Fons
1969	When Sweet Moonlight Is Sleeping in the Hills	Peter	Wolfgang Liebeneiner
1970	o.k.	Rowan	Michael Verhoeven
1971	Lenz [de]	Christoph Kaufmann	George Moorse
	Jaider, der einsame Jäger	Baptist Meyer	Volker Vogeler
1972	Liebe so schön wie Liebe	Rolf	Klaus Lemke [de]
	The Sensuous Three	Prado	Robert van Ackeren
1976	Dear Fatherland Be at Peace [de]	Oskar Knargenstein	Roland Klick
1977	Petty Thieves	Franz	Michael Fengler
1980	Slow Attack [de]	Henry Kirscher	Reinhard Hauff	Deutscher Filmpreis
1982	The Magic Mountain	Wehsal	Hans W. Geißendörfer
	Woman with the Red Hat [ja]		Tatsumi Kumashiro
1983	The Heartbreakers [de]	Lisa's father	Peter F. Bringmann [de]
	Joyride [de]	Chris Binz	Manfred Stelzer [de]
1984	Anna's Mother [de]	Ulrich	Burkhard Driest
	Angelo und Luzy	Angelo		TV series, 6 episodes
	Knock on the Wrong Door [de]	Thomas	Gabriela Zerhau [de]
	A Kind of Anger	Piet Maas	Uli Edel	TV film
1986	Heidenlöcher		Wolfram Paulus
1987	Gambit [de]	Christoph Steinbrenner	Peter F. Bringmann [de]	TV film
	Smaragd	Rudi Popp	Veith von Fürstenberg [de]	TV film
1988	The Case of Mr. Spalt [de]	Schnellwindt	René Perraudin [de]
	The Venus Trap [de]	Dr. Steiner	Robert van Ackeren
	Der Sommer des Falken [de]	Marek Czerny	Arend Agthe [de]
1989	C*A*S*H: A Political Fairy Tale [de]	Harry	Norbert Kückelmann
1992	Rising to the Bait	Zwirner	Vadim Glowna
1996	We Free Kings	Gaspare	Sergio Citti
2002	Maximum Speed [de]	Volker Schlegel	Sigi Rothemund	TV film
2004	Guys and Balls	Karl	Sherry Hormann
2009	Lulu and Jimi	Daddy Cool	Oskar Roehler
2010	The Hairdresser	Joe	Doris Dörrie
	Jew Suss: Rise and Fall	Erich Engel	Oskar Roehler
2013	Sources of Life	Erwin	Oskar Roehler

References

1. "Rolf Zacher". Film Portal. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
2. "Jaider, der einsame Jäger". Film Affinity. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
3. Der Westen: Schauspieler Rolf-Dieter Zacher mit 76 Jahren gestorben, derwesten.de; accessed 28 February 2018.(in German)
4. ONLINE, RP (22 January 2016). "Rolf Zacher hat das Dschungelcamp verlassen". RP ONLINE.
5. Rolf Zacher ist tot - In der Rolle des Ganoven, spiegel.de; accessed 28 February 2018.(in German)

External links

• Rolf Zacher at IMDb