Volker Prechtel
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 9, 1941
- Died
- Aug 7, 1997 (aged 55)
- Place of birth
- Hopfen am See, Bavaria, Germany
- Credits
- 57
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.
Known for
The Name of the Rose
1986Movie
Malachia
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1974Movie
Hiltel, the prison guard
Woyzeck
1979Movie
Handwerksbursche
The Odessa File
1974Movie
Günther Kolb (uncredited)
Heart of Glass
1976Movie
Wudy
Scene of the Crime
1970TV
Landpolizist, Dallinger
Filmography
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022Movie
Self (archive footage)
Lorenz im Land der Lügner
1997Movie
Spitzel
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
1996TV
Fösi
Alles nur Tarnung
1996Movie
Pfarrer
Willkommen in Kronstadt
1996Movie
Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
1995Movie
Fösi
Der König
1994TV
Pichler
Air Albatros
1994TV
Pumuckl und der Blaue Klabauter
1994Movie
Stammtischbruder
Das Geheimnis
1994Movie
Staudammwärter
Tödliche Lüge
1993Movie
Georg
Moritz
1992Movie
Wagner
Four Junior Detectives
1992Movie
Pingling / Ritter von Zährenstein
Das größte Fest des Jahres
1991Movie
Toni Lederer
Scream of Stone
1991Movie
Himalaja-Bezwinger
Sisi/Last Minute
1991Movie
Hias von Konnersreuth
The Serbian Girl
1991Movie
Löwengrube
1989TV
Waldhauser
Der Pampelmusenmond
1989Movie
Herzblau
Waller's Last Trip
1989Movie
Karg
Forsthaus Falkenau
1989TV
Toni Lederer
Zimmer 36
1988Movie
Starke Zeiten
1988Movie
Hospital Employee
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
1986Movie
Self
The Name of the Rose
1986Movie
Malachia
Tanner
1986Movie
Fuhrhalter Suter
Big Mäc
1985Movie
Zollbeamter
Weißblaue Geschichten
1984TV
Der Fahnder
1984TV
Wirt
Traumlage
1983Movie
Der Andro-Jäger
1982TV
Polizist Heinmann
Tarabas
1982TV
Drei gegen Hollywood
1982Movie
Piratensender Powerplay
1982Movie
Bailiff
Kampftag
1982Movie
Der Schluckauf
1981Movie
Der Gerichtsvollzieher
1981TV
Eisverkäufer Hans
Oh Dear Harry!
1981Movie
Etagenkellner
Anderland
1980TV
Postkutscher
Die Farbe des Himmels
1979Movie
Milchfahrer Elfengruber
Woyzeck
1979Movie
Handwerksbursche
Es begann bei Tiffany
1979Movie
Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne
1979Movie
Girgl
The Frozen Heart
1979Movie
Sargmacher
Eine Schmugglergeschichte - Die Legende des Tabak-Peter
1978TV
Sachrang
1978TV
Heckenberger
Natascha - Todesgrüsse aus Moskau
1977Movie
CIA-Agent
Geheimtip für Tommy
1977TV
Heart of Glass
1976Movie
Wudy
The Marquise of O
1976Movie
Der Pfarrer
Crime and Passion
1976Movie
Innkeeper
Nonstop Nonsens
1975TV
Sheriff
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1974Movie
Hiltel, the prison guard
Derrick
1974TV
Ingenieur
The Odessa File
1974Movie
Günther Kolb (uncredited)
Der Jäger von Fall
1974Movie
Leitner
Scene of the Crime
1970TV
Landpolizist, Dallinger