Günter Strack

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Günter Strack
Gunter Strack1.jpg
Strack in 1986
Born(1929-06-04)4 June 1929
Darmstadt, Germany
Died18 January 1999(1999-01-18) (aged 69)
Münchsteinach, Germany
OccupationActor
Years active19581999
Spouse
Lore Hennig
(m. 1958)
Children1

Günter Strack (4 June 1929 – 18 January 1999) was a German film and television actor.

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Career

Gunter Strack (left) at an event for charity, 1986 Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F074157-0009, Frankfurt, ZNS Weihnachtskonzert, Hannelore Kohl.jpg
Günter Strack (left) at an event for charity, 1986

In English language films, he played Professor Karl Manfred in the Hitchcock thriller Torn Curtain (1966) and appeared as Kunik in The Odessa File (1974). In Germany, he was known for his roles in the crime series Ein Fall für zwei and the family series Diese Drombuschs .

Death

He died from heart failure. His wife Lore died in 2014 at the age of 77.

Selected filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1961 The Miracle of Father Malachia Kaplan Merz
1966 Torn Curtain Professor Karl Manfred
1966 Maigret and His Greatest Case Kommissar Delvigne
1974 The Odessa File Kunik
1974Eintausend MilliardenMann aus der IndustrieTV film
1974 Assassination in Davos
1976 Die Affäre Lerouge  [ de ]DaburonTV film
1978 The Glass Cell Goller
1979PhantastenHammerichTV film
1980Der ThronfolgerKing Frederick William I TV film
1983 The Swing Professor von Zwinger
1989 Asterix and the Big Fight ObelixGerman version, Voice
Television Series
YearTitleRoleNotes
1972 Einmal im Leben – Geschichte eines Eigenheims  [ de ]Kurt Wumme3 episodes
1975–1977 Derrick Herr Kless / Herr Greiser2 episodes
1978 Lean Times Alfred Mildezahn11 episodes
1978 Ein Mann will nach oben  [ de ]Ernst Gollmer7 episodes
1979 Iron Gustav Bankdirektor Hoppe1 episode
1981 Tod eines Schülers Horst Wagner6 episodes
1981–1988 Ein Fall für zwei Dr. Dieter Renz60 episodes
1985–1994 Diese Drombuschs Uncle Ludwig33 episodes
1986–1990 Hessische Geschichten 11 episodes
1989–1993 Mit Leib und Seele Pfarrer Adam Kempfert51 episodes
1994–1998 Der König Hannes König32 episodes
1996 The Shadow Man  [ de ]Dr. Hans Möllbach5 episodes


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