Raimund Harmstorf
Raimund Harmstorf | |
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Born | Hamburg, Germany |
7 October 1939
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Marktoberdorf, Germany |
Occupation | Actor |
Raimund Harmstorf (7 October 1939 in Hamburg[1] – 3 May 1998 in Marktoberdorf) was a German actor. He became famous as the protagonist of a German TV mini series based on Jack London's the Sea-Wolf (which was sold into many countries) and starred later on successfully in another German TV series based on Jules Verne's Michael Strogoff.[2]
Life
Harmstorf was the son of a doctor from Hamburg. He started a sports career and soon became a regional master of the decathlon. He then studied medicine, later music and performing arts. From the beginning of the 1960s he started performing in smaller TV productions. His breakthrough was in 1971 with the TV series The Sea-Wolf, based on Jack London's novel, where he played the evil-minded Captain Larsen. Later he played in several spaghetti westerns along with Bud Spencer, Franco Nero and Charlton Heston.
Death
Toward the end of his career he was affected by Parkinson's disease and weakened by a regimen of heavy medication. His illness and vulnerability was greatly exploited by the tabloids. He committed suicide by hanging himself.[3] His death caused a scandal.[4]
German tabloids were investigated; German police consequently stated that Harmstorf's suicide had been substantially promoted by certain articles.[5] In particular Bild was blamed because Bild [6] had already published Harmstorf's suicide on its main page before his actual death.[7] Harmstorf's girlfriend confirmed that the actor had obviously already been dismayed after he had read this article, even before the news had been partly quoted on Germany's popular TV channel RTL Television.[8]
Filmography
The following is a selection of Harmstorf's roles in film:
- 1971: fr - Siegfried
- 1971: de (TV miniseries) - Wolf Larsen
- 1971: Semesterferien (TV series) - Paul
- 1972: de - Heinz Klett
- 1972: The Call of the Wild - Pete
- 1972: de - Jack Harper
- 1973: Zanna Bianca - Kurt Jansen
- 1974: Challenge to White Fang - Kurt Jansen
- 1975: fr (TV series) - Michael Strogoff
- 1975: Un Genio, due compari, un pollo - Sergeant Milton
- 1975: Derrick - Season 2, Episode 5: "Zeichen der Gewalt" (TV) - Günter Hausmann
- 1977: California - Rope Whittaker
- 1978: Mr. Mean - Rommell
- 1978: The Inglorious Bastards - German soldier Adolf Sachs
- 1978: Lo chiamavano Bulldozer - Sergeant Kempfer
- 1979: The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid - Capt. Briggs
- 1979: Derrick - Season 6, Episode 6: "Tandem" (TV) - Rudolf Nolde
- 1979: de - Götz von Berlichingen
- 1983: S.A.S. à San Salvador - Enrique Chacon
- 1983: it - Deputy Barry Henson
- 1985: Man Hunt - Robson
- 1987: it - Rusty
- 1987/89: Die Schwarzwaldklinik - Florian
- 1995: The Viking Sagas - Valgard
External links
- Raimund Harmstorf at the Internet Movie Database
- Raimund Harmstorf on a page dedicated to Italian western films
- Fanpage
References
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