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1947-10-02 · Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · Male

11 series in the catalog

Dieter Pfaff (2 October 1947 – 5 March 2013) was a German actor and director.

The son of a police officer, Pfaff was best known as police officer Hans Sperling in the series Sperling. Sperling also appeared in two films about Swedish policeman Martin Beck, namely Flickan i jordkällaren and Den japanska shungamålningen. In 2002, he starred in Goebbels und Geduldig. Between 1984 and 1996, he played Otto Schatzschneider in the German krimi series Der Fahnder.

Pfaff and his wife Eva Maria Emminger had two children, twins Johanna and Maximilian. Pfaff was professor for acting at the Graz University of Music and Performing Arts from 1983 until 1990.

Death

Pfaff was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2012, and died on 5 March 2013, aged 65.

Selected filmography

Der Fahnder (1984–1996, TV series, 109 episodes), as Otto Schatzschneider

Das Phantom – Die Jagd nach Dagobert (1994, TV film), as Hauptkommissar Paule Pietsch

Balko (1995–1997, TV series, 22 episodes), as Kriminaloberrat Vollmer

Sperling (1996–2007, TV series, 18 episodes), as Kommissar Hans Sperling

Bruder Esel (1996, TV series, 14 episodes), as Ludger Spengler

Late Show (1999), as Mick Meyer

Goebbels und Geduldig (2001), as Eugen Haase

Die Affäre Semmeling (2002, TV miniseries), as Hermann Schomberg

Bloch (2002–2013, TV series, 24 episodes), as Dr. Maximilian Bloch

In the Shadow of Power (2003, TV film), as Hans-Dietrich Genscher

Der Dicke (2005–2012, TV series, 52 episodes), as Gregor Ehrenberg

Beck – Flickan i jordkällaren (2006, TV), as Kommissar Hans Sperling

Beck – Den japanska shungamålningen (2007, TV), as Kommissar Hans Sperling