Klaus Schwarzkopf

Klaus Schwarzkopf (18 December 1922, in Neuruppin – 21 June 1991, in Bochum) was a German actor. From 1971 until 1978 he starred in the Norddeutscher Rundfunk version of the popular television crime series Tatort. He was also known as a respected stage actor and for being the German dubbing voice of Peter Falk as Columbo during the 1970s.

Schwarzkopf was gay, but never disclosed it. Schwarzkopf died in 1991 of AIDS.

Filmography Film 1956: Bonjour Kathrin (directed by Karl Anton), as Neighbour (uncredited) 1961: Freddy and the Millionaire (directed by Paul May), as Policeman (voice, uncredited) 1965: Praetorius (directed by Kurt Hoffmann), as Dr. Watzmann 1967: Glorious Times at the Spessart Inn (directed by Kurt Hoffmann), as Roland 1968: Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed (directed by Alexander Kluge), as Gerloff, philologist 1971: Und Jimmy ging zum Regenbogen (directed by Alfred Vohrer), as Sirius 1971: Jailbreak in Hamburg (directed by Wolfgang Staudte), as Police commissioner Knudsen 1972: The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of (directed by Alfred Vohrer), as Dr. Wolfgang Erkner 1973: All People Will Be Brothers (directed by Alfred Vohrer), as Boris Minski 1974: Three Men in the Snow (directed by Alfred Vohrer), as Otto Tobler 1974: One or the Other of Us (directed by Wolfgang Petersen), as Professor Rüdiger Kolczyk 1974: Only the Wind Knows the Answer (directed by Alfred Vohrer), as Vicar 1985: (directed by Bernhard Wicki), as Spiros the Greek

Television

1964: (TV film), as Zugkellner 1964: (TV film), as Harry Burdick 1966: Zehn Prozent (TV film), as Oberregierungsrat Frühwirth 1968: Spravedlnost pro Selvina (TV film), as Frank Selvin 1969: Der Kommissar: Ratten der Großstadt (TV series episode), as Krüger 1969: Bitte recht freundlich, es wird geschossen (TV film), as Frank Crawford 1969: (TV film), as Vendrino 1970: (TV miniseries), as Petrowitsch 1970: The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower (TV film), as Gaston Villier 1971: Der Kommissar: Besuch bei Alberti (TV series episode), as Gerhard Sidessen 1971: Tatort: (TV series episode), as Kommissar Finke 1972: Tatort: (TV series episode), as Kommissar Finke 1973: Der Kommissar: Rudek (TV series episode), as Georg Hauffe 1973: Tatort: (TV series episode), as Kommissar Finke 1974: Tatort: (TV series episode), as Kommissar Finke 1974: Der Kommissar: Tod eines Landstreichers (TV series episode), as Pock 1974: Eintausend Milliarden (TV film), as Müller-Mend 1975: Die unfreiwilligen Reisen des Moritz August Benjowski (TV miniseries), as Don Pacheco 1975: Tatort: (TV series episode), as Kommissar Finke 1976: Sladek oder Die schwarze Armee (TV film, based on a play by Ödön von Horváth), as Untersuchungsrichter 1977: Tatort: Reifezeugnis (TV series episode), as Kommissar Finke 1977: (TV miniseries, based on Dostoyevsky's Demons), as Anton L. Grigoreff / Narrator 1978: Tatort: (TV series episode), as Kommissar Finke 1979: (TV miniseries, based on Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks), as Jesselmeyer 1980: Derrick: Pricker (TV series episode), as Alfred Pricker 1982: The Confessions of Felix Krull (TV miniseries, based on Thomas Mann's Confessions of Felix Krull), as Felix Krull's Father 1982: Das blaue Bidet (based on an essay by Joseph Breitbach) (TV film), as Barbe 1983: Gin Romme (TV film) 1984: (TV film), as Dr. Erasmus Beilowski 1985: Derrick: Lange Nacht für Derrick (TV series episode), as Dr. Bomann 1985: Der Fahnder: S.O.S. am Sonntag (TV series episode), as Willie Spiegel 1986: Liebling Kreuzberg: Doppeleinsatz (TV series episode), as Dagobert Gruber 1986: Derrick: Die Nacht, in der Ronda starb (TV series episode), as Dr. Walter Schenk 1986: (TV film), as Léon Bisquet 1987–1992: Praxis Bülowbogen (TV series, 18 episodes), as "Gleisdreieck" 1980: Derrick: Kein Risiko (TV series episode), as Ingo Wecker 1988: The Old Fox: Ein ganz gewöhnlicher Mord (TV series episode), as Rudolf Ballat 1990: Die Richterin (TV film), as Benjamin Hofmann