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