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German actor
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
15 August 1924(Sovetsk)
Death:
24 August 1997(Munich)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Werner Abrolat (15 August 1924 – 24 August 1997) was a German actor best known for his role as various characters in the West German crime-drama television series Tatort.
After a long career at provincial theatres in West-Germany Abrolat appeared in a number of Spaghetti Westerns in the mid-1960s, such as a member of Indio's gang in the 1965 Sergio Leone film For a Few Dollars More.
In the early 1970s he made a number of films as a voice actor providing the voice for the character of Tjure in Vicky the Viking. From the mid-1970s he mostly appeared in German films and German television until his death in 1997.
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | For a Few Dollars More (Per qualche dollaro in più) | Slim | Uncredited |
| 1966 | Um Null Uhr schnappt die Falle zu | Krot | |
| 1969 | The Castle of Fu Manchu (Die Folterkammer des Dr. Fu Man Chu) | Melnik | |
| 1971 | Tante Trude aus Buxtehude | Mr. Preissen | |
| 1976 | Derrick | Herr Vogt | 2 Episodes |
| Rosemary's Daughter (Rosemaries Tochter) | Polizist mit Megaphon | ||
| 1977 | The Expulsion from Paradise ( Die Vertreibung aus dem Paradies) | Regisseur im Aufzug | |
| 1990 | Herzlich willkommen | Pförtner |