RIP Rolf Becker

 

German film, television and voice actor Rolf Becker died in Hamburg, Germany on December 12^th. He was 90. Becker was born in Leipzig, Danzig Germany on March 31, 1935. He made his German television debut in 1962, appearing in TV movies (playing Charles Lindbergh in a dramatization of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping) and in the 1974 French co-produced anthology Les grands detectives (as Sherlock Holmes in "The Sign of Four," with Roger Lumont as Watson). He appeared over a dozen times on Tatort, including a recurring stint as prosecutor Maurer in the installments with Manfred Krug as investigator Stoever. His film credits include starring roles in “Cardillac” and “Ich liebe dich, ich töte dich” (I Love You, I Kill You), as well as supporting Diane Keaton in “The Little Drummer Girl”. His voice actor career began in the 1980s. He appeared as Noah Curry in the 1980 German western TV film “Der Regenmacher” (The Rainmaker).