Dieter Eppler
Heinz Dieter Eppler ( born February 11, 1927 in Stuttgart, † April 12, 2008 ) was a German actor.
Life
Eppler was already singing in the children's choir at the Stuttgart Opera, where he took on parts. After graduation he financed himself to his acting classes as a construction worker and spirits sellers. In 1947 he was in Heidenheim and Sigmaringen for the first time on stage. Three years he worked in touring companies, then he received a seven-year contract at the Staatstheater Stuttgart. Eppler embodied there in the temple of Lord Nathan the Wise, Hartmann in The Devil's General and Hippolytus in Racine 's Phaedra.
Other engagements have taken him to the Badische Staatstheater Karlsruhe, the comedy in the Marquardt Stuttgart, in the German Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, where he The doctor represented the Dr. Walpo in Shaw's at a crossroads, at the theater The little freedom in Munich, at the Chamber Theatre Karlsruhe, the Theater Baden-Baden and the little comedy in Munich, where he acted alongside Sonja Ziemann in Shaw Californian Roulette.
Eppler worked as a spokesman for the South German Radio and was seen from 1956 in film and television. He participated in 37 national and international film productions. At first he was set to World War II soldiers roles. His most famous film of this kind was U 47 - Lieutenant Prien. In the 1960s, he was often used in Edgar Wallace films. Next he was seen in more than 150 television films and series, for example as Commissioner Liersdahl in the ARD television series Tatort. Also in Crime series such as The Old Man, Police Station 1, Großstadtrevier and Derrick, he was seen more often. As an actor Dieter Eppler also acted in the ZDF television series The Country Doctor Hugo Cornelsen.
In addition to his acting work Dieter Eppler led to more than 40 radio plays directed and in addition also a highly sought after speaker. He lived and worked in Stuttgart, since 1947, was married to Magdalene Schnaitmann and father of five children. He died, according to his family on 12 April 2008 at the age of 81 years, after a long and serious illness in Stuttgart. He was buried in the cemetery of the Stuttgart city district Birkach.