Fritz Wepper

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Fritz Wepper

Born	August 17, 1941 (1941-08-17) (age 66) Munich, Germany
Spouse(s)	Angela von Morgen (1979)
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Fritz Wepper (born August 17, 1941 in Munich, Germany) is a German television actor.

[edit] Life and work

He has been married to Angela Prinzessin von Hohenzollern (née von Morgen) since 1979, and they have one daughter, Sophie. They live in Munich.

His character Harry Klein, the assistant in Derrick, became a cult figure all over the world.

Before playing Klein in Derrick he portrayed the same character on the popular television drama Der Kommissar (1969-1976) from the series' start until 1974 when he was transferred to Derrick. Harry Klein was replaced by his brother Erwin (played by Fritz Wepper's brother Elmar Wepper).

[edit] Filmography

Der dunkle Stern (The Dark Star) - 1955
Tischlein deck dich (Table, Donkey and Stick) - 1956
Eine verrückte Familie - 1957
Die Brücke ( The Bridge) - 1959
Die Flucht der weißen Hengste (The Flight of the White Stallions) - 1962
Kennwort... Reiher (The River Line) - 1964
Wenn es Nacht wird auf der Reeperbahn (When Night Falls on the Reeperbahn) - 1967
Das Go-Go-Girl vom Blow-Up - 1968
Der Mann mit dem Glasauge (The Man with the Glass Eye) - 1968
Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb eins (On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight) - 1968
Wir haun die Pauker in die Pfanne (We'll Take Care of the Teachers) - 1970, Hubert Böhm, with Uschi Glas
Was geschah auf Schloß Wildberg? - 1971
Cabaret - 1972
Die letzte Schlacht (The Last Battle) - 1982
Der Kommissar - 1968-1974
Derrick - 1974-1998
Zwei Brüder (Two Brothers)- 1994
Vera Brühne (The Trials of Vera B.) - 1999/2000
Drei in fremden Betten - 1996
Die blaue Kanone - 1999
Hochwürden wird Papa - 2002, with Hans Clarin, Otto Schenk, Dagmar Koller
Um Himmels Willen - 2002-?, with Jutta Speidel, Rosel Zech, Horst Sachtleben
Männer im gefährlichen Alter - 2004
Rikets Røst (TV) - 2007