Dieter Pfaff

Dieter Pfaff
Pfaff in 2010
Born	(1947-08-02)2 August 1947 Dortmund, Germany
Died	5 March 2013(2013-03-05) (aged 65) Hamburg, Germany
Occupations	Actor director
Years active	1977—2012
Known for	Sperling Der Dicke

Dieter Pfaff (2 October 1947 – 5 March 2013) was a German actor and director.^[1]

The son of a police officer, Pfaff was best known as police officer Hans Sperling in the series Sperling. Sperling also appeared in two films about

Pfaff and his wife Eva Maria Emminger had two children, twins Johanna and Maximilian. Pfaff was professor for acting at the Graz University of Music and Performing Arts from 1983 until 1990.^{[citation needed]}

Death

Pfaff was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2012, and died on 5 March 2013, aged 65.^{[citation needed]}

Selected filmography

• Der Fahnder (1984–1996, TV series, 109 episodes), as Otto Schatzschneider
• Das Phantom – Die Jagd nach Dagobert [de] (1994, TV film), as Hauptkommissar Paule Pietsch
• Balko (1995–1997, TV series, 22 episodes), as Kriminaloberrat Vollmer
• Sperling [de] (1996–2007, TV series, 18 episodes), as Kommissar Hans Sperling
• Bruder Esel (1996, TV series, 14 episodes), as Ludger Spengler
• Late Show [de] (1999), as Mick Meyer
• Goebbels und Geduldig (2001), as Eugen Haase
• Die Affäre Semmeling (2002, TV miniseries), as Hermann Schomberg
• Bloch (2002–2013, TV series, 24 episodes), as Dr. Maximilian Bloch
• In the Shadow of Power [de] (2003, TV film), as Hans-Dietrich Genscher
• Der Dicke (2005–2012, TV series, 52 episodes), as Gregor Ehrenberg
• Beck – Flickan i jordkällaren
  (2006, TV), as Kommissar Hans Sperling
• Beck – Den japanska shungamålningen
  (2007, TV), as Kommissar Hans Sperling

References

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