Klaus Wennemann
Born: 1940-12-18 in Bad Aibling, Bavière, Germany
Died: 2000-01-07
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Klaus Wennemann (18 December 1940 – 7 January 2000) was a German television and film actor. Wenneman was born in Oer-Erkenschwick, North Rhine-Westphalia. He is perhaps best known for his leading roles as the Chief Engineer, (the LI), in Das Boot, and as Faber in the TV series Der Fahnder. As an actor, he appeared in nine movies, and ten television series. He died in Bad Aibling, Bavaria, at the age of 59, from lung cancer. He was married to the same woman from 1963 until his death; they had two sons together. Wennemann was good friends with fellow actor Jürgen Prochnow. Their real-life friendship further added to the on-screen friendship of their respective character roles, portrayed in the film Das Boot.
Filmography
1999
- Morgen gehört der Himmel dir as Oberst Rieger
1998
- Siska as Busse
- Medicopter 117 – Jedes Leben zählt as Kommissar Schuster
1997
- Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast as Horst-Wolfgang König
- Small Talk as Self
- Der Mordsfilm as Adolf von Meck
- Is’ was Trainer? as Hardy Fuchs
1996
- Helden haben es schwer as Jörg Winter
1995
- Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self
- Versteckte Kamera as Self
- Jury Trial as Staatsanwalt Adelbert von Meck
- Kissenschlacht as Heinz
1994
- Schwarz greift ein as Henning Schwarz
- Zwei Brüder as Hentschel
1993
- RTL Samstag Nacht
- Happy Holiday as Helmut
- Vater braucht eine Frau as Andreas Einstein
1992
- Schuld war nur der Bossa Nova as Heike's Vater
1990
1989
- Pyjama für drei as Manfred
1988
- Flitterabend as Self
1987
- The Adventures of Superhero as Peter Benjamin
1986
- Liebling Kreuzberg as Rechtsanwalt Keller
1985
- Das Boot as Leitender Ingenieur
1984
- Der Fahnder as Hannes Faber
- Die verflixte 7 as Self
- Out of Order as Heinz
- Love Is Not an Argument
1983
- Rote Erde as Betriebsführer
- Landluft as Heinz Lippert
- The Power of Emotion as Richter
1981
- Das Boot as Chief Engineer
1980
- Auf Achse as Hans Korff
1970
- Scene of the Crime as Frieder Schoen
1964
- Grimme Award as Self
- Einer wird gewinnen as Self