Günter Strack
Günter Strack (4 June 1929 – 18 January 1999) was a German film and television actor.
Günter Strack

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- Name
- Günter Strack
- Born
- 4 June 1929
- Birthplace
- Darmstadt, Germany
- Died
- 18 January 1999
- Place of death
- Münchsteinach, Germany
- Occupation
- Actor
- Nationality
- Germany
- Honours
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany · Hessian Order of Merit · Carl Zuckmayer Medal · Bavarian TV Awards · Goldene Kamera · Johann Heinrich Merck Honour
- Languages
- German
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Günter Strack (4 June 1929 – 18 January 1999) was a German film and television actor.
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Key facts
• Name — Günter Strack • Born — 4 June 1929 • Birthplace — Darmstadt, Germany • Died — 18 January 1999 • Place of death — Münchsteinach, Germany • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1958–1999 • Children — 1
Career
Career
• Illustration — Günter Strack (left) at an event for charity, 1986 In English language films, he played Professor Karl Manfred in the Hitchcock thriller Torn Curtain (1966) and appeared as Kunik in The Odessa File (1974). In Germany, he was known for his roles in the crime series Ein Fall für zwei and the family series Diese Drombuschs.
Death
Death
He died from heart failure. His wife Lore died in 2014 at the age of 77.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Film • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1961 — The Miracle of Father Malachia — Kaplan Merz • 1966 — Torn Curtain — Professor Karl Manfred • 1966 — Maigret and His Greatest Case — Kommissar Delvigne • 1974 — The Odessa File — Kunik • 1974 — Eintausend Milliarden — Mann aus der Industrie — TV film • 1974 — Assassination in Davos • 1976 — Die Affäre Lerouge — Daburon — TV film • 1978 — The Glass Cell — Goller • 1979 — Phantasten — Hammerich — TV film • 1980 — Der Thronfolger — King Frederick William I — TV film • 1983 — The Swing — Professor von Zwinger • 1989 — Asterix and the Big Fight — Obelix — German version, Voice • Television Series • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1972 — Einmal im Leben – Geschichte eines Eigenheims — Kurt Wumme — 3 episodes • 1975–1977 — Derrick — Herr Kless / Herr Greiser — 2 episodes • 1978 — Lean Times — Alfred Mildezahn — 11 episodes • 1978 — Ein Mann will nach oben — Ernst Gollmer — 7 episodes • 1979 — Iron Gustav — Bankdirektor Hoppe — 1 episode • 1981 — Tod eines Schülers — Horst Wagner — 6 episodes • 1981–1988 — Ein Fall für zwei — Dr. Dieter Renz — 60 episodes • 1985–1994 — Diese Drombuschs — Uncle Ludwig — 33 episodes • 1986–1990 — Hessische Geschichten — 11 episodes • 1989–1993 — Mit Leib und Seele — Pfarrer Adam Kempfert — 51 episodes • 1994–1998 — Der König — Hannes König — 32 episodes • 1996 — The Shadow Man (miniseries) — Dr. Hans Möllbach — 5 episodes
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Günter Strack is recorded as having received Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Hessian Order of Merit and Carl Zuckmayer Medal.

Günter Strack, deutscher Schauspieler
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1929
Günter Strack born at Darmstadt.
1999
Günter Strack died at Münchsteinach.
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- 1.knerger.de: Das Grab von Günter Strack
- 2.heumuehle.de: Heumühle Mobendorf (abgerufen: 9. September 2012)
- 3.BZ Berlin: Zum ersten Mal spricht Lore Strack über die letzten Stunden mit ihrem 'Mucki' (11. Februar 2005)
- 4.(14. November 2011)
- 5.Nürnberger Nachrichten: Sportliche Schauspieler und ein zünftiges Casting (29. Januar 2011)
- 6.STAZ. Der Hessische Ministerpräsident. Verleihung von Verdienstorder der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. 13. 1990. 1990-03-07. 542. 281. 7240.
- 7.YouTube-Video.
- 8.Kurzfilm: Vorsicht! Frisch gewachst (13 Folgen). 20111014175551.
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Günter Strack received Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Hessian Order of Merit, Carl Zuckmayer Medal, Bavarian TV Awards, Goldene Kamera and Johann Heinrich Merck Honour.
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