Member of the famous Berliner Ensemble from 1951 until the construction
of the Berlin Wall in 1961. He was engaged by Bertolt Brecht
personally.
His character "Alfred Tetzlaff", a narrow-minded, politically incorrect
square, on the hit show Ein Herz und eine Seele (1973) became the role of his life.
As he was a talented photographer, some of his pictures were exhibited
at the "documenta" in Kassel.
Is buried in the Wenningstedt cemetery on the island of Sylt.