Personal Info
Birth date
1940-12-18 (84 Years)
Day of death
2000-01-07
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Bad Aibling, Bavière, Germany
Also known as
-Klaus Wennemann
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
Scene of the Crime
6.1
Overview:
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.Die Harald Schmidt Show
7.088
Overview:
The Harald Schmidt Show is a German late night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian Harald Schmidt. The show first aired from 5 December 1995 to 23 December 2003 on Sat.1. Schmidt then moved his show to Das Erste as Harald Schmidt and Schmidt & Pocher, but he returned to Sat.1 on 13 September 2011. After cancellation on Sat.1, the show continued on Sky Deutschland in September 2012.Der Fahnder
6.9
Overview:
Der Fahnder is a German television krimi series which was aired between 1984 and 2005. In the Netherlands the series was broadcast by the VARA from 3 October 1985.Siska
7.5
Overview:
Siska is a German television series created by Herbert Reinecker and Helmut Ringelmann and broadcast since October 30, 1998 on the network ZDF. In France, the series was broadcast on France 3 and rebroadcast on 13th Street. It is a police drama and follows the adventures of Peter Siska and later Victor Siska. Anyway it wasn't the best surname for a policeman because in some languages word "Siska" has extremely close meaning to "Boob" or "Tit". So you'll never see this series on, for example, Russian television. Croatian Radiotelevision has however shown the series, despite 'Siska' having the same meaning in the Croatian languageHinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast
4.444
Overview:
Drama set in a women's prison in Germany. Susanne Teubner, a sympathetic young woman who has killed her husband in an affect, is poorly advised by her lawyer and sentenced to life imprisonment for willful murder. The arrival in prison is a shock to her. Resigned and exhausted, she endures the degrading admission procedure. She doesn't notice that the young doctor Dr. Beck immediately felt more than professional interest for her.RTL Samstag Nacht
8
Overview:
RTL Samstag Nacht was a comedy show, which ran from 6 November 1993 to 23 May 1998 on the German TV network RTL. RTL Samstag Nacht was the first major comedy show in German television, created after the example of the long-running American show Saturday Night Live and broadcast late on Saturday night. It helped comedy in German television to a breakthrough and was a model for several later comedy shows. Karl Ranseier was a recurring character featured in fake news reports telling about his death at the end of each episode. The name Karl Ranseier has become a catchphrase in Germany that has led to its own joke category of Ranseiers which are in widespread usage outside of the comedy origin.Liebling Kreuzberg
5.429
Overview:
Liebling Kreuzberg was a television series on ARD, which was sent in five seasons with a total of 58 episodes the first time from 1986 to 1998. The scripts of seasons one through three and five were from Jurek, of his friend Manfred Krug wrote the role of idiosyncratic Berlin attorney Robert favorite on the body, the fourth season was written by Ulrich Plenzdorf. Director Heinz Schirk, Werner Masten led and Vera Loebner. Producing Series transmitters were the SFB, the NDR and WDR. The music of the first season was. Hans-Martin Majewski, in the later seasons of Klaus Doldinger.Das Boot
8.615
Overview:
Based on an autobiographical novel by German World War II photographer Lothar-Guenther Buchheim, Das Boot follows the lives of a fearless U-Boat captain (Jurgen Prochnow) and his inexperienced crew as they patrol the Atlantic and Mediterranean in search of Allied vessels, taking turns as hunter and prey.Das Boot
8.086
Overview:
A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.Out of Order
5.9
Overview:
It's Friday evening. The lift repairman leaves the building and wants to finish his work on Monday. But he doesn't know there are four men in the building. They use the lift but stay in it about 100 meters from the floor. They have little oxygen and must survive…Medicopter 117 – Jedes Leben zählt
6.3
Overview:
Medicopter 117 – Jedes Leben zählt is a German television series.Love Is Not an Argument
1
Overview:
The relationship of a married couple in their 40s is broken when the mother has an affair with her teenage daughter's boyfriend.The Power of Emotion
3.7
Overview:
Emotions and feelings should not be confused with sentimentality. Emotion is ancient and more powerful than any artistic expression. The film observes young couples facing difficulties while trying to move their love experiences towards clear decision making. A film full of ideas, details and associations, fictional scenes, documentary footage, archival materials and opera music.The Adventures of Superhero
3.5
Overview:
TV star Benjamin inherits from his uncle a cloak of invisibility. Invisible he must discover that his wife is cheating on him with his best friend and asks her in front of the television camera, it does not do to. A journalist on the hunt for a story, adds to the confusion.Jury Trial
NYR
Overview:
Schwurgericht (also known as The Murder Film ) is a crime film series produced by Sat.1 from 1995 to 1997. The series depicts criminal cases from the perspective of the public prosecutors. The series was conceived as a competitor to ARD's Tatort ( Tatort) and initially aired during prime time on Sundays at 8:15 p.m. However, ratings fell short of expectations. The series was ultimately canceled in 1997. Completed episodes were later broadcast under the title Der Mordsfilm (The Murder Film) or without a series title.Acting
1999Morgen gehört der Himmel dir as Oberst Rieger
1998Siska (1 Episode) as Busse
1998Medicopter 117 – Jedes Leben zählt (1 Episode) as Kommissar Schuster
1997Is’ was Trainer? (25 Episodes) as Hardy Fuchs
1997Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast (2 Episodes) as Horst-Wolfgang König
1997Der Mordsfilm (1 Episode) as Adolf von Meck
1997Small Talk (1 Episode) as Self
1996Helden haben es schwer as Jörg Winter
1995Die Harald Schmidt Show (2 Episodes) as Self
1995Jury Trial (1 Episode) as Staatsanwalt Adelbert von Meck
1995Versteckte Kamera (1 Episode) as Self
1995Kissenschlacht as Heinz
1994Zwei Brüder (1 Episode) as Hentschel
1994Schwarz greift ein (41 Episodes) as Henning Schwarz
1993RTL Samstag Nacht (1 Episode) as Unknown
1993Happy Holiday (1 Episode) as Helmut
1993Vater braucht eine Frau (6 Episodes) as Andreas Einstein
1992Schuld war nur der Bossa Nova as Heike's Vater
1990Neuner as Unknown
1989Pyjama für drei (12 Episodes) as Manfred
1988Flitterabend (1 Episode) as Self
1987The Adventures of Superhero as Peter Benjamin
1986Liebling Kreuzberg (1 Episode) as Rechtsanwalt Keller
1985Das Boot (6 Episodes) as Leitender Ingenieur
1984Der Fahnder (92 Episodes) as Hannes Faber
1984Out of Order as Heinz
1984Die verflixte 7 (1 Episode) as Self
1984Love Is Not an Argument as Unknown
1983Rote Erde (9 Episodes) as Betriebsführer
1983Landluft (13 Episodes) as Heinz Lippert
1983The Power of Emotion as Richter
1981Das Boot as Chief Engineer
1980Auf Achse (1 Episode) as Hans Korff
1970Scene of the Crime (1 Episode) as Frieder Schoen
1964Einer wird gewinnen (1 Episode) as Self
1964Grimme Award (1 Episode) as Self