Klaus Wennemann
Biography
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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.
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- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Frieder Schoen
- Die Harald Schmidt Show (1995) as Self
- Der Fahnder (1984) as Hannes Faber
- Siska (1998) as Busse
- Grimme Award (1964) as Self
- Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast (1997) as Horst-Wolfgang König
- Das Boot (1981) as Chief Engineer
- Auf Achse (1980) as Hans Korff
- RTL Samstag Nacht (1993)
- Einer wird gewinnen (1964) as Self
- Versteckte Kamera (1995) as Self
- Medicopter 117 – Jedes Leben zählt (1998) as Kommissar Schuster
- Liebling Kreuzberg (1986) as Rechtsanwalt Keller
- Das Boot (1985) as Leitender Ingenieur
- Flitterabend (1988) as Self
- Schwarz greift ein (1994) as Henning Schwarz
- Happy Holiday (1993) as Helmut
- Zwei Brüder (1994) as Hentschel
- Jury Trial (1995) as Staatsanwalt Adelbert von Meck
- Die verflixte 7 (1984) as Self
- Rote Erde (1983) as Betriebsführer
- Small Talk (1997) as Self
- Der Mordsfilm (1997) as Adolf von Meck
- Pyjama für drei (1989) as Manfred