Actor Ralf Wolter dead – Karl May films made him famous
He played Sam Hawkens
Actor Ralf Wolter dead – Karl May films made him famous
Actor Ralf Wolter stood in front of the camera as odd trapper Sam Hawkens in the film “Winnetou”. The actor is dead, he was 95 years old.
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The role of the odd trapper Sam Hawkens made the actor Ralf Wolter famous: the star of numerous Karl May films died at the age of 95.
The popular film and television actor Ralph Wolters is dead. The star from numerous Karl May films died at the age of 95, as his wife told the German Press Agency on Friday. She did not provide any further information. He had long since retired from public life.
Ralf Wolter celebrated his successes in the 60s
Alongside “Winnetou” actor Pierre Brice, Wolter celebrated his greatest successes in the 1960s, including in the role of the quick-witted Sam Hawkens. Many viewers also associate Wolter with the cinema role of a second Karl May character: that of Haji Halef Omar Ben Haji Abul Abbas Ibn Haji Dawuhd al Gossarah.
His appearances alongside Pierre Brice and Lex Barker are probably the ones most remembered by audiences to date. The actor was seen in many other productions, for example in “Tatort”, in “Der Alte”, “Ein Schloss am Wörthersee” or “Küstenwache”. He had his last appearance in a film in 2012 in “Unto the Horizon, Then Left”.
He had his last appearance in 2012
The actor, who has lived in the Bavarian capital for many decades, was born in Berlin. His father was a circus artist, his mother a musician. After attending drama school, Wolter began as a cabaret artist. Theater stations were stages in Berlin and Potsdam, later Munich.
